Guest guest Posted January 4, 2002 Report Share Posted January 4, 2002 Alaina, Some kids with tort do have hip dysplasia as a reason for tort. The doc will check the babies hips by taking their legs and doing like a bicycle exercise, checking to see if the hips are set ok. I would guess that tort can derive from this because the body is off balance which can create a tilt (just a guess) Hip dysplasia is a very rare cause of torticollis. Most tort is considered a muscular problem. Check in with the torticolliskids as I know this was discussed and you may find more info in their database or searching through archives. Hope this helps! ' Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2002 Report Share Posted January 4, 2002 I just read an article in the bookmark section talking about musular torticollis and it being a risk factor for hip dysplasia. It says that 20% of kids with muscular torticollis typically have problems with hip dysplasia--has anyone ever heard of this happening? Is it something usually present at birth (the pediatrician would have found it by now), or does it come on over time? If anyone knows anything about this, I'd appreciate some more information. Thanks Alaina Abby's mom Idaho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2002 Report Share Posted January 5, 2002 Alaina I emailed my PT friend to see what she had to say about it- Beck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 Hello everyone, My son has Hip Dysplasia which was discovered 5 years ago he had 3 surgeries so far and CMT 2. The symptoms he had was pain or playing to much and when walking he threw his hip out which was very noticable. We noticed it by seeing a large lump where the top of the femur is, of course by accident because he was 10 and I did not get to see him undressed. After weeks of doctors not knowing, we finally discovered by a cardo doctor, who is a family friend whose used his sonogram technicion was able to preform a sonogram of the lump/hip. They realized the head of the femur being pushed out of the socket when he stood up or walked, which caused the lump and when he laid down the lump disappeared we went thru one week of terrible misdiagnosing and was even sent to a cancer doctor. Horrible experience, and a great lesson we had to learn. The first surgery they went in to repair the shelf of the hip socket and he was in a body cast for the summer in South Florida. That of course did not work next summer he had plates and screws to hold it in and another body cast for the summer. A few months later he had human growth hormone and bone marrow which was removed from another bone of his and injected into the head of the femur that was done during the school year so there was no cast. And that made the head of the femur grow and was large enough to stay in the hip socket. So far he is doing good not that much pain, but he is starting to swing his hip out again. Anyway I hope this helps. Anne Katz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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