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  • I completely get what you're saying about not being able to face having to wear a sling or whatever.

    ...that sickly shaky feeling has been a real giveaway. "Owee" doesn't cover it.

    Do you feel like this^?

    I would say, to counter all the stating the bleeding obvious up there^, only you know whether you should go or not. Not us. If you think you'd rather cope with a small break without intervention, that's your choice (though you should consider no cycling or skating for a bit anyway if it feels hard to do). As you no-doubt know, interventions for clavicles are: operation to put in some kind of metal work, or put a sling on (immobility not necessarily good for healing, when used long term, in my experience) and take anti-inflammatories (also not good for healing since they prevent inflammation - which is how your body heals bone). In my experience with a clavicle break the NHS were close to useless for me, never actually helped my progress or suggested anything, it all came from me. I stopped taking the pills they prescibed, I started doing excercises, never was I offered physio. Fucking crap.

    Some alternatives (to going to A & E for one of the above):
    Try drinking shit loads of comfrey infusion. Apply comfrey ointment to the skin all over the area. Smoke extra weed if you smoke weed. Start if you don't. Or make tea out of that too... you'll need to boil it up with some fats in there, like milk or a little butter. Find out what movements to excercise. Take some time out from your normal routine and just chill. Sleep more. Long baths. Take it easy. Listen to music.

    Do you still have the feeling dooks mentioned, even after acting on these suggestions? Then go to A & E.

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