Flower Mound Clavicle Trauma (2024)

FAQs

What are 3 signs and symptoms of a fractured clavicle? ›

Clavicle fractures are most often caused by a direct blow to the shoulder. This can happen during a fall onto the shoulder or an accident, like a car collision. A fall onto an outstretched arm can also cause a clavicle fracture. In a baby, a clavicle fracture can occur during the passage through the birth canal.

Long-term issues after a broken collarbone can include a bump or a shoulder that looks lower than the other side. The bump might get smaller over time, but it might always look or feel different. Your shoulder might feel more tired or stiff than before the injury.

When it restrains you during a collision, it applies a tremendous amount of pressure on your clavicle—it only takes 25 pounds of pressure to break a bone. Therefore, although the restraint will keep you secure, it could also cause severe damage to your collarbone.

Someone who breaks a collarbone may have: pain over the collarbone. trouble moving or lifting the arm or shoulder on that side. swelling, tenderness, and bruising along the collarbone.

Usually with a broken collarbone the pain and swelling are severe and there may be a visible deformity. Often there is pain at the site of the fracture with any attempt to move the arm. The only way to verify if there is a fracture is to get an X-ray of the area.

If a bone heals improperly, it could lead to excess stress and even damage to muscles. For example, if a collar bone fracture is left unattended (or, more likely, doesn't heal properly) it could cause stress to the shoulder muscles, resulting in weakness or pain in that area.

Answer: A broken collarbone can take several months to heal completely. Until then, moving your shoulder will tend to move the area where the bone was broken, and that can be painful. Most broken collarbones heal quite well and do not require surgery.

The most common complication of clavicle fractures is malunion, or when the clavicle fracture heals with angulation, shortening, or a poor cosmetic appearance. Patients with malunion of clavicle fractures typically have except full function and are clinically not significant.

Bone facts: The 5 most common broken bones are the humerus, the tibia, the ulna, the fibula, and the radius. Most painful break: That would be the femur bone. Top 5 causes of fractures is all sports, snowboarding, monkey bars, trampolines, and scooters.

What is the hardest bone to break? ›

Your femur — the leg bone between your hip and knee — is the longest, heaviest and strongest bone in your body. It takes tremendous force to break your femur. If you break your femur, you will need immediate medical help. Your broken femur can take months to heal.

Try sleeping with pillows propped under your arm for comfort. After a few days, put your fingers, wrist, and elbow through their full range of motion several times a day. This will keep them from getting stiff. You may get instructions on rehabilitation exercises you can do when your shoulder starts to heal.

What should you avoid with a broken collarbone? Avoid lifting or activities that may disrupt the healing process if performed too soon. If the bone moves out of position before it has healed, it can result in a nonunion (misalignment), which in some cases requires surgery to realign the bone pieces.

Most clavicle fractures are treated conservatively and nonoperatively. Patients are immobilized in a sling or figure-of-eight brace until the clinical union is achieved. This typically occurs by 6 to 12 weeks in adults and 3 to 6 weeks in children.

A broken collarbone, or clavical, is a common sports injury and, traditionally, people let the break heal naturally. But, sometimes, surgery is best to maintain shoulder functionality and avoid later discomfort.