A very common injury that occurs in many sports, and also as a result of trips and falls in elderly people, is a fractured collar bone.
The collar bone is the thin bone that runs from the shoulder to the top of the sternum (breast bone). When someone falls, it’s an automatic reaction to put their arm out to break the impact of the fall. This sends a shock wave up the arm to the collar bone, which takes the full force of the impact and often breaks as a result.
So, what do you do if someone has broken their collar bone?