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
• 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 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)
• Hypochondroplasia
• Idiopathic Scoliosis
• 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
• 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 Syndrome
• 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?
• 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

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

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