Is your clavicle broken, or are the ligaments which connect it to the other shoulder bones sheared?
Reason I ask is that this is what I did to myself 3 weeks ago – hit big rut concealed on very overgrown track locally and catapulted myself into the adjacent deep ditch, landing on my R shoulder.
Got back on the bike and slowly rode home (automatic pilot I think) but knew I wasn’t right. My shoulder and chest was very painful, and my clavicle was sticking up at a odd angle.
Thus to A&E, X-rays etc – sheared in 3 places. Back home. Alcohol helped. At first it was thought I would need surgery, but after a week or so I went back to see the shoulder specialist at the fracture clinic, and he was pleased with my progress. So no surgery, but physio – which eventually starts on Friday.
But I have made good progress. I’ve been back on the bike and driving for about a week, and can do most things with my R arm bar lift very heavy weights and toss the caber. Bit painful at night in bed, but a good dose of Cocodamol ensures that I sleep. Just hope the physio can straighten out my still wonky clavicle angle – it still sticks up and hasn’t yet reconnected with the other bones.
So ensure you get a good longer term prognosis from a consultant who is a shoulder specialist – and then appropriate follow up, including TIMELY physio.
Good luck!