Wheelchair & Seating

Shriners Children's wheelchair, seating and mobility program is a custom seating clinic available to children with seating needs. Practitioners, technicians and volunteers use tools like seat simulation, pressure mapping and hands on adjustments.

Physical Therapy

Physical therapy at Shriners Children's helps children build confidence and strength, focusing on what is important to them and what they love to do in their daily lives.

Meet Albie

For Amanda, life took an unexpected turn when her 18-week prenatal ultrasound revealed that her baby had a unilateral cleft lip, a birth defect in which a baby's lip does not form properly. The news was a shock, and fear of the unknown filled her mind.

Boston Shriners Hospital Patient Inspired to Pursue a Medical Degree

Boston Shriners Hospital patient inspired to pursue a medical degree

Patient Learns to Walk Again in Pediatric Rehabilitation Program

After the surgery, doctors told her mother, Shawna, that Jaszelina needed specialty spinal rehabilitation care and referred her to the pediatric rehabilitation program at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California. The Northern California Shriners Hospital is known for its pediatric rehab...

GianLuca's Story

When he was 18 months old, GianLuca was spending time with his grandfather, who had just made a cup of tea. GianLuca saw the tea, thought it was water, and reached for it. The hot liquid spilled all over his head, face and shoulders.

Orthotic and Prosthetic Services Help Young Gymnast Soar

With brightly colored gymnastics metals hanging off her arms, 9-year-old Zuleikha posed proudly in the hall of the Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services (POPS) department. Confidence, fearlessness and energy radiate from the young girl, and it is clear she never lets anything hold her back.

Ready for the Return Home

When 5-year-old Marie Eva steps off the plane in the West African nation of Ivory Coast next month, she’ll walk into the waiting arms of a family who has missed her desperately for the past 15 months. Walk, not crawl.

The Story of Big James

They called him Big James, and when he was tracking down varsity quarterbacks as a high school underclassman in the state championships, he was a special sight to see – especially to those who knew The Story.

Vertebral Body Tethering Leads to Patient Doing Backflips