Bones & Muscles

Info on breaks, sprains, tears, and other problems that can affect the bones and muscles.

• 3 Ways to Build Strong Bones
• Achondroplasia
• Arthrogryposis (AMC)
• Basilar Invagination
• Becker Muscular Dystrophy
• Bone Health After Cancer Treatment
• Bow Legs (Genu Varum)
• Broken Collarbone (Clavicle Fracture)
• Buckle Fractures
• Campomelic Dysplasia
• Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia
• Casts
• Cervical Kyphosis
• Chest Pain in Kids and Teens
• Chest Wall Disorder: Pectus Carinatum
• Chest Wall Disorder: Pectus Excavatum
• Chest Wall Disorder: Poland Syndrome
• Clubfoot
• Clubfoot (Topic Center)
• Clubfoot: Moving the Legs in a Ponseti Brace (Video)
• Comminuted Fractures
• Compression Fracture of the Spine
• Congenital Kyphosis
• Congenital Scoliosis
• Craniosynostosis
• Diastrophic Dysplasia
• Dislocated Kneecap (Dislocated Patella)
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Ellis-Van Creveld Dysplasia
• External Fixator: Pin Care
• Fibular Hemimelia
• Flat Feet
• Ganglion Cysts
• Getting an X-Ray
• Goldenhar Syndrome
• Greenstick Fractures
• Growth Plates
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• Halo-Gravity Traction
• How Broken Bones Heal
• How Do the Joints Work? (Video)
• Hypochondroplasia
• Idiopathic Scoliosis
• Iliotibial Band Syndrome
• Kniest Dysplasia
• Knock Knees (Genu Valgum)
• Leg Length Discrepancy
• Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
• Limb Differences
• Limb Lengthening Surgery: External Fixator
• Limb Lengthening Surgery: Internal Lengthening Device
• Little League Elbow
• Low Calcium in Babies (Hypocalcemia)
• Meningocele
• Morquio A Syndrome
• Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia
• Muscle Cramps
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Myelomeningocele
• Nursemaid's Elbow
• Osteochondritis Dissecans
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bone Disease)
• Osteosarcoma
• Out-Toeing
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Runner's Knee)
• Pectus Carinatum: Bracing
• Pectus Excavatum: The Nuss Procedure
• Pectus Excavatum: Vacuum Bell Device
• Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS)
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Polydactyly
• Pompe Disease
• Postural Kyphosis
• Primordial Dwarfism
• Pseudoachondroplasia
• Radial Dysplasia
• Repetitive Stress Injuries in Sports
• Rickets
• Rigo Cheneau Brace
• Rotator Cuff Tendonitis
• Scheuermann's Kyphosis
• Scoliosis: Bracing
• Shin Splints
• Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
• Spina Bifida
• Spina Bifida Occulta
• Spinal Fusion Surgery
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
• Splints
• Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita (SEDc)
• Spondylolisthesis
• Spondylolysis
• Strains and Sprains
• Stress Fractures
• Symbrachydactyly
• Syndactyly
• The Ponseti Clubfoot Brace: Tips for Parents
• The Ponseti Method: Bracing Phase
• The Ponseti Method: Casting Phase
• The Ravitch Procedure
• The WREX Orthosis (Assistive Device)
• Thumb Duplication
• Thumb Hypoplasia
• Toe Walking
• Ulnar Dysplasia
• What Is Collagen?
• X-Ray Exams

Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

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