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In 2014, Grand Bend will now have 6 track layouts!

eljay said:
I did some breaking too.

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Damn. I've got the exact same break. It just won't heal.... keeps breaking again a few times a year. Hope yours heals up!
 
casacrow said:
Damn. I've got the exact same break. It just won't heal.... keeps breaking again a few times a year. Hope yours heals up!
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I know your pain.. literally! I have broken some 22 bones, but a displaced collarbone fracture is the single most painful thing I have ever felt. Anyway, at the time I broke mine('04) I was racing CMRC provincials, and was desperate to get back racing, so I did my research.

The reason clavicles don't heal well these days is hospitals stopped using X-braces. X-braces...or whatever the clinical name is, are nothing more than a padded strap that keeps your shoulders pulled back. They allow the bleeding bone pieces to align with each other during the critical day 7 through day 21. Now they just give you a sling and send you on your way. If the two segments don't meet during that early period, you're usually SOL. I had the X-brace so mine healed okay, but it took forever. My buddy had the same break, but no x-brace. He broke his two more times, eventually needed surgery.

If it won't heal, bite the bullet, and get it plated. I'm told the surgery hurts like a *****, but once done, you're good as new. The trick is finding the right Ortho surgeon, who's willing to open you up, just because you want to make the next SOAR round!!
 
You should be more careful, some day you are going to end up on a wheel chair
 
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yeah I have a full separation in my right shoulder no more ligaments holding down my collar bone only muscle. Doc said it would have been better if a broke the thing.
 
Recidivist said:
I know your pain.. literally! I have broken some 22 bones, but a displaced collarbone fracture is the single most painful thing I have ever felt. Anyway, at the time I broke mine('04) I was racing CMRC provincials, and was desperate to get back racing, so I did my research.

The reason clavicles don't heal well these days is hospitals stopped using X-braces. X-braces...or whatever the clinical name is, are nothing more than a padded strap that keeps your shoulders pulled back. They allow the bleeding bone pieces to align with each other during the critical day 7 through day 21. Now they just give you a sling and send you on your way. If the two segments don't meet during that early period, you're usually SOL. I had the X-brace so mine healed okay, but it took forever. My buddy had the same break, but no x-brace. He broke his two more times, eventually needed surgery.

If it won't heal, bite the bullet, and get it plated. I'm told the surgery hurts like a *****, but once done, you're good as new. The trick is finding the right Ortho surgeon, who's willing to open you up, just because you want to make the next SOAR round!!
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I plated my collarbone. The ortho says its rare now, but you must meet a few conditions to get it done now.
Your out for the surgery, so theres no pain involved. Recovery time is faster than if you allow it to heal naturally.

From my break, to the point i was back to work full duties was 2 months exactly.
 
Knock on wood me or nobody else needs this, but just curious---how much does a surgery like that cost (ballpark)? Also, if I have insurance through work, which includes accidents, etc., do they reject such claims on the basis that it happened while riding on a race track (e.g. trackdays, also racing if there is difference)? Thanks.
 
Corsara said:
Knock on wood me or nobody else needs this, but just curious---how much does a surgery like that cost (ballpark)? Also, if I have insurance through work, which includes accidents, etc., do they reject such claims on the basis that it happened while riding on a race track (e.g. trackdays, also racing if there is difference)? Thanks.
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How much does OHIP pay or how much do we pay? I had to buy my $22 sling after I got mine plated.
 
Corsara said:
Knock on wood me or nobody else needs this, but just curious---how much does a surgery like that cost (ballpark)? Also, if I have insurance through work, which includes accidents, etc., do they reject such claims on the basis that it happened while riding on a race track (e.g. trackdays, also racing if there is difference)? Thanks.
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Skinny ppl problems.

More fat= more cushion.:santa:= less bones broken.
 
Jayv said:
Skinny ppl problems.

More fat= more cushion.:santa:= less bones broken.
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Ahem? I did mine twice in six weeks about 12 years ago and then again this past August. What you say about that my little pudgy buddy ?
 
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