Healing Young Bones and Joints: Orthopedics & Sports Medicine at Seattle Children's

The Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department at Seattle Childrens addresses the special needs of growing bones, joints and connective tissue in children and adolescents. Meet a high school basketball hopeful after a knee injury on the court, and his pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon Dr. Greg Schmale, along with physical therapist Janet Morton. Together they get him back in the game.

The department also offers around-the-clock emergency care in pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine. Follow along as surgeon Dr. Klane White meets patients in the Childrens Emergency Department and performs a late-night repair on the broken femur of an ambitious young tree climber.

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this has helped me so much i have a fracture in my fibula lower donw to the ankle i find out friday if i need surgery doctor said it was a 50/50 chance and im a lil scard of surgery lol im 16 220 and i see this lil girl do it makes me feel alot better thanks (;