Broken Collarbone - How to retain fitness and strength during recovery

thebiggestjim

Hi,

Well I broke my collarbone last week, its a pretty bad break and I will be having surgery next week. Im in pretty good shape at the moment and would like to minimise my fitness/strength loss as much as possible.
Can anyone recommend any exercises/tips during the recovery phase to help me achieve this? I have reduced my meals from 6 to 3. I have gone from exercising (lifting weights/crossfit/running) nearly everyday to nothing.

Thanks for reading,

Jim

cardio,shoot me

ouch on that my friend, ive broken my left collar bone once and my right one twice to date but have never had to go for surgery(touch wood).

Blazher

Sory to hear that man, I am just getting back in to after ripping my MCL.

I did very little while in recovery, That being down to that fact i couldn't move .

But i am paying for it now.


I would say do what your able to do, As long as it dosen't cos any pain or prelong your recovery.


On a side note how dose one break his/her Collarbone

Blazer

surgery? for a broken collarbone?

Hell I got a sling and told to get my ass out of hospital.
3 days later I trotted off to Feile 94 or whatever and got langers for 3 days


ah times have changed...back then Men were Men

Jimmy Bottlehead

Mathew Reilly wrote: »

surgery? for a broken collarbone?

Hell I got a sling and told to get my ass out of hospital.
3 days later I trotted off to Feile 94 or whatever and got langers for 3 days


ah times have changed...back then Men were Men

I can't figure out if this is meant to be funny or narky...

Blazer

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

I can't figure out if this is meant to be funny or narky...

funny and true..
I was falling around Thurles drunk with a sling around my collarbone and shoulder.
Much good that it did.

thebiggestjim

I borke it playing rugby, in a tackle. I went to tackle a guy who was running pretty hard and I believe he dipped his shoulder at the last second. However we collided I came off the worse. Ya the bone nearly broke the skin. The doc said given my age etc its probably best to get it plated and set correctly so that it heals correctly. I can't wait to get it done, it just feels all wrong now. 8 weeksn in a sling, not too bad.
Thanks for the advice, yes I think any exercise upto when pain occurs is the best option. My buddy suggested the leg press machine will become my friend.

cardio,shoot me

Blazher all my 3 collarbone breaks happened on my bike along with when i fractured both my wrists in the same fall

injured365

Gonna be hard to do anything for a few weeks anyway. Broke my right one twice, any bit of strain anywhere near my chest or shoulder area hurt, including just lying on my back.