What to do if your clavicle fracture shortens your shoulder

Clavicle fracture shoulder shortening can be treated surgically if the fracture is dislocated after the injury, if the fracture has already healed without discomfort, no special treatment is needed. If the clavicle fracture shoulder becomes shorter, if it is a fresh fracture, most of the fracture shortening, displacement, need to carry out surgical treatment. The fracture should be treated with surgery. After surgery, the upper limb should be suspended and immobilized for 6 weeks, and the films should be reviewed regularly. If the fracture has healed well, shoulder rehabilitation exercises will be performed, and the shoulder can usually return to normal in about 3 months. If the clavicle fracture has healed and the shoulder becomes shorter, if there is no shoulder pain and the shoulder joint movement is normal, no special treatment is needed. Therefore, the shortened shoulder of clavicle fracture needs to see whether the fracture has healed or not, and according to the symptoms of pain or not, to take conservative treatment or surgical treatment.