What are the symptoms of a broken collarbone?

What are the symptoms of a broken collarbone?

If you break your collarbone, you may experience:

  • Snapping or grinding noise when the bone breaks.
  • Sharp pain, which gets worse when you move that area.
  • Shoulder slumping down or forward because the bone no longer supports it.
  • Difficulty moving or lifting the arm, with a possible grinding feeling when you do.
  • Bruising, swelling or tenderness in the area.
  • Bump that you can see through the skin.
  • Numbness or “pins and needles” (less often).
  • Bone poking through the skin, with bleeding (rarely).

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