The latest information about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, including vaccine clinics for 12-17 year-olds.
Macy is sharing her scoliosis care story to inspire other girls who are diagnosed with scoliosis as preteens. She wants them to know that they will make it through. Her advice is to “just keep going week to week and focus on something you love to do, letting it carry you to the other side.”
Cate went from a broken leg to breaking records as a high school track star in a little over a year.
A core team of caregivers helped Scott Garman overcome injuries and achieve his dream of becoming a D1 diver.
Learn about some of the most common injuries that can be caused in part by anatomical and physiological differences between boys and girls.
The Moore family of Concord, California, has set a record for having the most kids from one family receiving care at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. We couldn’t think of a nicer family to reach this milestone.
Dr. Molly Meadows, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, offers advice on this common injury.
Spondylolysis, a break in the spine, prevented Neill from playing sports. A second opinion led him to Stanford, surgery and a return to an active life.
In part two of our Women’s History Month features, we celebrate some of the outstanding women at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health who make such a difference for patients and the community at large.
After powering through elbow pain due to osteochondritis dissecans, Jaiden got help from our experts.
After fracturing a bone in her ankle, Paige turned to a team of sports medicine and rehab experts at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health—and not for the first time.
Orthopedic surgeon Charles Chan discusses how your child can safely return to sports this summer.
Two days a week, Stanford Medicine Children’s patients with scoliosis—most of whom are teen girls—are treated by all-women team of doctors and nurses.
Sports medicine experts at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health are working with youth teams and athletes to help them safely return to practice during the pandemic.
Sports medicine experts helped Thomas recover from osteochondritis dissecans and return to basketball.
Advice on how to keep your children safe if they return to playing sports during the pandemic.
These tips will help young athletes transition back to sports safely.
Doctors used an innovative approach called high intensity focused ultrasound to remove a tumor called an osteoid osteoma without surgery or radiation.
Rider is running and playing after surgery and bracing to treat his clubfoot.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital saves limb of teen with complex orthopedic surgery and microvascular surgery with skin, bone and vein grafts.
Four teams of young wheelchair basketball players took to the court at Stanford’s Arrillaga Family Recreation Center last month.
After being diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans and undergoing surgery on her knees, Avery is on the mend and hopes to be running again soon.
Kora has early onset scoliosis (EOS), a severe spinal curvature that occurs when vertebrae develop incorrectly in utero.
Anna Davis has had more than 50 casts in her under 10 years due to clubfoot. Dr. Gamble, pediatric orthopedic specialist, has helped her through the challenges of treatment for the condition.
An avid basketball player, Chris loves the Golden State Warriors and can spew out player statistics at any moment. But physiologically, Chris is very unique.
Growing bones and brains are susceptible to different injury patterns than adults throughout adolescence and young adulthood.
When Elijah Olivas’s hand was severed in a car accident, dozens of experts from our pediatric trauma team coordinated to perform 20 hours of life- and limb-saving surgery.
Young, athletic girls like Aminah Carter, 8, are being treated for sports injuries typically associated with adults and professional athletes.
An incredible device originally developed in post-WWII Siberia helped 7-year-old Giana Brown straighten and lengthen her left leg by making small adjustments for more than six months.
Back home at the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestine, 6-year-old Hadi Alkhadra has had to crawl or be carried by his parents his entire life.
After many years of careful care and planning by Packard Children’s orthopedic surgeon Scott Hoffinger, MD,… Read more »
In the U.S. News & World Report publication of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals for 2012-13,… Read more »
