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Message: [QUOTE="Girlrider, post: 209352, member: 19703"] I broke mine in May at a National Hare and Hound and stayed off the bike for one week before I had to start training for the ISDE. I am from Vail Colorado and home of the famous Stedman Hawkins clinic. I went to them and they could not believe that after 1 week I could raise my arms over my head since I broke it in 2 places. I told them I needed to be ready for 1000 mile race (ISDE) in less than 3 months. They said it would be ready but I needed to let it heal. At 6 weeks I still had no bone growth and never actually went back. They one thing I did do was see a Physical Therapist just 2 weeks prior to leaving for France. My arm felt pretty strong but with certain movements on the bike I had what felt like a sharp muscle pain just below the break. She said that my rib was elevated from the crash and was pushing up into the collarbone. She did some stuff to unelevate it which I am not sure helped. Then she had me go to the Chiropractor to fix the rib. He did test on my arm and found it to be very secure and strong in most positions except when he held it and asked me to pull my arm in towards my side. This caused the pain that was bothering me. She then gave me some exercises to work on to fix that area and said that time was what it would really need. I went to the ISDE and rode all 6 days and never noticed it. (Probably because everything else hurts when you ride 200 miles a day) Then I got home and moved some cabinets and that hurt it again. 6 months later and some things still bother it. I've broken 9 bones before. Arms, Ribs, Colarbone, toe and even my femur. I broke my Colarbone twice now and I can remember thinking for many years that of all the bones I broke it was the one that still gave me tgrouble. If I slept on a hard bed on that side it would hurt 15 years after breaking it. Now I broke it again which didn't help. Anyway I have rambled on but I totally understand. I wish I could show you how to do the exercises but I don't know how to over the internet. Good luck! PS Sorry I missed the part that said Fast Guys!!!;) [/QUOTE]

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