Globalti
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I broke mine almost 9 weeks ago. It seems to have been on track for healing although I've managed to convince myself that I could feel the outboard part moving separately from the collar bone and hence I reckoned it wasn't knitting properly. Saw the consultant a couple of weeks ago and mentioned my concern and in typical orthopaedic consultant fashion he was quite bullish about it: "Look, raising your shoulder is raising the collar bone, which is pushing my hand upwards. Stop worrying about it, lots of collar bones don't knit completely, I have a cycling friend who has a pseudo joint and he cycles miles. It's still better than the risks of surgery and the discomfort of a plate!"
I started physio a few weeks ago and actually after Monday morning's torture session trying to increase the range of movement of the frozen shoulder I felt absolutely fantastic. So that evening I jumped on my new turbo trainer and did 26 minutes on Swift, stopping when it began to feel uncomfortable and the sweat was unbearable. As soon as I stopped I realised I had overdone it; the point of the break felt painful and the healing proces seemed to have gone back weeks, and now I'm even more convinced I can feel movement in the area of the break. I stopped the exercises for 36 hours but even today I'm feeling discomfort and pain in the area of the break.
Now I know almost nothing about the anatomy of the shoulder so I'm perfectly prepared to accept that I may have just upset the AC joint where the collar bone attaches to the shoulder, generally upset everything and made the shoulder sore. Since the collar bone is now about an inch shorter thanks to the overlapping repair, I may just be feeling movement in the AC joint. But does anybody on here have experience of a non-knitting collar bone and how does your experience match mine? What did it feel like? Could you feel movement or any pain or sensation of grating?
I'm seeing the physio again on Friday but last time I said I thought the joint wasn't healing he was non-committal.
I started physio a few weeks ago and actually after Monday morning's torture session trying to increase the range of movement of the frozen shoulder I felt absolutely fantastic. So that evening I jumped on my new turbo trainer and did 26 minutes on Swift, stopping when it began to feel uncomfortable and the sweat was unbearable. As soon as I stopped I realised I had overdone it; the point of the break felt painful and the healing proces seemed to have gone back weeks, and now I'm even more convinced I can feel movement in the area of the break. I stopped the exercises for 36 hours but even today I'm feeling discomfort and pain in the area of the break.
Now I know almost nothing about the anatomy of the shoulder so I'm perfectly prepared to accept that I may have just upset the AC joint where the collar bone attaches to the shoulder, generally upset everything and made the shoulder sore. Since the collar bone is now about an inch shorter thanks to the overlapping repair, I may just be feeling movement in the AC joint. But does anybody on here have experience of a non-knitting collar bone and how does your experience match mine? What did it feel like? Could you feel movement or any pain or sensation of grating?
I'm seeing the physio again on Friday but last time I said I thought the joint wasn't healing he was non-committal.
Do you have private insurance to speed the process?
