Pediatric Orthopaedics

Pediatric Orthopaedics

Welcome to the Center for Pediatric Orthopaedics

From infancy, a child's body is growing and developing into the structure that will define them as an adult. The orthopaedic surgeons at Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute can care for your child at any stage of development. Infants, young children, and adolescents who need orthopaedic care benefit from our team-based approach that focuses on meeting the unique needs of children. PBOI physicians provide specialized and personalized operative and non-operative treatment to every patient. Our passionate team of physicians, surgeons, and nurse practitioners are at the forefront, providing the most advanced pediatric orthopaedics treatment to your child.

Anatomy

Children's bones are different from adults. Infants start off with a skeleton made of cartilage that matures into calcified bone during the early years of development. As children grow and develop, their bones have a softer structure than adults. The softer characteristic allows their bones to fracture or break in different ways than adult bones do. The biggest difference is the presence of growth plates in children's bones. Growth plates consist of developing cartilage tissue near the end of long bones.

Diagnostics

Children who need orthopaedic care benefit from our team based approach to pediatric orthopaedics that focuses on meeting the unique needs of children. When needed your child's physician will perform physical examination, X-rays and other scans to better diagnose your condition and prescribe the best method of treatment.

Conditions

Issues affecting bones, joints, and muscles can be frightening for you and your child. We diagnose and treat pediatric orthopaedic injuries such as limb and spine deformities from birth or developed later in life. We care for acute injuries, fractures, and strains. From broken arms and sports injuries to complex spine conditions, your child will receive world-class, family-centered care at Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute.

Care & Management

When children and teens have problems with their bones, joints, or muscles their treatment plans differ from adults. It is important that they receive comprehensive care from specialists who have experience treating children. Our physicians specialize in nonsurgical and surgical pediatric orthopaedic treatments for your child and help them become the healthiest version of themselves.

Hurt Today? Get Treated Today!

We know that injuries occur when you least expect them. That's why we are proud to offer our Orthopaedic Urgent Care in West Palm Beach so you can get the right care you need right now for your bone, joint, or muscle injury.

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