Aaron Navarro is a teenager from Grandview, Texas. He's an active member of his high school debate team and runs 5K races (even though he’ll tell you that running isn’t his favorite thing). His mother, Christine, will tell you that the fact that he is running at all is nothing short of remarkable.

Learn how to have conversations with family and friends about your child's recent cerebral palsy diagnosis and how they can help.

From severe pain and swelling to popping sounds, these are the signs your child has a torn ACL and sports injury.

Za’Nii is only 10 years old, but she’s already been through more than most individuals would in a lifetime. She's stared down two potentially life-threatening illnesses including severe scoliosis, and beaten them both. Through all of it, Za'Nii has maintained an irrepressibly positive attitude that rubs off on everyone around her. Read her story here.

A new book edited by Gillette Children's orthopedic surgeon, Tom Novacheck, MD, and clinical scientist, Michael Schwartz, PhD, is intended to be a resource for health care providers and scientists to improve the lives of people who have cerebral palsy and mobility challenges. “We hope this new book is a blueprint for the next five years of research and clinical care to help people who have cerebral palsy,” Novacheck says.

Walter Truong, MD is a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon at Gillette Children's. Dr. Truong specializes in treating a variety of pediatric orthopedic conditions. Learn more about him here.

Gillette Children's has launched a new resource to help parents of children who have complex, rare or traumatic conditions. The first book released by the new Gillette Children’s Healthcare Press is Spastic Diplegia—Bilateral Cerebral Palsy and it’s written by Lily Collison, an Ireland-based author and the mother of a Gillette patient.

April 14 was a rainy night at Target Field, but the rain didn’t stop the thousands in attendance from rising to their feet to cheer as Eli Brummond, 11, flew towards home plate. He was moving fast enough that you wouldn’t necessarily notice at first. Eli’s left leg is missing from just below his knee and he wears a prosthesis.

The day was Christmas Eve, the year was 2003 and the Ketelhohns were resting and watching a movie in their home near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was an idyllic evening, but their youngest daughter, 8-month-old, Kate, had a slight fever. It was the type of malady that many children experience throughout their development. There was no reason to worry, until there was.