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Why Weights?

Preteens can benefit from strength training, including lifting weights, but only if they use proper technique. By age 7 or ...

Expert Advice

Winter Warm-Up: Staying Active When It’s Cold

Don’t let freezing temperatures stop you in your tracks. Frost, ice and snow don’t have to stop you, your child ...

News

10 Exercises You Can Do With Your Kids to Prevent Running Injury

According to the physical therapists at the Young Athlete Center, teens are just as likely to develop running injuries as ...

Expert Advice

The Importance of Specialized Treatment for Complex Fractures

With his mother being a nurse, Mark Miller, MD, was always intrigued by medicine. He knew from a young age ...

Caregivers

Understanding the Unique Challenges of Pediatric Orthopedic Treatments in Upper Extremities

In medical school, Lindley Wall, MD, a Washington University orthopedic surgeon at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, was fascinated by the ...

Patient Stories

A Life Saved. A Life-Long Friendship. A Meaningful Tribute.

Leslie Grigg Garvin developed a friendship with Dr. Ralph Feigin after Grigg had a cardiac arrest and lapsed into a ...

Patient Stories

Meet One Lucky Little Guy

Read more about Joni and Chris' story about their baby Jackson having myelomeningocele and their experience with St. Louis Children's ...

Departments

Luhmann Honored With Heartworks Award

Scott Luhmann, MD, Washington University pediatric orthopedic surgeon at St. Louis Children's Hospital, was recently honored at Heartworks St. Louis ...

News

3D Printing a Spine at St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Sasha Betz was able to hold a 3D model of her spine, thanks to St. Louis’ own 3D Medical Printing ...