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Bones & Muscles
Info on breaks, sprains, tears, and other problems that can affect the bones and muscles.
- 3 Ways to Build Strong Bones
- Achondroplasia
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears
- Arthrogryposis (AMC)
- Basilar Invagination
- Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Blount Disease
- Bone Health After Cancer Treatment
- Bow Legs (Genu Varum)
- Broken Bones
- Broken Collarbone (Clavicle Fracture)
- Buckle Fractures
- CLOVES Syndrome
- Campomelic Dysplasia
- Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia
- Casts
- Cerebral Palsy: Parents Talk (Video)
- Cervical Kyphosis
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)
- 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
- Common Childhood Orthopedic Conditions
- Compression Fracture of the Spine
- Congenital Kyphosis
- Congenital Scoliosis
- Costochondritis
- Craniosynostosis
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
- Diastrophic Dysplasia
- Dislocated Kneecap (Dislocated Patella)
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Dwarfism
- Ellis-Van Creveld Dysplasia
- External Fixator: Pin Care
- Fibromyalgia
- Fibular Hemimelia
- Flat Feet
- Ganglion Cysts
- Getting an X-Ray
- Goldenhar Syndrome
- Greenstick Fractures
- Growth Plate Fractures
- Growth Plates
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Halo Brace
- Halo-Gravity Traction
- How Broken Bones Heal
- How Do the Joints Work? (Video)
- How to Handle a Broken Bone
- Hypochondroplasia
- Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Iliotibial Band Syndrome
- In-Toeing
- Incentive Spirometer
- Jumper's Knee
- Knee Injuries
- Kniest Dysplasia
- Knock Knees (Genu Valgum)
- Kyphosis
- 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)
- Marfan Syndrome
- Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Injuries
- Meningocele
- Morquio A Syndrome
- Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia
- Muscle Cramps
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelomeningocele
- Nursemaid's Elbow
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease
- Osteochondritis Dissecans
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bone Disease)
- Osteomyelitis
- Osteosarcoma
- Out-Toeing
- Panner's Disease
- 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
- Scoliosis: Bracing
- Sever's Disease
- Shin Splints
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
- Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida Occulta
- Spinal Fusion Surgery
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA): Steven's Story (Video)
- 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
- Torticollis
- Torticollis in Infants
- Ulnar Dysplasia
- Vitamin D
- What Is Collagen?
- What to Do About a Dislocation
- X-Ray Exam: Ankle
- X-Ray Exam: Bone Age Study
- X-Ray Exam: Cervical Spine
- X-Ray Exam: Chest
- X-Ray Exam: Elbow
- X-Ray Exam: Finger
- X-Ray Exam: Foot
- X-Ray Exam: Forearm
- X-Ray Exam: Hand
- X-Ray Exam: Hip
- X-Ray Exam: Knee
- X-Ray Exam: Leg Length
- X-Ray Exam: Lower Leg (Tibia and Fibula)
- X-Ray Exam: Pelvis
- X-Ray Exam: Upper Arm (Humerus)
- X-Ray Exam: Upper Leg (Femur)
- X-Ray Exam: Wrist
- X-Ray Exams