Hip Is In. Back Is Out.

Have you ever seen someone reduce a hip dislocation? It's one of the most fun E. R. procedures. After making sure the patient is sedated you climb up on the stretcher and pull up on the patient's thigh as hard as you can, while the rest of your team is holding the paitient down.

I did one of these procedures Friday night. Unfortunately, I woke up Saturday morning with the worst back pain. I could barely tie my shoes without going into spasm. Well, after about 3 grams of Tylenol and 1200mg of Ibuprofen, I'm starting to feel better. I told my collegues about this and they universally responded with "Oh, THAT procedure? I don't do that anymore because of what it does to my back." Well, I wish I had known that Friday night.