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OK. I have a heinous clavicle fracture from exactly what you'd expect, with surgery scheduled 2 days from now. I'll hold my rant on being unable to price this surgery out after 2 straight days on the phone because I'm just bored of how shitty the US healthcare system is at this point.
I'm interested in reducing recovery time as much as possible. I'm starting from zero on Peptides essentially, but I'm interested in leveraging them. I'm willing to pay a premium to get more likely quality and to get the process started faster. I've seen peptidesciences .com mentioned after a search, and checked around the site a bit.
My first thought from basic research is to utilize a KLOW blend (BPC-157, TB-500, KPV, GHK-Cu), but Reddit has essentially banned most of the discussion, and Anthropic's safety team has fucked me yet again. I don't even know where to procure / how to load subcutaneous needles!
I'm talking with someone in meatspace who has more experience and will respond more on the journey here, but I wanted to open the floor to discussion and see if anyone wants to offer help.
If you are interested in optimizing your recovery start with actual common sense things first. Follow activity instructions. Seriously engage with any PT/OT. Sleep. Avoid drugs/alcohol/smoking. Eat healthy.
Almost nobody actually does these things but doing them results in a massive decrease in recovery time.
Do the hard stuff.
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Is there something obvious that usually causes those? Football, rugby, lifting, trying to saddle a bison, manually stimulating a horse?
Well, yofuckreddit already answered your direct question, but clavicle fracture is one of the most common semi-serious cycling injuries. You instinctualy try to protect your head when you fall. Some combination of the angle you fall from a bike from, the fact that your arms are already in front of you, and you often have a bunch of forward momentum means you normally break your fall with some part of your arm. Compare to when running where rolling, sliding, or diving lets you land on something with more cushion. Under compression the clavicle is normally the weak link.
Both types of football concussions are probably the most concerning long term. For women specifically, they should learn to cut in a way that reduces stress on the MCL as tears are extremely common due to the higher Q-factor. Rugby you should probably watch out for concussions as well, though cauliflower ear can be unsightly and a risk.
Lifting of all sorts is statistically very safe. For olympic style lifting learn to bail, and bail if you are going to black out or hyperextend something. Keep a neutral spine when pulling from the floor. Statistically most importantly, never bench without either a competent spotter or full coverage safety arms.
For tying to saddle a bison watch out for getting gored. While manually stimulating a horse try not to get kicked, which is mostly a function of not surprising the horse when approaching from behind.
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Sorry - I'm a cycling nut and so it's from a failed mountain bike jump.
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I'd recommend supplementing with calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin K2 (mk7) if you aren't already. I've been regrowing some bone myself lately and it does seem like it's improved my recovery.
NB: I live in an area that gets basically no sun 9 months out of the year, so it may be more that I was deficient than anything.
@yofuckreddit: Ask your doctor about dosages, too, when you go in for the surgery. When my son had a broken bone healing, the osteopath recommended levels that, although sold over the counter in the vitamin aisle, still had "don't take this without talking to a doctor about it" in the fine print on the jar. Unless you're super prone to kidney stones or something, long-term concerns about hypercalcemia can probably take a temporary back-burner to short-term bone healing improvements.
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