If this is your child’s first broken bone or a repeat injury, expert orthopedic care is key to a smooth recovery. We can help your child’s growing bones heal with kid-centered orthopedic expertise.
Our Approach to Fracture Care
Whether your child gets injured playing sports, on the playground or at home, fractures are common in kids. But their growing bones require specialized care and attention to heal with as few complications as possible.
Scottish Rite’s Fracture team focuses exclusively on treating kids who have a recent fracture, or broken bone. They specialize in the unique needs of kids, such as treating fractures near a growth plate or addressing healing complications.
Our team is experienced in knowing when a fracture needs intervention and when it can heal safely with careful monitoring. This helps avoid unnecessary procedures while protecting your child’s growth.
Treatment Goals
Our goals for your child’s treatment center on:
- Safely healing the fracture while protecting healthy bone growth
- Helping your child return to normal activity as quickly and safely as possible
- Educating you and your child about what to expect at every stage of treatment and recovery
We focus on caring for your whole child and not just their injury. That’s why we tailor the treatment plan based on:
- Your child’s age and development
- Your child’s social and emotional needs
- The type of fracture they have
- Your family’s needs, lifestyle and preferences
- Your child’s normal level of activity
- Safety considerations
What to Expect for Fracture Care
Our Fracture Clinic serves as a one-stop shop for all your child’s fracture care needs.
Diagnosis: At your first visit, our expert team will do a full orthopedic evaluation, including imaging to diagnose the injury.
Treatment: We’ll determine your child’s treatment plan. This may include a splint, cast, brace or a closed reduction procedure (to gently realign the bone). Some children may also need surgery.
Recovery: After initial treatment, your child will come back for follow-up visits. These will focus on:
- Monitoring healing to be sure the bone is aligning and growing as expected
- Cast changes or removal
- Helping your child prepare to safely return to activity
- Coordinating physical therapy or occupational therapy, if needed, though most children do not require therapy after healing
Why Choose Us?
Fast, consistent care: We can typically get your child in for an appointment on the same day or next day. And your child will typically see the same provider throughout their treatment from the first visit through recovery.
Convenient, comprehensive care: Whenever possible, we evaluate, image and treat your child during a single visit. This helps your child start healing as soon as possible and reduces the need for multiple appointments.
Emotional support: Your child may be scared, anxious and in pain when they have a fracture. We focus on keeping your child comfortable and calm. Our Child Life specialists, social workers and psychologists can help your child cope if they need additional support.
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No. In most cases, you do not need a referral to get care at our Fracture Clinic. You do not need to be a current Scottish Rite patient to come to the clinic.
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If your child has a severe injury, deformity or uncontrolled pain, please go to the emergency room.
Our Fracture Clinic can provide definitive orthopedic care after their initial evaluation.
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Yes, many children come to the Fracture Clinic without first visiting an emergency room or urgent care. We can evaluate the injury, perform necessary imaging, diagnose the injury and start treatment directly in the Fracture Clinic.
However, if your child has a severe injury, deformity or uncontrolled pain, start with the emergency room.
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Yes, we see many children after they have been evaluated or treated in the emergency room or urgent care. If your child already had an X-ray or other imaging, bring those to your appointment. We’ll review the images to avoid repeating images whenever possible.
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We can typically see your child the same or next day.
To schedule an appointment, call 469-515-7200.
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The Fracture Clinic is located on our Frisco campus at:
5700 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, Texas 75034
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You should bring:
- Discs with prior imaging, including X-rays, MRIs, CT scans or other imaging
- Copies of imaging reports
- ID
- Insurance card
- List of your child’s medications and allergies
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We do not treat certain injuries in the Fracture Clinic, such as spine, neck or femur fractures. Nor do we treat injuries in the Fracture Clinic involving the ribs, skull or face.
If you suspect your child has one of these injuries, please go to the closest emergency room.
