An Orthopedic Impairment is the most common of physical disabilities. A physical disability is any condition that interferes with how a child uses their body. An Orthopedic Impairment is defined as, “A bodily impairment that is severe enough to negatively affect a child’s educational performance” (education). Orthopedic Impairments are often separated into three main categories. These categories are neuromotor impairments, musculoskeletal disorders, and degenerative diseases. Although neuromotor impairments typically involves the brain and spinal cord, they can also affect a child’s ability to move, use, feel, or control certain parts of their body. Musculoskeletal disorders include diseases of the bones and muscles, such as limb deficiency or club-foot. Degenerative diseases affect a child’s motor skills such as muscular dystrophy. This is a group of genetic diseases in which muscle fibers are very vulnerable to damage. Some causes of orthopedic impairments can be genetics, injury, birth defects, disease, burns, fractures, cerebral palsy, and many other circumstances. Some examples of orthopedic impairments that may be caused by a birth defect are clubfoot, spina bifida, and absence of or malformation of one for more limbs. Some examples that may be caused by a disease consist of muscular dystrophy, arthritis, and childhood obesity. Other causes of orthopedic impairment may contain fractures, which cause stiff and/or immobile joints called contractures.
Evaluating a child for an orthopedic impairment can be difficult because there are so many different forms to look for. Most impairments are recognized before the child enters school, but sometimes the signs are missed. To start the process of being diagnosed a licen...
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...ith your child at home. Most of all you need to be patient, loving, and kind. Your child is already going through enough; they just need your love and support!
Having an orthopedic impairment does not stop a child from being anything they want to be. It might mean they need to work a little harder at their hopes and dreams, but that will just make them that much more rewarding when they achieve them. There are many well-known people that have had an orthopedic impairment. Rick Allen, the drummer from Def Leppard, Hank William’s, a US Country singer, Roy Campanella, a major league baseball player, Jean Driscoll, an eight-time Boston Marathon winner, and Stephan Hopkins, a signer of the USA Declaration of Independence all had some form of orthopedic impairment. Having an impairment doesn’t have to be all negative, you can still do anything you put your mind too!
In the past, all of the disabled characters that I had seen in movies and tv shows, were more plot devices than people. They were the main character’s disabled son, who was merely the struggle for the main character to overcome. They were the lesson for every character who thought they had a difficult life, just to show the
What causes Osgood-Schlatter Disease? “As the actual cause of Osgood-Schlatter Disease is unknown, Osgood-Schlatters Disease is thought to be caused by small injuries due to repeated overuse before the area has finished growing (Dhar). Some studies report that up to 50% of patients relate a history of precipitating trauma (Dhar). During activities that involve a great deal of running, jumping, and bending-such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, and ballet, are a few of the sports that increase a child’s chances of being diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter Disease (Diseases and Conditions: Osgood-Sch...
make a constant effort to be their child’s strongest advocate. Parents need to be well
Muscular Dystrophy is a genetic disorder in which your muscles drastically weaken over time. Muscles are replaced with “connective tissue,” which is more of a fatty tissue than a muscular one. The connective tissue is the tissue that is commonly found in scars, and that same tissue is incapable of movement. Although Muscular Dystrophy affects muscles in general, other types affect certain groups of muscles, and happen at different periods throughout a lifetime. For example one of the most common types, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, targets muscles in the upper thigh and pelvis. The disease is displayed throughout early childhood, usually between ages four and seven. This genetic disorder occurs only in boys. People have difficulty sitting up or standing and lose their ability to walk in their early teens. Sadly most people die by the age of twenty. A second common type, Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy affects the same muscles as Duchenne, but first appears in teenage years. Most people with Becker’s only live into their forties (Fallon 1824-1825).
