The second Virtual Town Hall featured the experts from Rady Children's Hospital, Southern Family CP Center, and UC San Diego School of Medicine in San Diego, California. This multi-disciplinary panel discussion highlights the latest updates in care of children with CerebralPalsy.
When it comes to preparing your child for Botulinum Toxin injections, the first most important thing to remember is to know your child.
When treating a child with CP, part of a pediatrician’s job is assessing and treating children with abnormal tone difficulties, as well as other muscular-skeletal problems. From around the age of two years, kids start to develop difficulties with muscle tone that can have an impact on their hip development.
As an orthopedic surgeon I take care of children from the time they're born all the way through to adulthood . My oldest patient I have is 87 years old. As part of my practice I'm able to take care of all of their musculoskeletal problems, their problems with their bones and their joints.