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Infantile scoliosis is commonly idiopathic and managed with Risser casts. However, osteopathic manipulative treatment may help resolve notable thoracolumbar curve abnormalities.

Recognizing a perinatal hypoxic event and implementing early therapeutic hypothermia protocols can prevent severe disabilities or death, as it did for the patient in this case.

Pediatric limp is relatively common but can be challenging to diagnose and manage. Osteopathic manipulative medicine was key to treating this patient.

Authors reviewed medical records from a neuromusculoskeletal medicine outpatient clinic and describe the most common conditions treated with OMT, which types of OMT were used, and how frequently pediatric patients received OMT.

A straddle injury incurred while riding a tricycle resulted in significant pain in a young child. Osteopathic structural examination revealed multiple dysfunctions, and OMT was prescribed.

Coaches and swimmers often seek ways to increase range of motion in the ankles. In this study of 15 healthy adolescent participants, researchers assessed whether applying the muscle energy technique principle of postisometric relaxation improved swimming performance.

A dentist suspected sleep apnea as the cause of his patients’ snoring, enlarged tonsils, excessive daytime sleepiness, mood disturbance, and midface deficiency.

The authors describe the case of an infant with histologic diagnosis of infantile fibrosarcoma who benefitted from significant improvement in symptoms of chemotherapy-induced constipation following osteopathic manipulative treatment.

The authors describe a pediatric patient with sickle cell disease who presented to the emergency department after a morphine overdose causing renal infarction, acute kidney injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.