OUCH!
20 Aug 2008
Whistler BC
I’m home now and will shortly be going for a consultation with a surgeon.
It’s a clean break in the center of the collarbone at it’s maximum displacement.
If I let the bone heal naturally it’s 6-8 weeks off the bike meaning I will miss Schladming and some other dates that I could do with being able to ride for.
Unfortunately to get an operation to plate the break we are going to have to go private as the NHS won’t cover it.
But this does means that i’ll be back on the bike a lot sooner.
Currently i’m leading the Junior World Cup by 50 points so to keep the lead I need to do Schladming really.
It’s looking like I will have the operation but i’ll send out another update when I find out for sure.
Posted in Injuries | 2 comments
Bad luck josh, i dislocated and fractured my collarbone yesterday, flipped over the bars and my shoulder took the full impact, cracking and shifting above the ajoining bone on the shoulder. Gotta have an operation to reset it, luckily the nhs are gonna cough up 4 it!!
Hope you make a speedy recovery and your back on your bike as soon as possible.
Posted by on 12 Sep at 01:14 PM
I have done the exact same thing. 2cm displaced but going to let it heal naterally and then file part of the bone off. My god it HURT! Hope your collerbone feels as good as new now…
Posted by on 09 Nov at 11:15 PM