| After dislocating my collar bone I have a big bump to show for it. Should I leave it or have surgery to remove it? | 2 years 11 weeks ago | 1040 |
| All three of my teenage daughters are six feet tall or taller. I've heard that taller children need more calcium to build strong bones compared to shorter children. Is this really true? | 31 weeks 17 hours ago | 430 |
| All three of our children started complaining of back pain when they started attending high school. Is there some link here? Is it just the psychologic stress of switching from middle school to high school? | 24 weeks 1 day ago | 138 |
| Both my grandparents have had hip replacements using the new minimally invasive methods with arthroscopy. Now my own two-year old daughter needs hip surgery for dysplasia. Can she have this same kind of surgery? | 1 year 3 weeks ago | 373 |
| Can children get complex regional pain syndrome? | 8 weeks 19 hours ago | 53 |
| Can children get osteoporosis from drinking too much soda pop? | 31 weeks 17 hours ago | 590 |
| Do children ever have lumbar disc problems? | 2 years 8 weeks ago | 372 |
| Do left-footed soccer players have a playing advantage? Are they more or less likely to get injured? Does it even matter? | 2 years 17 weeks ago | 1107 |
| For a while there was a big push to find out why female athletes have more knee ligament injuries than males. What was the final conclusion to all the studies done? | 2 years 4 weeks ago | 411 |
| For two years I suffered greatly with patellar tendinitis. Physical therapy helped a little but I gradually got worse and worse. This past summer I had surgery to clean out the inflammation and get healing back on the right track. It's been six weeks and I'm still having a lot of pain and discomfort around the tendon. Will this ever go away? | 1 year 36 weeks ago | 765 |
| Have you ever heard of a Baker's cyst from Lyme disease? Our son was diagnosed with this earlier this year. | 1 year 26 weeks ago | 1001 |
| Have you ever heard of a growth plate coming apart? My 12-year old daughter had an MRI for a back injury. The results showed separation of the growth plate where she hurt herself. What could be causing this? | 4 years 10 weeks ago | 771 |
| Have you ever heard of doing PET scans for children with back pain? I saw a report on the internet about this but our doctor says this isn't really necessary. | 1 year 3 weeks ago | 379 |
| Have you ever heard of ingrown toenails in a newborn? My first grandchild was just born with this problem. No one in our family has ever had ingrown toenails. | 21 weeks 14 hours ago | 229 |
| Have you ever heard of the Ponseti Method for clubfoot? How does it work? | 1 year 12 weeks ago | 713 |
| Have you ever heard of transplanting cartilage from the knee to the elbow? They are going to do this for my younger brother who has osteochondral dissecans. Is this new? | 21 weeks 15 hours ago | 119 |
| Help please...we need some quick answers. Our daughter has a fracture in the thighbone that needs surgical treatment. The doctor is talking about using a metal plate and screws to hold it in place while she heals. She'll be in a big cast, too. We live in a very isolated, rural area with few family and friends to help out. Isn't there an easier way to treat this problem? I don't know how we can manage. | 2 years 2 weeks ago | 424 |
| How and why does hip dysplasia happen? In my family, three different cousins had children with it. Before that, I didn't know anyone who had a child with that problem. | 5 weeks 6 days ago | 60 |
| How can I know if my teen-age daughter is eating properly to prevent osteoporosis later in life? | 24 weeks 1 day ago | 131 |
| How common is clubfeet and what are my chances of having a child with them? | 42 weeks 18 hours ago | 330 |
| How common is scoliosis? | 1 year 2 weeks ago | 468 |
| How does a doctor decide if surgery is needed when treating someone with scoliosis? | 30 weeks 18 hours ago | 203 |
| How is scoliosis diagnosed ? | 1 year 2 weeks ago | 416 |
| How is scoliosis diagnosed? | 1 year 2 weeks ago | 332 |
| How is scoliosis fixed if bracing doesn't work? | 30 weeks 18 hours ago | 206 |
| How is tuberculosis of the knee treated? My coworker's nephew has it. | 23 weeks 16 hours ago | 150 |
| How long can we (or should we) delay surgery for our child who has hip dysplasia? We know this problem goes away in some children. How long can we wait to find out before it's too late? | 27 weeks 13 hours ago | 164 |
| How long does it take for Osgood-Schlatter disease to heal? | 30 weeks 18 hours ago | 388 |
| How old is a child when scoliosis is usually found? | 23 weeks 16 hours ago | 186 |
| I am 11-years old and just found out I have scoliosis. I may need to get a brace. How do they decide that I do need to wear a brace? | 47 weeks 15 hours ago | 369 |
