The bone will not be "fully healed" for at least another year. Why was surgery performed on a fractured clavicle?
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Rehab for Collarbone surgery
I've seen your videos and read the forum posts on rehabbing shoulder issues. I'm about 8 weeks out from collarbone surgery. My bone is fully fused, not completely strengthened yet but I have started "Strengthening" my shoulder. I end up doing a lot of "fallouts" with a 3 lb weight which is absolutely worthless. Would you recommend a similar rehab program for structural shoulder issues as you would for labrums? Or should I wait until the bone is fully healed?
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The bone will not be "fully healed" for at least another year. Why was surgery performed on a fractured clavicle?
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The bone was almost fully separated ear the AC ligament. The bone was reset and a plate with 7 screws was put in.Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe
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I'd start light presses and lat pulls, progressively loading very carefully. Light.
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Great, thanks.
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A pre and recent post op radiograph would be very helpful.
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Here is the post op Xray. I do not have the one they took at the hospital. I can say, the break was barely visible in the frontal Xray. In the lateral Xray, you could see the bone was separated towards the rear.Bone.jpg
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What would the effect be on the squat and deadlift? In my absolutely ignorant opinion, I think the squat might not be affected too badly, but heavy deadlifts might put a crapload of strain on the structures of the collarbone. no?
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It might. He'll know the first time he does them.
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I'm able to squat fine... I dropped my weight way down and have been working back up. There is a small mobility issue getting my left elbow into position, the correct position is right at the edge of my range of motion. Not gonna try pulling for a while, I'm going back for a follow up in a couple weeks. I'm gonna see what DR has to say about that.
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