Mauricio Umansky Has 'Metal Plate and 12 Screws' Fitted During Surgery After Breaking His Clavicle in Ski Accident

Mar. 15, 2025

Mauricio Umansky.Photo:Mauricio Umansky/Instagram; Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

Mauricio Umansky/Instagram; Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

Mauricio Umanskyis sharing an update on his health afterbreaking his claviclewhile skiing in Aspen, Colorado.

On Sunday, Feb. 16, theBuying Beverly Hillsstar, 54, revealed in anInstagram postthat he’d undergone surgery following the accident and had to have a metal plate put in, as well as 12 screws.

“Thank you to everyone who has reached out,” Umansky wrote in orange and white letters over a photo of some skis, adding a prayer emoji. “I have felt so much love and support.”

“I had surgery on my clavicle it was a clean break but required a metal plate and 12 screws,” he added.

The real estate agent went on, “I expect a speedy recovery. The doctors and nurses at Aspen Valley Hospital are the best."

“I was wearing a helmet and that for sure saved me,” Umansky concluded.

Umansky’s update comes after he shared a series of posts to his Instagram Stories on Feb. 14, including snaps of himself in a hospital gown and wearing a nasal cannula.

Mauricio Umansky reveals he’s broken his clavicle in skiing accident.Mauricio Umansky/Instagram

Mauricio Umansky/Instagram

He also shared an X-ray of the injury, confirming that he’d need to have surgery.

“Let’s get this surgery done so I can heal,” he wrote over the image, adding, “Play hard sometimes you get hurt but the care here has been incredible.”

Mauricio Umansky is pictured after breaking his clavicle in a skiing accident.Mauricio Umansky/Instagram

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(L-R) Mauricio Umansky, Kyle Richards, Farrah Brittany, Alexia Umansky and Sophia Umansky.Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images

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In November, Richardsconfirmed to PEOPLEthat she and her family would be in Aspen – where they have a vacation home — for Christmas, explaining that they planned to go skiing. They alsocelebrated the winter holiday in Aspen in December 2023amid Richards andUmansky’s separation, which PEOPLE confirmedin July 2023. The pair had been married for 27 years.

source: people.com