How to Fix a Nursemaid's Elbow at Home

Dr. Allison Beitel

[yl]

the video helped me to fix my 1-year old daughter's elbow. thank you so much

[kenosavage_tx]

This is crazy my one year old had the exact same thing, so you saved me a trip to the ER during COVID. THANK YOU SO

[kevinpugh]

This video helped me fix my two-year-old’s nurse’s elbow. I knew what it was because when I picked her up by her arm, I heard a pop and I had to take her to the ER before cause I thought she broke something this time I knew what it was and this information saved me hundreds of dollars taking her to a doctor. She’s doing great now Thank you and keep up the good work.!!

[sashaafify]

What a relief!! My whole family is cheering! I just fixed my son's nursemaid thanks to your video. Were especially relieved since now we don't have to walk into an emergency room during this terrible pandemic. Thank you from my my whole family in Chicago❤

[thomasbovenzi]

7 years later and this video is still helping folks. Saved me and my 2y/o a trip to CHOA. Thank you

[mgalbraith]

Agree with others below- did this today for my 2.5 yr old son and immediately after he said, "no more ouchie!" So relieved and so grateful. . . thank you!

[bryannahudspeth]

My mind is BLOWN. My 2 year old daughter has had this recurring injury to her elbow. We had no idea what it was and have had several trips to several doctors, an x-ray that showed nothing wrong, and no answers. She just re-injured it for the 4th time today and refused to use her arm saying it hurt. We immediately knew it was the same problem again. This time, someone mentioned it may be nursemaids elbow and we tried what we saw in this video and it immediately fixed it. I cannot believe we didn’t find this sooner! My baby can use her arm again. Thank you!!!

[davidarteaga]

You are a life saver. We have a 3 year old and a 5 year old that were playing rougher than they should have. All I heard was she pulled my arm and screaming of wrist pain. After not seeing any swelling or bruising and feeling the bones around wrist, arm, and elbow I figured it was not broken. I immediately started researching and just so happened to stumble on your video after looking for hyper extension related issues. 10 minutes later, most of which was me convincing myself to give it a try, she was using the arm and no longer in pain. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and giving a great example.

PS.

The "pop" wasn't as bad as I imagined.

[bonkersmomof]

Thank you so much! I just fixed my 14 month old grand son's arm. He was crying and we were googling and asking on Facebook and I thought, "YouTube has everything!" And sure enough, a mom/pediatrician to the rescue! What a wacky feeling! He's up and drinking a smoothie now. Thank you Dr.!

[paulbenson]

Echoing all the rest here. Saved my 4 year old at least a couple of hours of pain and our family a trip to a hospital during a pandemic and hundreds of dollars! Most helpful video I've seen maybe ever. Thank you.

[fullofbullets]

My 2 year old has gotten nursemaid elbow twice now.. the first time I had to take her to the hospital because I was so worried and they told me about nursemaid elbow. She just got it again and with this video, I fixed it on the first try!!! Now my baby is happy again so thank u so much

[ElizabethSwims]

Thanks, just fixed my 3 year olds elbow by following these instructions. Thank you so much

[bethwatters]

This literally saved me thousands of dollars and my entire day by not having to drive an hour to the children’s hospital and pay for the ER! Thank you so much! 😭

[bradleyturner]

2-3 hour wait at the ER so I watched this and just treated my 2 year old’s arm in the parking lot. Thank you!!!

[yadieltv]

Thank you, my 2 year old always gets nursemaids elbows and I would have to get out of work to take him to the hospital. He would sit there in pain for hours and sometimes they would even do multiple x-rays which is very unhealthy for a 2 year old. Ever since I saw this video I learned to do it myself and found out those nurses would make him wait in pain for a long time for no reason at all cause it’s so easy to fix it. Haven’t had to take him to the hospital for a nursemaids elbow for about a year now. I appreciate you.

[janetholmes]

Thank You, Allison- Grandma here, and it is the 2nd time the 5-yr.old has had one, and if you'd not shown the 2nd position with the left arm, I'm not sure this old lady would have brought about success. Parents are in Disneyland, and we are most grateful!!!

[thelittlevunas]

My daughter did her elbow for the second time. I knew what it was as soon as she said where the pain was. I was too nervous about taking her to A&E during COVID in the UK as it happened late so hoped she could make it till morning when I could take her to the doctor. The pain she had was too unbearable for me and after watching this video I gave it a go and IT WORKED! Felt it pop. The amount of relief knowing she was no longer hurting was immeasurable. THANK YOU!!!

[beachplease]

Omg You saved us a sleepless night and trip to the ER at 4am (we have a nationwide curfew after 11pm). Felt the pop, she gave me a cuddle and went right to sleep! THANKS A MILLION!!

[kathysmith]

Thank you so much! My three year old was playing with his big sister and ended up dislocating his elbow while she was pulling him up onto the couch. After watching your video together we performed this procedure and (to quote my three year old) "my arm is all fixed! It doesn't hurt anymore!!" We can't thank you enough for saving us a trip to the ER during the COVID pandemic and of course for helping us alleviate his pain and discomfort!!

[SeeSax]

Echoing the others here, thank you so much for this video! We avoided what I’m sure would be a long and painful ER visit. I’m pretty sure I can perform surgeries at home now...