18 Dec Have you been told your baby has clicky hips 😳 Been told to put double nappies on baby to help their clicky hips 🤨 Or perhaps you’ve been told Not to worry, baby will grow out of the clicky hips 🧐

Did you know that clicky hips might be a sign of immature poorly developed hips 😳, a condition known as Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips (DDH). DDH refers to three types of poor hip development – (1) Dislocated Hips, (2) Dislocatable Hips, (3) Subluxable Hips.

(1) Dislocated Hips refers to a hip where the thigh bone is completely outside the Hip Joint. This means that a hip joint is completely not functional and a child cannot stand on the leg to walk. 😳

(2) Dislocatable Hips refers to the thigh bone popping in and out of the Hip joint. This is often described as a “clicking” sound, hence the term clicky hips. 😖

(3) Subluxable Hips refers to the Pelvic bone of the hip joint being too shallow and the thigh bone then slides around in the hip joint with a big risk of becoming a Dislocatable Hip. 😳

If a Dislocated Hip is not detected early, the hip joint does not develop and baby is likely to need major surgery later to create a hip joint. 😳Left untreated, baby will not be able to walk in future. 😳On the other hand, when DDH is detected early, treatment commenced early will allow a normal hip joint 🦵to develop and baby will then be able to walk normally. For DDH, the gold standard treatment for optimal hip development is using a Palvik Harness correctly fitted and managed by an Expert Paediatric Physiotherapist. 🤓Early intervention refers to treatment commencing within the first 6 weeks 🗓of baby’s life. Double nappies does not position the thigh bone correctly in the hip joint to effectively correct DDH.

If you are concerned about your baby 👶🏻having clicky hips, act early, act fast to ensure that you give baby’s hips the best chance to develop normally to allow them a lifetime of good hip health. Ring My Favourite Physio 📱on (02) 9790 4233 or DM us @myfavouritephysio to speak to one of our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists 🤓today to find out how we can help your baby’s clicky hips.