How Did They Reduce Tua’s Hip Dislocation At The Stadium?

They likely reset it like you do a dislocated shoulder. That takes the strain off the nerves and soft tissues.

Light sedation and physically manipulate the hip and reduce the dislocation. If he had a posterior wall fx I imagine the reduction would have been pretty easy to achieve

Hopefully though a passive range of motion that hurt like hell, until sliding back in and immediately felling so much better.


(guessing - like other guy said - like how you do a shoulder)

Idk but you know that shite hurt that a SOB

My son was in a car accident and one of his injuries was the exact diagnosis I’ve heard for Tua. Hip dislocation with posterior fracture. Essentially, the femur was driven out of the socket, breaking off a piece of the socket as the ball slipped out.

They didn’t reduce my son’s hip until he had some morphine on board at the hospital. The broken piece of the socket went right back in place for my son, so Tua’s may be more severe. Has anyone heard for a fact if the artery was involved?

You pop the motherfricker back in. Which he was knocked out for more than likely already.

With a posterior acetabular fracture the joint is unstable and would go in and out relatively easily. A dislocation without a fracture is much more difficult to reduce.
From what I could see on the TV, his hip joint didn’t not appear to be dislocated. The femur would be internally rotated if it was dislocated posteriorly, and that did not appear to be the case on the field. But, depending on how bad the acetabular fracture was, it could have been dislocated posteriorly (thru the acetabulum) and not had the internal rotation of the femur...which is likely the case.

I grew too tall too fast. I was 6’1” by the 8th grade and am still that hight. That and sitting with my lower legs tucked under my hamstrings, most of the time, caused my kneecaps to settle too high in the joint.

Until I had surgery on both, my kneecaps would dislocate with quick side-to-side movement. This caused my leg to bend with my calf touching my hamstring. I’d take what ever leg was not dislocated, and push the dislocated one straight. The pain was so intense, I’d almost pass out. Then, after sliding back into joint, I’d get immediate relief.

It still would swell and hurt like hell, but the most painful part was the moment it (they) would dislocate, and the moment it slide back into alignment.

Probably popped it back in place

The only thing you need to reduce a hip is someone with two hands.

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