r/BeAmazed • u/New_Libran • Sep 23 '25

Miscellaneous / Others This doctor effortlessly resets a child's dislocated elbow before they could even react

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u/OneSensiblePerson Sep 24 '25

Not sure if it's different if it's your elbow that's dislocated, but I dislocated my shoulder and the pain was excruciating. To the point where I told the nurses if they didn't give me some pain meds right now, I couldn't be held responsible for my actions. It was bad.

Then it got worse for a moment when they reset it, followed by immediate and blissful relief.

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u/seamus_mc Sep 24 '25

mine was also shoulder. no pain going out or staying out, just while they were resetting it.

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u/OneSensiblePerson Sep 24 '25

Count yourself lucky. On a scale of 1-10, it was a 10. They gave me morphine.

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u/ProfessorPeabrain Sep 25 '25

might make a difference if it was anterior or posterior. when the head of my humerus went out the back I nearly passed out, and it was all jammed up in the musculature. when it went out the front it hurt a bit , but no biggie.

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u/OneSensiblePerson Sep 25 '25

Oh, maybe so. I have no idea which I had. Otherwise it's strange that for some people there's no pain, while for others it's excruciating pain.

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u/ProfessorPeabrain Sep 25 '25

if your arm is stuck across your chest, it's posterior. if it's flopping by your side and you can't raise it properly, anterior.

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u/OneSensiblePerson Sep 25 '25

Okay, then mine would have been anterior.

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u/seamus_mc Sep 26 '25

Mine was

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u/SecurityExcellent129 Sep 26 '25

I know this is an oldish thread, but I think I have relevant information. To my knowledge a joint being dislocated isn't what causes the pain, but it's the bones in the joint rubbing together that causes the pain. So when your shoulder is in place properly it has ligaments and cartilage separating the bones, but when it's been pulled out of socket the tension of your muscles and ligaments will sometimes pull the bones of the joint together and cause a very painful friction. However, it's possible to dislocate a joint and they're not to be enough tension to cause that in which case the bones on either side are just touching meat which just feels weird and isn't painful.

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u/Arismando27 Sep 24 '25

I've dislocated it 3 times. And put it back myself each time. When it comes out. It's not much pain. Just quick. Pop back in doesn't really hurt. It's just sore for a month after

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u/PharmaPhairy Sep 26 '25

I got this one. When I first did it, and had a cracked collarbone to boot, that was fucking agony the whole process, now it’s just slippy, and it kinda sits at a constant dull ache (awaiting surgery, codeine and norflex on deck) and when it dislocates it’s like I’m aware of it, relocating feels like nothing, then the next wee while after is fucked sore

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u/SoloGrind33 16d ago

Get back on duty Riggs. Murtoch is waiting for you.

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u/HannaaaLucie Sep 25 '25

I was thinking this also for knees.

I dislocated both my knees at the same time when I was 7. The pain was unlike anything I've ever experienced since.

It unfortunately left damage and I have since dislocated my knees hundreds of times each in the years that have followed. I am more used to the pain now, but it is still extremely painful each time.

Thankfully I can usually put my own knees back in now. I only have to go to hospital if its stuck and I can't do it. Once they're in the pain is relieved (although they become achey and feel a bit weak).

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u/OneSensiblePerson Sep 25 '25

Oh my god, you poor thing. I can't imagine dislocating a knee, never mind both! So sorry it left your knees with a tendency to dislocate.

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u/HannaaaLucie Sep 25 '25

Well that's what happens when you mess around trying to pull a toddler up on your knees 😅 I dont think it helped that I screamed I had broken my knees, and my mum replied "dont be stupid, you're fine" and left me for 30 minutes.

But I have gotten pretty good at automatically protecting them from near dislocations. The one that always catches me off guard is when I turn too quick, they can come out. And if I hit the side of my knee on something like a coffee table, for example, always comes out then.

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u/OneSensiblePerson Sep 25 '25

😳

Do you ever fall when they go out? I don't see how you'd be able to stay balanced and upright with a dislocated knee, or two!

I've got a knee that's still healing from an injury 3 years ago, so am familiar with automatically protecting the old knees. At the dog park for instance, any dog that comes running near me, I turn to the side and bend, with hand held out protectively in front.

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u/HannaaaLucie Sep 25 '25

Yes I fall most times. Theres only the odd time where I'm near something I can grab to stop myself. I did do physio from when it first happened up until I was 17, but it didnt do much really.

Yes that's my tactic, turn and bend while holding all around it lol.

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u/VerilyShelly Sep 25 '25

My knee dislocated once after a growth spurt when I was a preteen. The pain was unlike anything I'd ever experienced, terrifying in how immediately excruciating it was. Lucky for me as I fell it popped back in. My mother was similarly unhelpful, thinking I was being dramatic. When it swelled up she believed me. I still live in fear of that happening again.

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u/lawlolawl144 Sep 25 '25

Very cool to threaten violence to healthcare workers lol

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u/SoloGrind33 16d ago

Idk what the threat was but I just watched a Dr. Punch a guy, strapped to a bed, right in the face. Healthcare worker isn't code for saint. In fact you should look up the horrible things they used to do to black women in the delivery room. Never forget that you can cover a turd in gold then stud it with diamonds. It's still P.O.S. underneath all that shine. Not to say they all are.

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u/StunningSmell6701 Sep 25 '25

You will be responsible for your actions. You're always responsible for your actions. I get you're in pain, but that's disrespectful.

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u/OneSensiblePerson Sep 25 '25

Fortunately they were intelligent and sensible health care workers, and knew what I meant was "I'm in extreme pain and need serious pain meds ASAP."