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What Causes Swelling Between The Collar Bone And Neck After Lifting Heavy Objects?

I was moving today... including loading and unloading a uhaul. I m a 31 yr old female. And as I was finally sitting down to relax I noticed that the area above my right collar bone, between my collar bone and my neck, is swollen. When I abduct my shoulder to 90 degrees and externally rotate my arm, the swelling becomes extremely noticable.
Fri, 1 Jul 2016
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it is due to excessive strain loading and unloading.can take rest and it will subside . doctor can examine and find out tenderness in clavicle. it can be stress fracture or a hematoma due to excessive work it is not clear whether it is in one side or both side-can give arm sling to effected side apply cold compression and take some rest if tndernessinclavicle then take figure 8bandage.
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What Causes Swelling Between The Collar Bone And Neck After Lifting Heavy Objects?

it is due to excessive strain loading and unloading.can take rest and it will subside . doctor can examine and find out tenderness in clavicle. it can be stress fracture or a hematoma due to excessive work it is not clear whether it is in one side or both side-can give arm sling to effected side apply cold compression and take some rest if tndernessinclavicle then take figure 8bandage.