Our world-renowned orthopedic doctors offer a comprehensive limb length discrepancy program for children from birth through age 18 who have a limb deformity or an unequal limb length.
At Nemours, we treat the whole child, not just the condition. The compassionate expertise of our doctors — coupled with our child-centered, family-oriented atmosphere — helps to minimize the stress families and patients often experience throughout the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation process of a limb length discrepancy.
Jacksonville
Nemours Children's Clinic, Jacksonville
807 Children’s Way
Jacksonville, FL 32207
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Phone: (904) 697-3600
Hours: Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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- photo ID
- medical and pharmacy insurance cards
- preferred pharmacy name and phone number
- names and dosage of all medications, including over-the-counter medication, your child is currently taking
- guardianship and custody papers, if a legal guardian rather than a parent accompanies your child
New Patients
Bring these forms for your first appointment:
- Authorization for Treatment and Release of Information (PDF)
- Assignment of Benefits (PDF)
- Notice of Limited Liability (PDF)
Returning Patients
- Patient Presents without Legal Guardian (PDF)
Note: A parent or legal guardian must be with a child for a first visit.
New Patient Forms
- Authorization for Treatment and Release of Information (PDF)
- Assignment of Benefits (PDF)
- Notice of Limited Liability (PDF)
Returning Patient Forms
- Patient Presents without Legal Guardian (PDF)
Note: A parent or legal guardian must be with a child for a first visit.
Resources for Patients & Families
- Insurance We Accept: See accepted insurance, listed by location
- Pay Your Bill: Use online bill pay or send by mail
- Financial Assistance: Help with your child's health care expenses
- MyNemours: Access your child’s medical record online
Support Services & Information
- Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville: a safe, free, family-centered home away from home when your child is sick and needs to be hospitalized
- CaringBridge: visit this free site offering support and communication to help your family through your child's medical journey.
The Nemours Children’s Clinic, Jacksonville provides a comprehensive limb length discrepancy program for children from birth through age 18 with a limb deformity or an unequal limb length.
Sitting on the banks of the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville, our modern clinic brings together top pediatric specialists and serves as a regional referral source for infants, children, and adolescents in northeast Florida, southeast Georgia, and beyond. We offer primary care physicians and families a much-needed resource for children with complicated health conditions.
Working together with our partners at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, we offer the most comprehensive and effective care for children with a limb length discrepancy.
Offering diagnostic evaluation and treatment designed to improve function and well-being, we rely on a team approach that combines the expertise of:
- an orthopedic surgeon
- a radiologist
- a physical therapist
- an orthotist (a specialist who fits your child for a brace or splint)
We also frequently consult with specialists from Genetics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Behavioral Health (to help children cope with any feelings about their condition and treatment).
We treat a variety of limb-length discrepancy conditions, including:
Congenital malformations (present at birth), such as:
- Fibular hemimelia: absence of part of the fibula
- Congenital short femur: when a child is born with a short femur, the bone in the upper leg, between the hip and knee
- Hemihypertrophy: overgrowth of one side of the body
Acquired problems (developed later in life), such as:
- Trauma: bone fractures
- Infection that damages growth plates: resulting in severe limb shortening or deformities
Limb length discrepancies caused by disease:
including neurofibromatosis and Blount’s disease
We offer both surgical and non-surgical treatment options, including:
- exercise program development
- epiphysiodesis (surgical slowing of growth)
- limb lengthening
- limb shortening
- limb deformity correction
- shoe lifts and bracing
Whatever kind of limb length discrepancy your child has, know that at Nemours we do whatever it takes to give your child the very best, most compassionate treatment possible. We treat every child as we would our own — your child, our promise.
