What is broken shoulder?

The shoulder is made up of three bones: shoulder blade (scapula), collar bone (clavicle), and arm bone (humerus). A broken shoulder is often caused by heavy forces e.g. a fall or car accident.

How do members experience broken shoulder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with broken shoulder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for broken shoulder*

Who has broken shoulder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 6
40s 6
50s 21
60s 31
70+ 28

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 30
Female 61

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What is broken shoulder?

The shoulder is made up of three bones: shoulder blade (scapula), collar bone (clavicle), and arm bone (humerus). A broken shoulder is often caused by heavy forces e.g. a fall or car accident.



Common symptoms reported by people with broken shoulder

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for broken shoulder

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Compare treatments taken by people with broken shoulder

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have broken shoulder through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with broken shoulder? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has broken shoulder on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 22 say broken shoulder is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 6
40s 6
50s 21
60s 31
70+ 28

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 30
Female 61

These charts show data from broken shoulder patients who have completed their condition history
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