truelife Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Just broke my clavicle through an unfortunate meeting with a magliner. Anyone have any ideas for holding a 633 with four wireless and a boom? Was thinking of rigging up a monopod to lighten the load on my good shoulder and sling the bag with a strap, saddle-bag style. Booming could be problematic, but my gig is not totally run and gun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Personally I'd ask a doc or give it a rest for a while. Sounds risky to work with a bag and it broken. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Workmans comp I won't work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afewmoreyears Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I did it... but from a cart....many years ago... and that was hard... All I had to do was sit and mix... It's the moving around, the loading... unloading... time on your feet as well... I never even had to load and unload and set up.. and it was painful .. Once the bone sets a bit things get better... but one false move and.... pop.... Bag work?... No way.... I can't even imagine... That bone is a structure brace in your body... something pulling down on a or both shoulders... forget it.. No way.. no how.... no amount of money.... I would not do it... get some rest... heal up.... then go out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Woodcock Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Truelife the job is over mate You may well indeed find a way to lighten the load on one side, all you are doing is increasing weight onto one side of your body while creating excess stress, wrecking your posture and hindering the bone from knitting properly. Take my advice I have broken mine 4 times one of which was a compound fracture. No job is worth it. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I had to mix a job for three days with a wrenched shoulder/torn pec muscle, and I was popping pain pills like M&M's and sleeping on ice packs. Not fun. My advice: hire an assistant to do the grunt work if at all possible and don't lift anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 1) I would let it heal because it's not worth long term issues. 2) find cart or sit-down (corporate) work? 3) get/rent a Kortwich bag with the waist strap when it's *mostly* healed and you are ready to ease back into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Tirrell Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Not a chance like others said give it time. I shot with a broken right hand but only after I had taken the first month off and even then shot is kinda a loose way of putting it. In my case I had to relearn how to manage iris zoom and focus with my left hand while my right was in the cast. Still hurt like the dickens when something irritated the nerves though. Not a chance I would attempt that with a clavicle it is one of those injuries you want healed correctly otherwise you could just end up with more problems or even having to pay a doctor to re break it for you because things didn't set right and need to be straightened out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 if the OP was a proper employee, then on the job injuries would all be covered by workman's comp, but as an IC, it is up to said contractor to make their own arrangements... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truelife Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Thanks guys. Good advice from all. I have my own Worker's Comp and since it was actually a job I was producing, they should theoretically cover me, even working for my own company- but with insurance I guess you never know. Particularly bad timing since I'm also moving next week Still, it's a particularly meaty job so kind of painful to let it go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 not only are you doing the right thing for yourself, you are doing the right thing for the client, not only would yourbody suffer, but so would your work... plus the risk of slowing or hampering your full recovery... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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