Hips--a new frontier

Daniel, who has cerebral palsy, now faces one of the most common problems that children with this condition encounter. One of his hips appears to be dislocating. Many children have surgery for this early in their lives. Daniel is 14 and only now has developed this problem. He has been growing fast and his leg muscles are fairly tight, which may have resulted in this hip dislocation. We see the orthopedic doctor on Wednesday and will presumably get some recommendations/options for how to deal with this. One good thing, it is only one hip. Often, children have problems with both hips.