Bones & Muscles

• Achondroplasia

  Achondroplasia is a condition that causes short stature (an adult height less than 4 feet, 10 inches). Treatment can help with related problems, and new research offers hope for even better treatments.

• Campomelic Dysplasia

  People with campomelic dysplasia usually have bent long bones and can have severe breathing problems. A team of specialists will care for a child when medical problems come up.

• Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia

  Kids with cartilage hair hypoplasia have differences with the growth of their bones. With regular medical care, most kids can live a full, healthy life.

• Cerebral Palsy: Parents Talk (Video)

  Get advice from parents raising kids with cerebral palsy. Learn what works, what doesn’t, and what helped these families the most.

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)

  Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a neurological disorder that causes muscle weakness and numbness, most often in the arms and legs.

• Chest Pain in Kids and Teens

  In kids and teens, chest pain can happen for many reasons. Often, it will go away with little or no treatment.

• CLOVES Syndrome

  CLOVES syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder that causes vascular, skin, spinal, and bone or joint abnormalities.

• Diastrophic Dysplasia

  Diastrophic dysplasia is a skeletal dysplasia. People who have it are generally shorter than average in height.

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

  Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common form of muscular dystrophy. It gradually makes the body’s muscles weaker.

• Dwarfism

  Kids with dwarfism have short height. Many of the possible challenges can be treated, and kids can live healthy lives.