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Hip dysplasia
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) or congenital dysplasia of the hip (CDH) is a congenital or developmental deformation or misalignment of the hip joint.
Symptoms:
- Exercise intolerance
- Bunny hopping (especially up stairs)
- Swaying gait (rear end moves back and forth in pronounced fashion)
- Stiffness/pain
- Difficulty getting up from lying or sitting positions
- Sitting in "frog" position (one hip splays out)
- Reluctance to run, jump, climb stairs
- Evinces pain when touched
- Hind-limb lameness, often worse after exercise
- Back legs more close together than front legs (eg narrow stance)
Preliminary plan:
- Pediatrician appointment
- Surgeon appointment
- Joint ultrasound
- Hip X-ray
- Hip X-ray - Lauenstein method
Doctors
Pediatrician
