Last year while delivering newspapers I fell on some ice and the only injury I thought I had at the time was bruised ribs. Today my doctor told me that I had actually fractured my clavicle and that there was nothing that could be really done about it because it healed the wrong way. She had suggested xrays and physio but I don't think that physio is going to really help. It might help with the pain but nothing else. What can be done to fix my collarbone and put in the right place again? Should I demand that she send me to an orthopedic surgeon for a second opinion?
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Hi! I think you should go and get a second opinion. I can only imagine what the surgical procedure will look like. I believe that they'll break the bone again, or replace it. I found that the younger you are when you break your clavicle, the less time it takes for the fracture to heal. Children will heal a broken bone in 3 to 4 weeks, teenagers will need 6 to 8 weeks before the broken clavicle completely heals, and adults may take up to four months. Good luck.
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