Children's Hospital Colorado

Orthopedics Institute Patient Stories

We care for patients’ growing muscles, joints and bones through sports medicine, surgery, rehabilitation and research.

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Kids who seek care from our orthopedics experts are swimmers, bikers, dancers, fighters, artists, scholars and kids who want to move through their lives without pain. We treat the big things, small things and everything in between so kids can do just that. Read about some of their journeys.

Meet the families we've helped

Kendall: How the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis Got Her Back in the Game

Kendall faced twin-twin transfusion syndrome and right-side hemiplegia before she turned one. See how her family and our care team wouldn’t let her fall behind her peers.

Zach: Football Goals After a Dislocated Shoulder

After two shoulder injuries, linebacker Zach Hanna knew it could be tough to pursue his college football dream. But surgery and physical therapy at the Sports Medicine Center helped him do just that.

Leela: Healing Arthrogryposis with Hand Therapy

Leela is a feisty 19-month-old who can feed herself, pick up little things and brush her own hair. Her parents deeply value each of these abilities as they were all once deemed potentially impossible for Leela. Read her story.

Caroline: Staying on Pointe Despite Scoliosis

Tap, jazz, ballet and modern – ballerina Caroline Cappelletti dances more than 30 hours a week to perfect her skill. She wasn't going to let a diagnosis of surgical scoliosis keep her from center stage.