We operate in London, Brighton and the South of England to provide expert paediatric orthopaedic services.

Depending on where a fracture was, it can be simple or more complicated. The usual recovery time is 6-8 weeks and there are a few things you can do to help this. My main advice is to keep using the limb as pain allows to prevent stiffness and speed up recovery. Playing computer games or an instrument is good for your child’s recovery. Our virtual fracture clinic information videos can help you manage some simple injuries without attending hospital. Other injuries would require a clinic review to give your child an individual management plan. Our virtual fracture clinic can help put together a treatment plan that will set out what is required. Here children are assessed by a consultant within 72 hours - the clinic has been funded by the charity Rockinghorse. Following an assessment, parents are contacted with a treatment plan. This helps to keep children out of hospital - children remember and can worry about hospital appointments so if we can reduce these, we can also reduce the anxiety they may feel.

For many children, their legs may straighten by themselves before they turn 7 years old. In some, this may not happen and children may have knee pain or it may cause a bit of difficulty walking. For these children, a visit to the doctor may help to establish if there is an underlying problem or if any treatment is needed. In addition, if a child under the age of 2 has knock knees, the gap between their feet is more than 8 inches, or if the problem just affects one leg, then these are further indications that a doctor may need to assess your child.