Clavicle Fractures

We received an email the other day from gentlemen who took a pretty good spill on his bike.  Stitches, bruising, the whole nine yards.  It reminds us that traveling as fast as a car, on skinny little tires, in pack of other riders, with bad road conditions...can be hazardous.

I thought this was a good article on one injury that we hear a lot about in biking.

Here's a clip from the article.

"Clavicle fractures are the best, and the worst, fractures to have. Classically they are "the best," because overall they heal easily with excellent functional outcomes and minimal or no intervention. However, more recent studies have shown symptomatic malunion (incomplete healing) rates to be higher than historically suspected.

They are "the worst," because there is no great immobilization or casting technique that makes them comfortable in the 1st two weeks before healing bone (bony callus) stabilizes the fracture and they take a long time to heal well enough to participate in activities that have a high risk of falling, like cycling."

 

Read the entire article on Beginner Triathlete.