I did that once and was made to sleep on my back without a pillow till it knitted. Medical science may have changed in the last 60 years, though. Ask your doc.
I did that once and was made to sleep on my back without a pillow till it knitted. Medical science may have changed in the last 60 years, though. Ask your doc.
Been there, done that...bought the tee shirt. Mine ended up with a Ti appliance to fix (it was a bad second break...bunk bed roll out first, motorcycle second). Only you can answer that question by painful research. It took some experimentation to find a semi sweet spot, semi sweet because it is going to hurt no matter what you do.
I ended up needing to be flat on my back on a firm-ish surface to keep the bone ends in a "good" spot until surgery. A gathered end would have killed me...any shoulder squeeze like your average bridge would have been bad. YMMV
I broke mine in the military and at the time I had a top bunk which was about 8ft off the ground and I couldn't get up into it so I had to sleep in a cot in my shop. A cot has the same style U shape as a hammock and it crunched my shoulders together and my collar bone grew together weird. I still have a little mobility trouble and that shoulder sits a little lower than the other. I blame it on the cot because I've been lucky enough to break my other one too and it grew back fine. I'd probably avoid it if you can.
+1 on not sleeping in a hammock until it heals.
I broke mine years ago (motorcycle).
I slept flat on my back while it healed. I found the most painful part of that was getting situated at night and getting up in the morning.
If I had to do it over again, I think I would try sleeping in a recliner.
I think it would easier getting up.
Marti
Luckily seems I'm pretty good at finding sweet spot in my big ole brazilian just fine and I managed to sleep in first night after crash just fine, thought at first I'll have to be with nightmare.
Doc prescribed Irfen 400x2 only if needed and I can not manage that pain but two days and managed just well. Going to toilet and cooking are more bigger challenges than that sleeping itself.
Thanks for those great responses
I'll later update how healing goes.
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I showed up at the doc today, he took control x-ray and he saying that everything ok, and must not move to raise up upper arm not to make trouble to heal that bone.
Interestingly I ended up at the doc who born in 1940 year and he still works! Thats two times older than me.
As of sleeping in hammock he at first gave weird look at me but from todays x-ray how that broken clavicle stays gave me ok, no problems at all because figure 8 brace keeps this in place.
Only sad side I'm out of work for long time
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I had two boys that played very competitive ice hockey and I got a volume discount price for repairing broken collar bones
The doctors had them lay flat with the figure 8 brace on at all times, even in the shower.
Mike
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That's funny, I also for x-ray got volume discount. Second x-ray ended cheaper than first.
Alsso doc gave ok for some walking but primary are rest, rest and again rest.
Last edited by J.Andersons; 09-11-2012 at 07:57.
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Ahhh the classic road racing injury. I have two just like yours. Broke the same one twice. Don't push the healing process. Hope you can find a comfortable hang. I cringe just thinking about sneezing with that break. Lol. Hope all heals well.
Luckily I can get comfortable hang but tried once flat surface, oh no this did't work for me, only can get comfortable in that big ole brazilian hammock and doc gave ok for this. Probably I one of first patients for that doc who asked about hanging. In Latvia are hammocks still in a novel stahtus.
Thank for support.
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