Childhood Disabilities & Disorders
- When to Seek Therapy
- Disabilities & Disorders
- ADHD/ADD
- Anxiety Disorders
- Apraxia of Speech, Childhood
- Articulation Disorders
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Birth Injuries
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder
- Cerebral Palsy
- Clubfoot
- Conduct Disorder
- Down Syndrome
- Elimination disorders (enuresis and encopresis)
- Failure to thrive/feeding disorder
- Fine and Gross Motor Delays
- Fluency/Stuttering
- Fracture
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Gait abnormalities
- Global Developmental Delay
- Hip dysplasia
- Language Delays
- Learning Disabilities
- Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
- Mental Retardation
- Mood Disorders
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
- Oral Motor Disorders
- Orthopedic conditions
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Pica
- Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood
- Reading Disorders
- Scoliosis
- Selective Mutism
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- Separation anxiety disorder
- Tic disorders
- Torticollis (Wry Neck)
- Additional Resources
Hip dysplasia
Hip Dysplasia
Hip dysplasia is a problem that causes the hip joint to form abnormally. When a baby is born, the hip joint is still forming; therefore, when hip dysplasia is found early, there is a better chance of successful treatment.
When the ball-and-socket of the hip joint is not in proper position, the joint will not develop normally. Treatment of hip dysplasia in newborns is usually accomplished by holding the hip in proper position with a brace. Physiotherapy may be recommended once the hip is considered to be stable.
The goal of treatment is to help the baby achieve his developmental milestones such as rolling, sitting and crawling. Strengthening activities and positioning would also be discussed with the parents.
