Dislocated collar bone

[N8CYL]

I had the unfortunate incident of coming around a corner at speed and hitting a scaffold pipe in the road and coming off. Apart from losing a lot of skin etc my collar bone has popped at the end and will take 8 weeks to mend. Helmet cracked and split but we wont mention that too much here.

Question, what exercises can I do to keep some level of leg fitness? anyone on here got any tips? can i get back on the turbo trainer sitting up?
Also how much fitness will be lost over the 8 weeks and how quickly will I get it back?

Thanks

[InertialTooth45]

Depending on badly damaged the ligaments and tendons are you may find it doesn't fully recover.

I did mine 2 years ago, not through, and it's never gone back into place, it's still dislocated. I can manipulate it into the right place but it moves out again as soon as I move it. Doesn't bother me though, feels a little less stable when lifting heavy things and can be a bit awkward to sleep on or prop myself up on that elbow but otherwise no problems.

I was running and cycling properly again after about 6 weeks. Most of that was in a sling though. Once out the sling the doctor said I wouldn't do any further damage so it was just a case of if I could cope with the pain then carry on.

[lynus2004]

Broke my collarbone earlier in the year, was able to get back on the turbo the day after just to keep the legs spinning, mine was a clean break at the end of the collarbone so yours could well be worse. I flipped the bars up a bit so that the drops sat higher to allow me something to balance on without leaning as far forward.

The main problem I had was keeping the arm steady when using the turbo but found that tucking the sling under my bibshort shoulder straps stopped it moving too much.

I was back on the bike 2 weeks after but that was for a steady ride that I needed to be on, I was back riding properly within 4 weeks.

[Roger Irrelevant]

I subluxed my collarbone a couple of years ago, it still sticks up about a centimetre higher than the other one but makes absolutely no functional difference any more. While I did tentatively get back out on the bike within three weeks I thought I was better off running (slowly and carefully), as another spill could have been very, very bad.