Pediatrics > Orthopedic and Sports Injuries
Orthopedic and Sports Injuries in Children
Facts and Physical Therapy?
Types of commonly seen injuries in children:
- Ankle Strain/Sprain
- Patella-femoral Syndrome
- Fractures
- ACL reconstruction
- Arthroscopic Surgeries
- Scoliosis/back pain
- Osgood-Schlatter's Disease
- Decreased strength or endurance
- Poor Posture
- Many more...
Indicators that your child would benefit from Physical Therapy:
- Increased muscle tightness / decreased flexibility
- Muscle weakness
- Delay in obtaining motor skills/milestones
- Poor balance and/or coordination
- Difficulty moving through the environment/ participating in "sporting" activities
- Postural abnormalities
- Pain
What can Physical Therapy do to help my child?
- Provide interventions to improve balance/coordination
- Provide hands-on techniques to improve joint alignment with movement
- Use handling-techniques to facilitate age appropriate motor skills
- Facilitate active movement or provide stability to increase motor skills
- Provide a home program to assure carryover
- Provide orthotic assessment/training if prescribed by a physician
