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Thomas G Costantino, MD

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Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Dr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident.

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Broken Collarbone Prognosis

Many young athletes are able to resume playing their sport within 6-8 weeks of the initial injury.

Occasionally a bony prominence lasts in the area of the original break.

The most common complication is failure of the bone to heal properly, but this is rare.

Pain lasting after 6-8 weeks should prompt a visit to your doctor to check on the progress of the healing bone.

In general, older people take longer to heal than younger people and still may not be completely healed as long as 12 weeks after the original injury.