Collarbone injury, is orthopaedic referral routine?

[V8 Stang]

So i had a pretty big MTB crash on Sunday, my shoulder took a big impact.

I went to Minor injuries on Monday, got Xray'd, and my finger was broken. But my collarbone was not broken, just badly bruised.
However the collarbone was slightly out of alignment?
But it would likely sort itself out, but was going to refer it to someone more senior to take a look.

I heard nothing, then today i get an email asking me to attend an appointment on Tuesday at Orthopaedic's.


Is this fairly routine to be invited to an appointment? or has the more senior person noticed something is very wrong with my Xray?



It is very painful if i lift it up, and makes some weird poping sensation if moved in certain ways, so feel it is more than just bruising.

[Bill]

V8 Stang said:

Is this fairly routine to be invited to an appointment? or has the more senior person noticed something is very wrong with my Xray?

Not necessarily. They probably just want to let an orthopaedic specialist have a proper look at it.

[Joscal]

I wouldn t worry too much and definitely go, I had a major off 4 years ago with broken ribs, punctured lung and clavicle shattered which they misdiagnosed.

Long story short I didn’t heal and went private to get checked again after a year as was in serious pain and found out I needed major surgery.

I’m still on painkillers today as the year without my clavicle attached to my sternum has wrecked me.

Get it checked just in case, mine was a catalogue of errors, I wish someone had followed up with me..

Good luck!

Edited by Joscal on Friday 11th July 20:52