Children have their own unique anatomy and pathologies

At what age does the child's skeleton fully mature?

The skeleton does not fully mature until the child is in their mid 20's so how does that affect your diagnosis? Paediatrics is rarely included in undergraduate therapy courses and therefore new graduates are often unaware that these different pathologies exist. This course is for health & exercise professionals to develop awareness, and knowledge about how to recognise common MSK Paediatric conditions and understand when to refer on for further investigation.

Do you know your paediatric pathologies?

Do you know when a child is at risk of an apophyseal avulsion injury or the most common cause of LBP in a junior athlete?

MSK Paediatric Pathology in Active Kids 

Learn about the anatomy of the immature skeleton, when it becomes fully ossified, and the spectrum of pathologies that occur in children, including a comprehensive module on Bone Stress Injuries.

This course comes with 12 months access to the online course content. It is part of the comprehensive Kids Back 2 Sport toolkit and can be bought as a standalone course or as part of the toolkit. 

What will you learn?

This course covers the more common pathologies seen in active kids & junior athletes

  • Understand the normal development process of the immature skeleton

  • Be confident in identifying the maturation status of the child so you can accurately diagnose childhood MSK pathology

  • Develop awareness of the differential diagnoses in children and when to refer on for further investigation

  • Be able to recognise bone stress injuries

Why learn with Angela Jackson?

Ex-athlete : Physio with 35 years experience : Mum to 2 international athletes

Youth Athlete Consultant Angela Jackson

Angela Jackson is a Chartered Physiotherapist dedicated to transforming how young athletes are supported. With over 35 years of experience, she is on a mission to raise awareness that young athletes are not simply "mini adults" with unique anatomy and physiology which demands specialised approaches to injury prevention and rehabilitation. Her career has taken her from the UK to Canada supporting national teams, Premier League Football clubs, schools and thousands of injured children helping them get safely back to sport. She is the founder of Kids Back 2 Sport, a trusted information platform for parents, coaches, teachers and health professionals providing evidenced based guidance to support injured athletes. A passionate educator, Angela regularly shares her extensive knowledge and experience through workshops, conferences, and courses to raise the standard of care for younger athletes.

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    2. Learning Objectives

    3. How to get the most out of the course

    4. Terms and conditions

    1. Introduction to MSK paediatric pathologies

    2. Anatomy of the paediatric skeleton

    3. Growing Pains

    4. Physeal injuries

    5. Osteochondroses

    6. Why do non contact injuries occur in kids?

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    7. Test your learning

    8. Paeds Pathology handout

    9. Why do kids get injured handout

    10. Let's talk about growth and maturation

    1. Differential Diagnosis

    2. Test your learning

    1. Upper Limb Pathology Learning Outcomes

    2. Intro to Upper Limb Pathologies

    3. Adolescent shoulder injuries

    4. Adolescent Elbow Injuries

    5. Upper Limb References

    6. Handout MSK Paediatric Pathology - The Upper Limb

    7. Upper Limb Test your learning

    1. Intro to MSK paediatric hip pathology

    2. Hip dysplasia

    3. Femoroacetabular Impingement

    4. Pelvic apophyseal injuries

    5. Differential diagnosis of adolescent hip pain

    6. The Younger Hip

    7. Hip MSK Pathology handout

    8. Hip MSK Pathology References

    9. Test Your Learning - Hip Pathology

    1. Knee intro

    2. Patellofemoral pain

    3. Mechanical knee pain

    4. OCD knee Infographic

    5. Apophyseal Injuries in the knee

    6. Osgood Schlatter's Disease patient information

    7. Differential diagnosis of the knee

    8. Knee References

    9. Knee handout

    10. Test your learning

    11. Aalborg Osgood Schlatters handbook

About this course

  • £150.00
  • 54 lessons
  • 7 hours of video content

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