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Pelvic Avulsions
Pelvic avulsions are fractures of the pelvis in which a tendon or ligament pulls off a piece of bone from the hip. These injuries are often seen in athletes who have tight muscles or fail to properly warm up and stretch prior to exercise.
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Physician Shares Benefits of Outreach Clinics
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/01/Physician-Shares-Benefits-of-Outreach-ClinicsPhysician shares insight to pediatric healthcare benefits of outreach clinics.
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Biological Rhythm Influences Bone Formation or Removal When Responding to Applied Forces
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/08/Bone-ResearchHave you ever wondered if the time of day you exercise makes a difference? Morning may be best to increase bone mass.
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COVID-19 Restrictions and Recreational Youth Sports
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/01/COVID-19-restrictions-and-recreational-youth-sportsIn California, youth recreational sports are still on pause for much of the state. While guidelines released back in August 2020 allow recreational sports to conduct modified skill-building conditioning and training, full-contact and normal competitive matches are still on hold.
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COVID-19 Update from the Shreveport Shriners Hospital
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/03/COVID-19-update-from-the-Shreveport-Shriners-HospitalShriners Hospitals for Children — Shreveport is actively responding to the unprecedented situation relating to COVID-19/coronavirus. As part of our efforts to help protect our patients, families and staff from exposure, the Shreveport Shriners Hospital has enacted measures that significantly limit a...
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DEXA Scan Technology Improves Patient Care
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/05/Prioritizing-the-Best-TechnologyFour Shriners Children’s locations have a DEXA Scan: Portland, Chicago, Montreal and Galveston.
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Limb Length Discrepancy
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/Limb-Length-DiscrepancyShriners Children's limb length discrepancy specialists provide high-quality care designed to assist children who have a difference in the length of their arms or legs become as independent as possible.
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Care From Routine to Rare
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/01/Care-from-routine-to-rareOn a Tuesday afternoon late last year, Lindley Wall, M.D., checked on the progress of Chloe, a teenager whose broken arm she repaired after a tubing accident on the Lake of the Ozarks. A day later, J. Eric Gordon, M.D., charted the next steps in treatment for Camille.
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Kids Aren't Just Little Adults
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/10/Kids-arent-just-little-adultsKids aren't just little adults, so when kids require medical care, it’s important that they identify providers who specialize in pediatrics. For any medical condition related to your child’s bones, muscles, or joints, you will want to consult an orthopaedist, particularly a pediatric orthopaedist.
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Helping Kids in 'the Curved Building'
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Helping-kids-in-the-curved-buildingCharlie, like many 3-year-olds, asks a lot of questions. One day, as he was sitting in the back seat of his mom-driven vehicle on the way to school, he inquired about “the curved building” they always passed on their route, Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis.
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