Broken elbow

Elbow dislocation

Dislocated elbow and broken wrist

My son has a broken arm. Here are parenting tips to help with cast care and a child with a broken bone.

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of surgery used to stabilize and heal a broken bone. You might need this procedure to treat your broken elbow.

If you have an elbow injury or know someone with an elbow fracture, this article reviews some of the most frequent questions about broken bones in the elbow.

While trying to break a fall with your hands may seem instinctive, the force of the fall could travel up your forearm bones and dislocate your elbow. It also could break the smaller bone (radius) in your forearm. Fractures of the radius often occur in the part of the bone near the elbow, called the radial "head."

Yes, you can! When I broke my elbow at Zumbro (story in a future post), I googled "running with a broken elbow" and "running with a broken arm" the same night. There's not a lot out there on the internets about running with a full arm cast (though a number of stories about short arm casts), so I thought it might be helpful to share my experience. The summary? Yes, it can be done. If you're a little nuts. At my first appointment with my orthopedic surgeon, I asked "Can I run?" It was 5 weeks…

Elbow injuries are common in both adults and children. WebMD provides an overview of elbow injuries and how they are treated.