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Old January 2nd 11, 02:59 PM posted to rec.skiing.snowboard
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Default Recovery time before hitting the slopes again for a broken shoulder (glenoid fracture)

On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:12:18 -0600, Decibel wrote:

3 weeks ago I had a bad wipeout on a iced-out run late in the day and
fractured my shoulder. I've had it MRI'ed, x-rayed, CT'd and was told
it will be a 6-8 week heal of the fracture, with a 2-3 month full
recovery (strength above the shoulder). Any other boarders have this
type of injury before, and were you able to do some 'light' boarding
with just the bones healed?


When you say "shoulder", do you mean clavicle or scapula?

If it's the clavicle (commonly called the "collar bone"), then I think
you'd be ok taking it easy after 4 weeks, and good to go after 6.
I've no direct experience of boarding following such an injury, but I
did do a motorcycle race 7 weeks after breaking mine, and I was fine
:-)
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