Bones & Muscles

• Chest Wall Disorder: Pectus Excavatum

  Pectus excavatum is when the ribs and sternum (breastbone) grow inward and form a dent in the chest. Learn the causes, symptoms, treatments, and more.

• Chest Wall Disorder: Poland Syndrome

  Poland syndrome is a condition where a child is born with missing or underdeveloped chest muscles.

• CLOVES Syndrome

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

• Clubfoot

  Clubfoot is a birth defect that makes one or both of a baby’s feet point down and turn in. Most clubfeet can be successfully corrected using the nonsurgical Ponseti method.

• Clubfoot (Topic Center)

  Clubfoot is when a baby is born with feet that point down and turn in. The condition usually can be fixed without surgery. Here’s what parents should know.

• Clubfoot: Moving the Legs in a Ponseti Brace (Video)

  After clubfoot is corrected in the casting phase, it must be maintained in the bracing phase for up to 5 years. While your baby wore casts, he or she could move the legs independently. But because both feet are in the brace, the legs can only move together.

• Comminuted Fractures

  A comminuted fracture is a type of broken bone. The bone is broken into more than two pieces.

• Common Childhood Orthopedic Conditions

  Flatfeet, toe walking, pigeon toes, bowlegs, and knock-knees. Lots of kids have these common orthopedic conditions, but are they medical problems that can and should be corrected?

• Compression Fracture of the Spine

  A compression fracture of the spine is when the vertebrae (bones that form the spine) collapses. People with weakened bones can get them from a minor fall or with no trauma at all.

• Congenital Kyphosis

  Kyphosis is a rounding of the back that some children are born with. It makes the back look hunched over.