Diagnosing nursemaid''s elbow can be a little tricky, since usually the elbow is not swollen or tender to the touch, and an X-ray might not reveal the slippage, said Michael Davis, M.D., a ...

Nursemaid’s elbow or radial head subluxation is a partial dislocation of the elbow due to the fact that the child’s muscles and bones are still developing. It takes extremely little force to ...