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Info On Clavicles

So new years, many friends and easily as many drinks, I end up falling and breaking my clavicle! What a way to bring in the new year? Well since I found so many things confusing and it took me a while to get them straight in my head, I figured I'd pass on the info here. The clavicle is that part of the bone that most of us call the collar bone. Most breaks dont require much more then a sling. Depending on who is asked its around 80 or 90 percent of them just put you in a sling and things work themselves out. Here's the important part to remember. "Dont Panic". No matter how bad it is. Things will be okay. Humans have had these breaks for a long time. Even Hippocrates talked about them. Now for those non-union ones. This is going to an important word by the way. Non-Union . Remember that one. This is what I had. This means that the bone wont connect and heal or heal correctly enough basically. Something I found in my research was the trouble with under