I have a severe fracture in my colar bone(Clavicle Fracture)...help.?!
Question:
I have a severe fracture in my colar bone(Clavicle Fracture)...help.?
I have a brace that the hospital gave me on now, my arm in a sling and taking painkillers but the pain is still there. just wondering if anyone knows any tips I can do at home to help? anything from the way I sleep or sit or eat....anything because it really hurts like hell. please
thank you
Answers:
Treatment usually involves resting the affected extremity and supporting the arm with the use of a sling, supported over the opposite shoulder. In older practice, a figure-8 brace was used, designed to provide immobilisation of the fracture to facilitate healing, but more recent clinical studies have shown that the outcomes of this method were not measurably different from simple sling support, and due to the movement difficulties caused to the patient, this method has mostly lapsed. Current practice is generally to provide a sling, and pain relief, and to allow the bone to heal itself, monitoring progress with X-rays every week or few weeks.