If You've Dislocated Your Hip, Here's How Captain Morgan Can Help... Besides The Obvious

by N/A, 9 years ago | 2 min read

Having a dislocated hip is basically the most uncomfortable thing to deal with, for two reasons: 1) there is no medical equipment that can help 2) the doctor is just going to shove that thing back in their with the force of their strength and maneuvering. OUCH.Â

This little number is called the Allis Maneuver, which is when the doctor climbs on top of the patient in a straddled position and literally just shoves the femur back into the socket. Please say there is an alternativeâ€¦There is, now.

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Greg Hendey, a University of California emergency medicine professor, was trying to find an alternative process to the painful Allis Maneuver. That's when he had an epiphany during a Captain Morgan commercial.

As the mascot threw his leg up on a barrel of liquor, and smiled devilishly, Hendey had a breakthroughâ€¦

What if, instead of straddling the patient uncomfortably (for both parties), the doctor mimicked this now famous pose?

He realized the doctor could stand next to the gurney, rather than provocatively on top, and use his rested knee (the one atop the liquor barrel) the guide the patient's femur back into place. That sounds a lot better than a violent shoving to us.

Here it is in action. Look familiar?

Hendey put it into practice right away, and after taking notes on 13 patients, he wrote his findings in theÂ Annals of Emergency Medicine. His sample size was clearly very small, and larger hospitals later confirmed his conclusion.

Doctors "never go back" according to what Hedney said in an NPR interview about the new technique. If you'd like to see it in action, feel free to watch this video below. However, we must warn you, it's quite graphic.

**AUTHOR'S NOTE: I couldn't make myself watch it, so don't feel you as if you need to. Understanding the advancement was good enough for me!**