Orthopedics

Orthopedics is the area of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeleton and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments.

A pediatric orthopedist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in children.

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Bones, joints, and muscles

University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital’s board-certified pediatric orthopedists are trained to treat a range of congenital, developmental, and traumatic conditions affecting children’s bones, joints, and muscles. Our physicians are world-renowned experts in surgical and non-surgical treatments for conditions such as scoliosis, limb length discrepancies, clubfoot, hip dysplasia, and fractures.

Our Services

Clubfoot

The effective nonsurgical treatment of clubfoot, a birth deformity that misaligns bones and joints in the lower leg, was born at the University of Iowa. Stead Family Children's Hospital orthopedic surgeons are at the…

Scoliosis

Our staff of specialists offers surgical and rehabilitative care to treat both young patients with adolescent scoliosis and older patients with degenerative scoliosis.

Sports Medicine

Injuries can happen to athletes of all ages. Our goal is to provide quick and easy access to our team of sports medicine experts. UI Sports Medicine offers a full spectrum of care for athletes young and old, competitive…

Spasticity

We offer medical and surgical treatments to reduce your child’s muscle spasticity—and improve comfort and function and decrease pain.

The clinic offers a full range of orthopedic services including treatment for:

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
Spinal deformity (scoliosis; kyphosis)
Clubfoot
Hip dysplasia
Neuromuscular disorders (cerebral palsy, meningomyelocele and spinal muscular atrophy)
Limb length inequality
Skeletal dysplasias
Spine
Tumors
Gait abnormalities (in- and out-toeing)