While there’s nothing humerus about any health condition or the struggles associated with it, sometimes allowing ourselves to laugh is good medicine. So, we’re risking you finding a good bone to pick with us by compiling 25 orthopedic jokes we hope will make your day.
1. Disclaimer
If you plan to “go dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh, over the fields we go, laughing all the way” this holiday season, “please check with your doctor before starting any new exercise program.”
2. Customer to Mechanic: It makes a creaking and popping sound when I get in and out of the car.
Mechanic to Customer: That’s your knees. You need to see an orthopedist, not a mechanic.
3. Bone Doctor: I’ve reviewed your x-ray
Patient: What did you see?
Bone doctor: Well, I saw a broken bone. But I was able to fix it in Photoshop.
4. Doctor: It looks like you have a jammed knee.
Patient {laughing in disbelief}: You’re pulling my leg.
5. Pig Athlete to Doctor: I have this sharp pain in the back of my thigh.
Doctor: You may have a torn hamstring. Can you put any weight on it?
6. Doctor to Balloon Animal: What seems to be the problem?
Balloon Animal: I heard a pop in my knee.
7. “I love my new orthodontic shoes.”
“I think you mean *orthopedic*.”
“You’re right. I stand corrected.”
8. What do you call a fish that promotes healthy bones?
An orthopedic sturgeon.
9. Athlete: I hit my shin hard during that play.
Doctor: It’s bruised. But it’s going tibia okay.
10. What types of jokes do orthopedic surgeons like?
Oh, anything Humerus.
11. If anybody wants any copies of Orthopedic Monthly…
I have back issues.
12. I watched a movie about a chiropractor over the weekend called, “The Adjustment”…
But I wouldn’t recommend it because there was too much backstory.
13. What do you get when you boil a funny bone?
A laughing stock…
The home chefs will get that one, Pho Sure.
14. I don’t know why people say I have bad posture…
But I have a hunch.
15. Ginger Bread Person: Doctor, I have a sore knee. Do I need surgery?
Doctor: I recommend you try icing it first.
16. Patient texts Friend: Doctor said it’s a fracture.
Friend texts back: Oh, I was afraid it was broken.
17. I never thought seeing a physical therapist could fix my posture…
But I stand corrected.
18. What Is an Orthopedist’s Favorite 80’s TV Show?
Gimme a Break!
19. Ex-student Athlete to Former Teammate: Remember the good old days when we played football and no one was worried about concussions?
Former Teammate: We played football?
20. Why do patellas tell all the best jokes?
Because they’re fun-knee.
21. What’s another name for a prosthetic patella?
Faux-knee
22. What are physical therapist’s favorite coffee drinks?
Tensor fascia latae. They’re too hip to try anything else.
23. What did the ulna say when it proposed to the radius?
“I always want to be at your side and can’t wrist losing you. Will you marrow me?”
24. We know you like to tibia honest…
so patella friend if you found any of these humerus.
25. We had some more orthopedic jokes and puns but…
on knee flexion, we kneed to get back to work.
Knee-dless to say, if you’re experiencing any not-so-funny pains in your bones and joints, please contact Huntington Orthopedics for an appointment.