Well, that's just it. I haven't broken my collar bone, but I fell on the ice six years ago and knocked it slightly out of alignment. They used to go in and wire it back into place, but it ended up that the recovery rates were the same or slightly worse with surgical intervention over just leaving it alone. Plus there's a big damned aorta right behind it, so their concern is that the wire will come loose and puncture the aorta, rupturing the blood vessel and causing way worse problems than just a sore shoulder. So now they just leave it, unless the collar bone's broken ends are misaligned and in danger of puncturing the aorta. Usually it will stabilize in the new position within a few months, and all you need to do in the meantime is pain management. Lucky me, I'm six bloody years in and still in pain, although thankfully I can manage it most days with just Tylenol rather than prescription pain killers. My liver's gonna crap out on me some day for sure, though. One thing that helped me tremendously, though, when at one point I could barely even move that arm (I looked like a T-rex, arm all curled up, couldn't reach my mouth with a fork or hang it by my side): Physiotherapy. They got me most of my full range of motion back, a significant increase in strength, and a significant decrease in pain. Went three days a week for a few months, until I moved away and didn't have access to them anymore. If you able, see if you can get into physio for it. If the doctor makes a referral for it insurance or medical care should either cover it completely, or give you a discount. It's worth at least talking to them about it, though; it helped me a tremendous amount. It got progressively worse until I couldn't do anything with that damned arm until they got to it.