It is estimated that 1 out of every 5,600-7,700 boys ages 5-24 have Duchene or Becker muscular dystrophy. (“Data & Statistics,” 2012 April 6) Muscular dystrophy is a group of genetic diseases defined by muscle fibers that are unusually susceptible to damage. There are several different types of muscular dystrophy some of which shorten the affected person’s lifespan. (“Muscular dystrophy: Types and Causes of each form,” n.d.) There is a long history of the disorder but until recently there wasn’t much knowledge of the cause. (“Muscular Dystrophy: Hope through Research,” 16 April 2014) Symptoms are obvious and can be seen as soon as a child starts walking. (“Muscular Dystrophy,” 2012 January 19) Although muscular dystrophy mostly affects boys, girls can get it too. (“Muscular Dystrophy,” 2012 January 19) There is no cure for muscular dystrophy but there are several types of therapy and most types of muscular dystrophy are still fatal. (“Muscular Dystrophy: Hope through Research,” 16 April 2014)
Type III of OI makes up 15% of all cases. This is the next in severity after Type II, and the type most known to radiologists and orthopedic surgeons. Two-thirds of these cases will have fractures at birth. There will be severe bone fragility with multiple fractures and deformity that will be progressive. Children with this type seem to have severe dwarfism due to spinal compression fractures and disturbance in growth plates.
show love for her child but it is still a bond between them and can
Orthopedic surgeons are responsible for mending and operating on the musculoskeletal system. “Orthopedics is a medical specialty that focuses on the diagnosis, care, and treatment of patients with disorders of the bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons, nerves, and skin” (Career in Orthopaedics). Depending on the damage the patient has sustained determines how the orthopedic surgeon is able to correct the patient’s injury. In many cases there are multiple ways of correcting the patient’s injury such as; using medical, physical, and rehabilitative techniques to using complex surgical methods. “Typically, as much as 50 percent of the orthopedic surgeon’s practice is devoted to no surgical or medical management of injuries or disease and 50 percent to surgical management” (Career in Orthopaedics). The majority of surgeons, including orthopedic surgeons, prefer to choose the least invasive procedures such as; arthroscopy which is a technological advancement allowing orthopedic surgeons to use special cameras in order to diagnose and treat a joint with minimal cutting and trauma to...
...hat so-and-so does that better/differently/faster/more competently than you at least once a shift. You will have to explain your actions most of the time and nor only to the child but to the parent too. Kids wrap themselves around your heart and get into your head. When they laugh at something we say, it makes us feel great. When they want a hug before we leave the room, it makes us feel special. When they come back to visit months after discharge and have grown so much you have to look at mom to make sure it's the same kid, it's like no other feeling. When they get really sick, you suffer and when they die, you grieve. They keep us human.
In order to develop an OT profile for Brianne, the OT would want to collect information regarding her age, gender, and reason for referral (O’Brien & Hussey, 2012). For Brianne, this means that she is 10 months old, a female, and she was referred because she is unable to play like her peers along with have difficulties moving her right arm and leg. Additional information such as her diagnosis and medical history, including the date of onset, prior living situation, and level of functioning would also need to be gathered (O’Brien & Hussey, 2012). Moreover, using an OT chart and evaluation form, the OT would gather additional background information such as Brianne’s functioning in ADL’s or IDL’s (O’Brien & Hussey, 2012). Information regarding
Some students may suffer from medical conditions that hinder their ability to play school sports. Asthma is a common breathing problem that can be triggered by physical activity. Although, asthma can be controlled with an inhaler, it does not work one hundred percent of the time, and could possibly lead to death if the inhaler should fail. Carpal tunnel syndrome, is a syndrome that affects the joints of some people. Although rare in high school
Congenital defects also may have genetic bases, as in families who have extra fingers or toes or in the disease osteogenesis imperfecta, in which children have such brittle bones that many are fractured. Disorders of growth and development include several kinds of dwarfism and gigantism. Bones or limbs may develop deformity as the result of known causes, such as the infection poliomyelitis, or unknown or variable causes, such as curvature of the spine (SCOLIOSIS) or CLUBFOOT. Infections Infections of bone, called osteomyelitis, are usually caused by pus-producing bacteria, especially Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.
So in case you have a deformity of the spine or limbs, you suffered a bone fracture or you have a long-term condition developed over the time, such as for example osteoarthritis, you should head to an orthopedic surgeon to treat your condition.
Parenting is the most difficult and most important job we ever do. Unfortunately, despite the degree of difficulty and importance of the work, no one teaches us how to do it. Fortunately, there are many child raising experts who can help. I will mention a few experts; whose work I believe is valuable, throughout this article and I encourage readers to find experts whose work they like.