drat - shattered scapula

[OakLeaf]

(a demonstrative tool for my coachees) - HELMETS. Mine is toast. Completely compressed at the temple.

Yep. Before the owner of my former LBS retired, he was still using the helmet I crashed in in 1987 as a sales demo. I had a pretty dang good concussion as it was... but I'm still here, and so is that 2 cm deep depression in the EPS in that hat (in those days, they were that thick). Good on yer for wearing yours.

PS any time I've crashed I've always had marks all over me and no idea how they got there. Road rash on my right side from when I smacked my left side hard on the ground. No clue.

[snapdragen]

Dam mp - that's scary. Next time you make it down here, the polenta is on me!

[Wahine]

MP - the reason why it's not surgical is that they would have to go in there and find ways to join all those bits together which is really hard because the bone is shaped such that you can't use screws and it would be impossible to wrap it in wire to try to hold everything together, that would mess with the muscles too much and likely leave worse off.

The good news is that it will heal. You might always have small floaty bits but it will heal. You will likely have some long term loss of ROM, most likely reaching overhead and behind the back. But you'll be able to ride no problem.

Take care. I'm going to google some stuff tomorrow and if I learn anything else I'll let you know.

[Pax]

Wow Sarah!! You don't mess around when you break something do you? I'm glad they expect it to heal up and you don't have to have surgery.

BTW - I think this gets you out of cooking, cleaning the house, and laundry for a long, long time.

[Tuckervill]

ow ow ow ow ow. Just looking at the diagram makes me hurt. Are you in a lot of pain?

Karen

[bikerz]

All I can say to that picture is ! That's about the scariest image I've seen in a while. Wow.

Since you have a proven capacity for healing, I'm not sure this will slow you down much at all! Take very good care!

[Adventure Girl]

Wow! You don't do anything half-way, do you? You're such an over-achiever! Nice job!