Ever heard of Nursemaid’s Elbow? We found out exactly what that was this past weekend, when it happened to my friend’s little baby girl who is almost two.
It’s a dislocation of the radius bone in the elbow and it’s quite common in young children, usually under the age of five. The injury often occurs when the child is picked up by the hand of wrist, like when swinging a child up over a curb or high step. It can also occur if the child breaks a fall with the arm, rolls over in an unusual way, or from swinging a child from the arms while playing.
Unfortunately, once the elbow dislocates, it is likely to do so again, especially in the 3 or 4 weeks after the injury. After the age of five, the injury is less likely to occur since the child’s joints are now much stronger.
This is a very unfortunate thing to happen for both parties involved, and I’m only writing about it in order to help prevent someone from making the same mistake. We must have been very lucky, because I remember it was pretty common to play airplane when I was a kid and swing kids around by both arms, or an arm and a leg. Just luck of the draw, I guess.
Your friendly health & fitness expert,
Melissa
OptimumCondition.com
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