Broken bone that is. On One Lap last week we were at Road Atlanta trying to get a track walk in the rain in our razor scooters. Top of the esses heading down hit a rock or stick and got the death wobble as I’m picking up speed and decided to bail before I hit death speeds.
Hurt for but, swollen. We put ice in it and took Aleve and continued on. I even set 2 new personal best times at 2 different tracks. Here’s what I did on that Monday:
Drove another 3k miles and 6 more track events like this. It’s sore but not what I would call excruciating pain.
So I guess my bones aren’t as flexible as they were in my 20’s.
Ouch. Exactly one year ago my 10 year old broke her collarbone (clean in two) on a Razor dirt bike in our back yard. Apparently Razors are known for breaking collarbones. Her's was about as bad as yours. She was back to normal in about 3-weeks with a sling. I couldn't believe how well her bones fuzed back together.
I just bought an electric scooter to use as a pit bike. The first time I climbed on it I thought about how much it was going to hurt me one day. I don't bounce like I used to.
In reply to Scotty Con Queso :
Id murder for my body to heal that fast again!
Duke
MegaDork
5/16/23 8:56 a.m.
I'm always astounded by how little they do to treat broken collar bones.
Despite growing up in the countryside, with skateboards, dirt bikes, and big hills to sled down, I never broke one of mine.
Good luck healing up.
FTR this is not a pity post. Just another way to make fun of me
The only bone I ever broke was my baby toe up near the ankle, from hopping out of the engine bay of a parked lowrider. It went "CRACK," and I tried to walk it off thinking I sprained my ankle (again), but it started to get crunchy.
Now I can tell when it's going to rain, two days before it's going to rain.
A displaced closed compound fracture... that should be plated and screwed, imo. I'm not an orthopedic surgeon nor did I I sleep at a holiday inn last night, but doing "nothing" looks like the road to further complications to me....
Half the time I swear I do martial arts so my bones have no excuse to stop being flexible. I'm gonna live forever goddamnit 
In reply to Ranger50 :
I'm hearing the same thing from medical professionals on the wife's side. See the surgeon tomorrow
Ouch, still less expensive and less painful than new front teeth.
tremm
Reader
5/16/23 3:08 p.m.
It seems impressive how little it takes to break a collarbone.
https://youtu.be/FGLOP9lx2rs?t=208 (no gore, sfw). Good luck with the recovery. Glad to hear it's not too distracting.
In reply to tremm :
When my daughter broke hers, we heards tons of stories about how easily people broke their collarbone. The collarbone is made out of peanut brittle, apparently.
I have a plate and would 100% recommend it even if your doctor doesn't. Super thrilled with my outcome 8 years later.
My old thread about my broken collar bone:
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/learn-me-broken-collarbone/101333/page1/
Verdict is in: no surgery. There isn't enough bone to screw a plate to on one side so they'd have to use a j-hook thingy that would have to come out again in 6 months. Recoup time is no different.
so 8-10 weeks of limited physical activity and he would prefer me to not be in a harness or race car for at least 4-6 weeks.
well, not healing as fast as the doc thought. scheduling surgery next week. yay!
In reply to bobzilla :
Are you better, stronger, faster?
mtn
MegaDork
6/13/23 9:00 p.m.
Man, this stuff is what terrifies me. I'm happy putting myself right in the middle of a NCAA hockey game, but riding a scooter with my daughter? I get so nervous doing that.
Wishing you a speedy recovery Bob.
Duke said:
I'm always astounded by how little they do to treat broken collar bones.
Despite growing up in the countryside, with skateboards, dirt bikes, and big hills to sled down, I never broke one of mine.
Good luck healing up.
You needed to ride mountain bikes in the era of making everything as light as humanly possible. Lots of people woke up on the side of the trail with a broken collarbone after their oh-too-thin handlebar broke one side off.
I was fortunate in that I couldn't afford $150 handlebars that would shave a few dozen grams from my bike, that would need the weight added right back again in BERTs so the bar ends wouldn't collapse the handlebar the first time you touched them.
(Bar End Reinforcement Thing. Actual product name)
well that's what got put into my shoulder.
