NFL: Marques Colston Breaks Collarbone

[Anomaly]

Quote:Healing time varies based on age, health, complexity and location of the break as well as the bone displacement. For adults, a minimum of 3–4 weeks of sling immobilization is normally employed to allow initial bone and soft tissue healing, teenagers require slightly less, children can often achieve the same level in two weeks. During this period, patients may remove the sling to practice passive pendulum Range of Motion (ROM) exercises to reduce atrophy in the elbow and shoulder, but they are minimized to 15-20 degrees off vertical.

The immobilization is followed by a theraputic regimen of passive exercises, and later of active exercises. Full radiological union is typically achieved in 16 weeks for adult surgical patients, and shorter times are achieved by teenagers and young children. In patients who participated in prescribed physical therapy, 85-100% mobility returned in 6–9 months, with full strength returning in 9–12 months.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavicle_fracture

Quote:An adult who has stopped growing may require 8-10 weeks to heal.

http://www.ssoc.co.za/clavicle-fracture.html

[Nuccah]

Charles Rogers broke a collarbone in week 5 of his rookie season and missed the rest of the year. I don't see Colston coming back in "4 weeks".

[m2Falcons]

Just try to come back in 4 weeks... go ahead... miss the entire season when it breaks again.

[mcsupersport]

Glad it happened to the Saints instead of the Falcons, but I hate to hear anyone getting hurt.
Hope he heals well, and we can beat them with him in the lineup, because I really hate to hear, "But you couldn't have won except for him being hurt....." which is total BS.