scapula anyone?

beans

Morning all,

Anyone any experience of a broken scapula, and if so how long till you were back in the saddle? I was hit by a milk van yesterday and am awaiting surgery.

Milk van, ffs!

xz

Sorry to hear that, hope you recover soon, personally, I have no experience of a broken shoulder blade, but your best bet is to ask the surgeon, people recover in different ways than others, so it's best to ask the professionals.
No doubt you may need physiotherapy as part of your recovery, your physio may be able to guide you also.

Sr. Assumpta

Charter says.....

4. Medical Advice

We appreciate the temptation to seek other peoples experiences for low level physical problems that present themselves. But no one here is in a position to physically assess and diagnose you. You risk greater harm than good. These threads will be locked.


Get well soon

Ciaran500

Sr. Assumpta wrote: »

Charter says.....

But he is getting taken care of, so this is just asking for peoples experiences rather than advice.

Johnners1878

Milk van?!! It wasn't being driven by Fr Dougal at high speed by any chance??

Sounds nasy - hope the recovery is quick Beans....

Sr. Assumpta

Ciaran500 wrote: »

But he is getting taken care of, so this is just asking for peoples experiences rather than advice.

Not starting anything, did read post, completely agree.

Am more concerned that one person's "experience" of a scapular injury, and recovery from same, can be utterly different to another's. The scapula is not only your 'shoulder blade', it also acts in a joint with the 'collar bone' at the acromio-clavicular joint, and separately with the humerus at the gleno-humeral part of the shoulder joint. This level of function of the scapula means that prognosis for, and recovery from any injury can take an entirely different course depending on the location of the damage to the bone.

I wasn't being a smartass.

More importantly...... I wasn't driving the Milk Float!!!!!

["Is there anything to be said for another Mass Ted?? God I LOVE saying Mass"]

beans

Not seeking advice, just experience stories from other cyclists really. I'll be taking advice from the orthopaedic guys in here.

It's such a bummer, had just started upping my training hours for a 200k in October, and started swimming too... I guess ill be breaking out the trainer early this year first thought was 'did I trash the bike!?' Second thought was 'is that a milk van!?'

smacl

Johnners1878 wrote: »

Milk van?!! It wasn't being driven by Fr Dougal at high speed by any chance??

Sounds more like Ernie to me

Here's to a speedy recovery, beans

kenmc

do they even still *have* milkvans? I haven't seen a milk delivery for about 20 years!
Get well soon, are you getting it plated or leaving it to heal?

beans

Just spoken to a consultant, he reckons surgery in a few days after things settle. The main bit is sheered in 2, and bottom of the socket a bit fragmented. Plates and wire most likely.

This happened in London, the milk floats here have flat fronts like a bus, so I just bounced off. Undertaking a bus in the bike lane, van turning across the bus. Undertaking is something I rarely do, I knew there was a good reason for that...

manwithaplan

Calcium is usually good for bones;)

Get well soon.