Category: DDH Awareness

  • Hip Dysplasia Awareness Resources

    Healthy Hips Week – Hip dysplasia awareness resources The following  awareness resources are free for you to download to assist you with increasing awareness for hip dysplasia during Healthy Hips Week. We’ve included everything from our media release, key messages document, social media tools and awareness flyers, as well as a hip screening schedule for use by parents…

  • Hip Dysplasia Infographic

    We’ve developed the following hip dysplasia infographic as a free downloadable and shareable resource. Your support in sharing this resource with the health professionals in your community is appreciated. Thanks for helping to improve awareness and facilitate early diagnosis. Click image to download PDF copy: What is hip dysplasia? The hip joint is made up of…

  • Celebs faced with ‘hip’ issues

    Celebs face with ‘hip’ issues Health promotion charity, Healthy Hips Australia have just released findings, from a survey they conducted in February this year. 644 people responded to the survey, sharing their experience with hip dysplasia and shockingly, only 52% of respondents had heard of the condition before the diagnosis. Hip dysplasia doesn’t discriminate between…

  • Rise In Late Diagnosed DDH

    Rise in late diagnosed DDH in Australia – What are we doing about it? Recent research out of South Australia published, in April 2016, in the Medical Journal of Australia, about the increase in late diagnosed developmental dysplasia of the hip sparked a flurry of media interest in the form of a swaddling warning. This isn’t the…