I had a crash nearly two weeks ago (16th August) and my collar bone broke into three bits. (I blame Strava). Two big bits and an additional shard (approx 3/4 cm long) of bone that is sitting vertically with the other bits, the break is about in the middle. The two ends of the bone touching up against each other with about 1 cm of overlap. I have read a lot of the threads on here and other places and I have asked for surgery but I suppose one cannot be ever 100% sure if it is the right idea or not. Especially as the pain is not that bad. I don’t need any pain killers.
One thing I wondered about is just how still it should be. Although it is sore and stiff day to day I do not have much pain and quite a lot of movement. All the stuff on the web says to keep it as still as possible. The physio at the hospital said not to worry and if I didn’t have any pain then as long I was not taking any weight on it or lifting it up using it would be fine. The bones have moved about since the last xray and seem to be jammed together.
So what is the score on keeping it in a sling. To tell you the truth in the sling my arm was just feeling uncomfortable and the lost of strength would be another issue. And what happens to the floaty bit of bone?