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Message: [QUOTE="James, post: 787593, member: 27207"] I had a grade 3 separation in July 03 and I was riding with it shortly after it happened (2-4 weeks - hard to remember). Once the swelling went down, I didn't have any pain. Your collarbone will most likely stick up and move independantly of your shoulder forever....you have the lump now right? Mine pops and is uncomfortable sometimes and the lump (separated end of collarbone) is kind of annoying to look at. Doesn't seem to affect my riding any. The surgery to fix it is mostly cosmetic, but they do resect the bone so it doesn't rub the shoulder blade and pop. If your collarbone is very unstable, they also relocate a ligament to help with that, but they don't reattach the collarbone to the shoulder blade. I can ride two days back to back with mine. I think I even did 3 days not long ago. Doesn't get sore really, just the normal day to day weird feeling when the lump pops up or the two bones rub together. [/QUOTE]