I’m ending my second month off the bike since crashing and busting up my shoulder. The crash on my mountain bike wasn’t spectacular, but it did its job. Here is an Xray of some of the damage plus my previous collar bone (clavicle) fracture. Notice the top right edge of my humerus (head of arm) and the sliver. That’s the chunk of bone (greater tuborosity) that was wacked off. Probably from smacking into the acromion bone.

A follow up xray shows that the bone is healing. But the soft tissue is giving me problems. I might have damaged some of of the cartilage or ligaments in the shoulder.

I’ve been doing physical therapy for a month now. Some of my arm strength and range of motion has returned. But there are specific motions that have not improved. Will find out soon if the problem will require surgery or not. I’m hoping for not.

Oh, and if you can read xrays then you can see the rest of my left side internals. Is that my lung? Yum yum! :’)

MORE “BROKEN COLLAR BONE” ARTICLES

Don’t miss reading the information and comments in the other collar bone entries:

Broken Clavicle (collar bone)
What To Expect From A Broken Clavicle (collar bone)
Chad’s Broken Collar Bone Report

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