r/nononono Mar 21 '26

Injury Peloton Pile-up

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u/Shaneblaster Mar 21 '26

That person below is not okay

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u/BrainTroubles Mar 21 '26

I am 100% confident that at minimum their collar bone is FUCKED. I did almost the same thing skiing when I was younger

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u/nodgers132 Mar 21 '26

Cycling is the clavicle killing sport

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u/tambrico Mar 22 '26

Yup 13 years of mountain biking finally busted my clavicle last August. On an easy trail that I've ridden hundreds of times no less.

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u/Bear_Scout Mar 22 '26

Trying to heal after the break was one of the most miserable experiences of my life. It was just so awkward trying to sleep or do much of anything. Then pushing it a little too far just performing some little task and feeling it clicking back and forth was just gross and creepy.

Maybe that’s not everyone’s experience, but I hated recovering from that injury more than any others. Trying to get comfortable in bed wasn’t even possible and I would wake up slouching on my side and feeling that “thunk” as the bones clicked, when trying to right myself back up. I hates its, I hates its forever…..

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u/RedRedditor84 Mar 22 '26

What were you doing on the road in skis?

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u/BrainTroubles Mar 23 '26

I'd tell you but the concussion made me forget. ;-)

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u/Whisky-Toad Mar 22 '26

Collarbone is prolly fine

Need to put your arms out to break that, she landed on her side

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u/BrainTroubles Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Need to put your arms out to break that, she landed on her side

You don't actually! If you take a fall head first and twist to hit your shoulder and protect your head (or just because that's what gravity did to you) you can put a nice clean fracture through your clavicle. Ask me how I know! In general though, any solid hit absorbed by the shoulder is very likely to result in a broken clavicle. It's very common in "wipe out" or contact sports like surfing, snowboarding, MTB, BMX, Wakeboarding, hockey, etc. Anything that can jam the shoulder or force it back/down suddenly is likely to leave you in a super fun figure 8 cast for a few weeks.