Bone Dislocation - How To Manage It?

Ligaments are flexible bands of fibrous tissue that connect various bones and cartilage. It also binds the bones in a joint together. A dislocation occurs when extreme force is put on a ligament allowing the ends of 2 connected bones to separate.

The time that a bone dislocation takes to recover depends on the size of the joint involved and the amount of associated damage the supporting structures have incurred. Besides the age, weight, severity of injury, type of treatment and other factors are also responsible in determining the recovery time. It takes 2-3 weeks to recover from dislocations in small joints like in those in fingers, while a shoulder dislocation will take 12-16 weeks to recover. Hip dislocation can take up to six months or more to recover but never more than a year.

Bleeding is not a symptom of bone dislocation. Dislocation occurs when significant stress is put on the ligament which connects two bones at the joint. The stress may be the result of an accident like falling hard at an awkward angle or having any part of a body jerkDislocated knees pop back in to place on its owned violently. Separation of ligaments do not tear any blood vessels and hence bleeding does not occur.

Shoulder dislocation occurs when the ball of the upper arm bone pops out of the shoulder socket. It is usually caused by a fall on to the upper arm. Usually, the dislocated ball pops out at the front of the shoulder joint. Shoulder dislocation is very common because the shoulder joint is the most used joint of our body.