Broken clavicle pain? Broke my clavicle after a epileptic seizure in 2011, but cold weather means dull pain! Must be others same situation?

[Adlon57]

I use my laptop a lot, a dull pain just does not go away, whilst writing, I have HPT so pain killers out of question! I suppose some sort of cream would be best, even magnesium oil joint spray like I use for my osteoarthritis on my knees might help? doubtful! Is anybody same situation as refracturing clavicle out there?

[t1gernidster]

By HPT do you mean hyperparathyroidism?

[Adlon57 in reply to t1gernidster]

High Pain Threshold brain receiving wrong pain messages from the body, being in permanent pain most of life brain and body sending out wrong signals🥴

[t1gernidster in reply to Adlon57]

Oh poor you. I haven’t heard of that. It sounds very debilitating for you. I’m so sorry.

[Margo]

No, I haven't had a fractured clavicle, but if I had I would use Magnesium cream/spray, capsaicin cream, and take a bath in magnesium chloride/Epsom salts, hot water bottle, and one of those herb things you heat up in the microwave oven to put on the area when you go to bed..... As I m having some issues with aches and pains and all the above helps me. Good luck!

[Adlon57 in reply to Margo]

Thanks 👍

[Mavary]

Hi! I’ve got seven fractures in my spine and they hurt sitting down and they hurt doing things. I’ve had them a few years and the pain doesn’t seem to go. When you break a bone it doesn’t heal the same as it was and it likes to keep telling you it’s not right. 🤣

[Adlon57 in reply to Mavary]

Too right, I have broken every rib in my body, having epilepsy for over 50 years and I know EXACTLY what you mean👍🤭

[Fruitandnutcase]

I know what you mean about cold damp weather, my body really doesn’t like being cold. Haven’t fractured a clavicle - when my low back / sacral pain is bad I use Volterol to rub on. I bought a cream applicator with a long handle from Amazon to reach awkward areas. The other thing I find useful in cold weather is those stick on Deep Heat patches. They last about eight hours. In fact I use them to keep warm even when my body isn’t hurting. Hot water bottles are my friends too.

I also find lying in a nice hot bath with some magnesium flakes helpful and if your lap top has a built in microphone have you tried using that? I used mine a lot when I broke my wrist a few years ago.

[Adlon57 in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

I broke it the day of a royal wedding in 2011, local hospital A&E had a tv in looking at the thing, I was x-rayed given some pain killers and practically told to shove off, SIX days later they rang back, showed me the x-ray, it was definitely broken, asked sheepishly if I wanted to get some physiotherapy for it🙄 The right arm can now come out of the socket, which it did eight years later, I waited for them to have a look at it, after they 'threw' a patient onto a stretcher, who had had a seizure. I lost my patience, absolutely typical of that Local Hospital, I put the arm back in myself, walked 400 yards to my local taxi rank, got a taxi home, I live by myself, and recovered in bed for 2 and half days😤😤😤

Sorry Fruitandnutcase just remembering about that incident, brought that back😤🙄 I use Biofreeze or Tiger Balm especially good for battered ribs! Nothing like the good old basic hot bath, especially in cold weather as present here🥶

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Adlon57]

Thats absolutely dreadful! Not surprising though. Many years ago I fell on a rocky beach and managed to sit in my wrist - passed out and ended up being taken to hospital in an ambulance long story but the A&E consultant was quite horrible tithe young doctor looking at my x-Ray and basically told me to go. I did beg a splint. I was in such agony that I couldn’t stand up without being sick.

A few months later in my own surgery the doc left the room and I looked at her computer - fracture was mentioned and I thought I was looking at someone else’s notes - looked at the date and nope - I was looking at my own, turned out it was broken after all.

I’ve just changed GP practices after I was refused any sort of x-Ray and told my fractured sacrum was ‘probably a touch of osteoarthritis- it’s quite common at your age’ Grrr!

Got bio freeze in my armoury too! I’ve never used Tiger Balm although I’ve got a son who swears by it. Do you think the red one or the white one is best? Nothing to beat a nice hot bath though. I see it’s about to get cold again so get the thermals out and try to keep warm.

[Adlon57 in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Yes such horrible places exist🥴, luckily there are a couple of other hospitals within 10 miles radius!👍 Have you got to that age everything is blamed on your advancing years😤

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Adlon57]

Oh yes, for years I’ve said there are three ages of woman

1. Too young to have anything serious

2. Middle aged - must be menopausal and neurotic

3. Too old to bother about.

So good that you have other decent options nearby.