You can have complications from a fractured collar
bone, also know as clavicle. It can heal wrong and give you pain and
decreased range of motion in the arm. Rest the arm until
released by your doctor. It is difficult to keep it stabilized and it
could put pressure on the nerves going down your arm.
mas
I didn't break my collarbone but had an
evulsion=that is when the soft tissue erupts out of the
collarbone. This happened when I was jumping-the mare I was riding
had an undiagnosed neurological problem. She collapsed *in the
air* as we were going over a jump, and as I tucked and rolled, she did
too. She landed on me.
I went to Ireland the next week to
ride. I needed help mounting, but was ok when I was aboard.
I rode one handed.
In retrospect, I probably should have taken
it easy. But, I am fine now. So, maybe we all worry way too
much. Does your cllarbone hurt a whole lot? Can you ride
without hurting it? That is the main point.
Are you ok?
mary c
"My gelding hit a sink hole this afternoon
at an easy trot. So far he seems fine (no heat or swelling in the
leg -- sound at the walk but don't know yet about at a trot), but I have
a broken collarbone. Clean break with no
displacement.
I already know that I will not wait to ride
until I get the repeat x-rays at 6 to 8 weeks (as the docs insisted that
I should), but I figure that I should probably wait until I no
longer need painkillers.
For those of you who've had this injury,
how long did you wait to ride after such an injury, and what would
you recommend?"
