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Orthotic and Prosthetic Services Help Young Gymnast Soar

With brightly colored gymnastics metals hanging off her arms, 9-year-old Zuleikha posed proudly in the hall of the Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services (POPS) department. Confidence, fearlessness and energy radiate from the young girl, and it is clear she never lets anything hold her back.

Hello, Ms. Hollywood

Camille steps into Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis on the first cooler day leading into fall with her mom, Shantay, in tow. Ms. Hollywood has arrived. The 3-year-old Evansville, Indiana, girl recently underwent the first of what will be three limb-lengthening procedures before she hits h...

Travel Tips for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Linda Wagner-Weiner, M.D., MS, and Cathy Schroeder, RN, BSN, discuss travel tips with children who have juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Inpatient Bowel Management

Patients with severe constipation or who have not achieved success in outpatient bowel management can benefit from out intensive inpatient program tailored to the unique needs of each patient and family.

Wheelchair & Seating

Shriners Children's wheelchair, seating and mobility program is a custom seating clinic available to children with seating needs. Practitioners, technicians and volunteers use tools like seat simulation, pressure mapping and hands on adjustments.

Athletic Training

Athletic training is provided by certified and licensed health care professionals, athletic trainers, who practice sports medicine.

Dental Radiology

Shriners Children's offers dental radiology which uses painless X-ray machines such as pan ceph and CBCT, to show surgeons 3D views of a child's jaw bone, teeth and other facial structures. This helps with evaluation and treatment planning.

For Gabriel, the Word “Disability” Doesn’t Float

Gabriel decided long ago that osteogenesis imperfecta would not stop him from pursuing his hobbies and interests.

Casting

Shriners Children's care team specializes in putting children at ease during casting, a common treatment for fractures.