Orthopedic Urgent Clinic at Boston Children’s
The Orthopedic Urgent Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital is a daily clinic dedicated to seeing children and adolescents with injuries and musculoskeletal (bone, muscle, and soft tissue) problems that need prompt care, yet aren’t serious enough to require emergency care. Our Urgent Clinic also cares for patients who have been seen and treated in our emergency department and need follow-up care with an orthopedic specialist.
Emergency department or urgent clinic?
Understanding your options if your child gets injured.
As part of the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department, we offer access to world-class pediatric orthopedic specialists in Boston, Peabody, Waltham, or Weymouth. Each site includes X-ray facilities and cast technicians.
Although not a walk-in clinic, the Orthopedic Urgent Clinic provides specialized orthopedic care in a time-sensitive manner. We often see patients on the day they get hurt or during the same week depending on how seriously they’re injured.
The majority of the patients we see do not need surgery — in such cases, our clinical team follows them throughout the healing process. When a patient does need surgery, we arrange for them to receive urgent surgical care.
Orthopedic injuries we treat in children and teens
The Orthopedic Urgent Clinic treats orthopedic injuries such as:
- Fractures
- Muscle strains and ligament sprains
- Dislocations
- Sports-related injuries
- Joint pain
- Unexplained limping
