I was personally training a client when my normally calm husband came barging into my session. He was holding our screaming baby. On instinct I searched my baby’s face for gashes, then continued to search for other signs of great impairment. Right away I saw his left arm, completely limp. My husband said that his sister (my step daughter) was playing with him twirling him around when all the sudden he started screaming non stop. My husband, Brad asked him how she had been holding him. She said it was as she always held him, around the elbow and upper arm.
We rushed our baby to the emergency room. Our baby had stopped crying, but still could not move his arm. As we walked to the emergency office two little kids passed with broken arms. We thought, “is this a preminition?” We were so relieved when right away he was diagnosed with “Nursemaid Elbow”. It is when the joint gets jammed and the doctor has to “pop it” back into place. Apparently it’s a very common condition with babies up to age 5 since their ligaments and tendons are developing. It was amazing…after our baby’s arm was adjusted, he was back to his active agile self. Phew…what a relief! I wish I knew about this before it happened! I hope our experience will help you.