4. Bruising is another symptom with you have a clavicle fracture.
The bruise will be purple and icing will be the best treatment. The bruising should go away as long as you keep icing the area. A lot of the times when a bruise occurs, there was trauma in that area from a car accident for example. You could have hit it hard on a place in the car and a bruise appeared a few days later. The bruise on your clavicle area may scare you at first, especially if it’s big.
If the bruise doesn’t get any better after icing it, go to the emergency room. There may be something else that is causing the bruising not to heal. If you hit it again on something else by accident, the bruise will get worse. Accidents can happen at home, so it’s important to be careful. Walk slowly, so that you don’t fall.