Rafael
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Here's something I've learned from my little mishap last summer and I hope no one else needs it but here it is anyway.
1) A 'non dislocated fracture' doesn't mean it won't move after the x-ray.
2) ER Docs or step-down ward docs don't give orthopedic advice. They just want you to live and not come back because of a related complication, such as pneumonia.
3) Before your first follow up with an orthopedic doc, 3rd week after injury, you should mind your posture and sleep on a rolled up towel centered on your spine to help roll your shoulder back to keep the bone fracture aligned. By the 3rd week the bone start fusing and is in a 'taffy state'. This fracture tends to make you slump your shoulders forward to reduce the pain.
4) An offset bone will still function okay. Something like 85-90 % percent of non operated fractures heal just fine or good enough.
I think that a more closely aligned bone will allow a range of motion closer to before because the burl that develops might interfere with the mechanics A well aligned bone gets a burl too but has a better chance of smoothing out over time. I'm not there yet so I'll report back later. I'm almost able to hang from gymnastic rings now, it's sorta like a medieval torture.
Happy New Year Y'all!
Ride safe!
1) A 'non dislocated fracture' doesn't mean it won't move after the x-ray.
2) ER Docs or step-down ward docs don't give orthopedic advice. They just want you to live and not come back because of a related complication, such as pneumonia.
3) Before your first follow up with an orthopedic doc, 3rd week after injury, you should mind your posture and sleep on a rolled up towel centered on your spine to help roll your shoulder back to keep the bone fracture aligned. By the 3rd week the bone start fusing and is in a 'taffy state'. This fracture tends to make you slump your shoulders forward to reduce the pain.
4) An offset bone will still function okay. Something like 85-90 % percent of non operated fractures heal just fine or good enough.
I think that a more closely aligned bone will allow a range of motion closer to before because the burl that develops might interfere with the mechanics A well aligned bone gets a burl too but has a better chance of smoothing out over time. I'm not there yet so I'll report back later. I'm almost able to hang from gymnastic rings now, it's sorta like a medieval torture.
Happy New Year Y'all!
Ride safe!