Pediatric Orthopedics

Immediate treatment is necessary in babies and children with developmental hip dysplasia. The ball is loose in the hip socket and may be easy to dislocate.

The cause of Perthes disease is not known; however, most cases can be treated without surgery, depending on your child’s symptoms. Consult your pediatrician.

Keep your child’s cast clean and dry by following a few guidelines for caring for your child’s cast.

Orthopedic surgeons can help children with cerebral palsy by treating problems with bones, muscles, tendons, nerves or joints.

Children with Sever’s disease usually have symptoms go away on their own within two weeks to two months; however, there are treatment options to relieve pain.

Although the symptoms and cause between a strain and a sprain are different, the treatment is usually R.I.C.E. (rest, ice, compression and elevation).

Toxic synovitis is a temporary inflammation of the hip, which can cause limping, and pain in a child’s hip and leg. Treatment options are usually nonsurgical.

Osgood-Schlatter disease is a common cause of knee pain in children and is usually treated with non-operative treatment. Symptoms include pain and swelling.

Dr. David Schwartz, OrthoIndy spine physician, shares tips all parents should follow when looking for scoliosis.

Sometimes scoliosis can be corrected without surgery; however, that wasn’t the case for Genova’s severe curve.

Riding lawnmower accident brings 3-year-old to OrthoIndy Trauma. After parents nearly lose hope, trauma surgeon is able to avoid amputation.

Intoeing means that when a child walks or runs the feet turn inward instead of pointing straight ahead. This was Kendall’s reality until she visited OrthoIndy.