Pediatric Orthopaedic Family Education
Pediatric Orthopaedic Family Education

Children's bone & joint conditions

Plain-language guides for families to 77 pediatric orthopaedic topics: fractures, common conditions, casts and surgery. Open any topic to read it in English or Spanish, print it, or scan its QR code.

Distal Radius & Forearm
  1. 1Distal Radius Fracture (Wrist)→
  2. 2Buckle (Torus) Fracture of the Wrist→
  3. 3Growth Plate Fracture of the Wrist→
  4. 4Both-Bone Wrist Fracture (Distal Radius & Ulna)→
  5. 5Both-Bone Forearm Fracture (Mid-Shaft)→
  6. 6Radial Shaft Fracture→
  7. 7Ulnar Shaft (Nightstick) Fracture→
  8. 8Monteggia Fracture-Dislocation→
Wrist & Hand
  1. 1Scaphoid Fracture→
  2. 2Metacarpal (Hand) Fracture→
  3. 3Finger (Phalanx) Fracture→
  4. 4Seymour Fracture (Fingertip)→
Elbow
  1. 1Supracondylar Humerus Fracture (Elbow)→
  2. 2Lateral Condyle Fracture (Elbow)→
  3. 3Medial Epicondyle Fracture (Elbow)→
  4. 4Medial Condyle Fracture (Elbow)→
  5. 5Radial Neck Fracture (Elbow)→
  6. 6Olecranon Fracture (Elbow Tip)→
  7. 7Elbow Dislocation→
  8. 8Elbow Contusion (Bruise)→
  9. 9Nursemaid’s Elbow→
  10. 10Transphyseal Distal Humerus Separation (Infant)→
Shoulder & Humerus
  1. 1Clavicle (Collarbone) Fracture→
  2. 2Proximal Humerus Fracture (Shoulder)→
  3. 3Humeral Shaft Fracture→
  4. 4Sternoclavicular / Medial Clavicle Injury→
  5. 5Fracture Through a Bone Cyst→
Hip, Femur & Pelvis
  1. 1Femur (Thighbone) Shaft Fracture→
  2. 2Distal Femur Fracture (Knee End of Thighbone)→
  3. 3Pelvic Avulsion Fracture→
  4. 4Femoral Neck Fracture (Hip)→
Knee
  1. 1Tibial Spine (ACL Avulsion) Fracture→
  2. 2Tibial Tubercle Fracture→
  3. 3Patellar Sleeve Fracture (Kneecap)→
  4. 4Osgood-Schlatter Disease→
  5. 5Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome→
Tibia & Fibula
  1. 1Proximal Tibia Fracture (Top of Shin)→
  2. 2Tibia & Fibula Shaft Fracture (Lower Leg)→
  3. 3Isolated Tibial Shaft Fracture→
  4. 4Fibular Shaft Fracture→
  5. 5Toddler’s Fracture→
  6. 6Distal Tibia Fracture (Ankle End of Shin)→
  7. 7Distal Tibia & Fibula Fracture (Ankle)→
Ankle & Foot
  1. 1Distal Fibula (Ankle) Growth Plate Fracture→
  2. 2Triplane Fracture (Ankle)→
  3. 3Tillaux Fracture (Ankle)→
  4. 4Talus Fracture (Ankle Bone)→
  5. 5Calcaneus Fracture (Heel Bone)→
  6. 6Cuboid Fracture (Midfoot)→
  7. 7Metatarsal (Foot) Fracture→
  8. 8Fifth Metatarsal Fracture (Tuberosity Avulsion)→
  9. 9Toe (Phalanx) Fracture→
  10. 10Ankle Sprain→
  11. 11Sever’s Disease (Heel)→
  12. 12Iselin’s Disease (Outer Foot)→
Spine & General
  1. 1Vertebral Compression Fracture (Spine)→
  2. 2Stress Fracture (Overuse)→
Common Conditions
  1. 1In-toeing (“Pigeon-Toed”)→
  2. 2Out-toeing→
  3. 3Bow Legs (Genu Varum)→
  4. 4Knock Knees (Genu Valgum)→
  5. 5Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)→
  6. 6Perthes Disease (Legg-Calvé-Perthes)→
  7. 7Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)→
  8. 8Toe Walking→
  9. 9Flexible Flatfoot→
Connective Tissue & Related Conditions
  1. 1Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS)→
  2. 2Marfan Syndrome→
  3. 3Lyme Disease and Lyme Arthritis→
Fracture Surgery & Cast Care
  1. 1Surgical Pinning (CRPP) for a Supracondylar (Elbow) Fracture→
  2. 2Surgical Pinning (CRPP) for a Wrist (Distal Radius) Fracture→
  3. 3Surgery for a Forearm Fracture (Plates & Screws or Flexible Nails)→
  4. 4Surgery for an Upper-Arm (Humerus) Fracture (Plates, Screws, or Flexible Nails)→
  5. 5Surgery for a Thighbone (Femur) Fracture (Flexible Nails, Plate, or Spica)→
  6. 6Surgery for a Shinbone (Tibia) Fracture (Plates, Screws, or Flexible Nails)→
  7. 7Cast Care for Children→
  8. 8Body (Spica) Cast Care→