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Parent information

  • Fact sheets

    • Bowlegs
    • Braces for DDH
    • Clubfoot
    • Curly toes
    • DDH
    • Dislocated hip
    • Flat feet
    • Good posture
    • Guided growth
    • Intoeing
    • Metatarsus adductus
    • Osgood schlatter 
    • Ponseti
    • Positional talipes
    • Safe wrapping for DDH
    • Severs disease
    • Shoes

    Fracture fact sheets (VPON)

    • Buckle Injuries VPON
    • Clavicle fractures VPON
    • K-wires information
    • Plaster care leg VPON 
    • Plaster removal care leg  VPON 
    • Plaster care arm VPON
    • Supracondylar elbow fracture displaced VPON 
    • Supraocondylar elbow fracture undisplaced VPON 
    • Wrist fractures VPON

    Spine

    • Activities allowed after a spinal fusion
    • Patient goals after surgery
    • Spinal fusion info
    • clinical photography for scoliosis surgery

    Other

    • Surgical Preparation book for children
    • Pin site care 

    Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) - video

    DDH Video

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    Wrapping your baby safely - hip dysplasia prevention

    Wrapping Baby Video

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