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By: Meena Tadimeti Contributor: specialneedsinmycity.org @snimcity Children with severe motor impairments experience hip problems causing pain or discomfort when walking, moving, sitting or standing. We asked Dr. Jon Davids, a well-known and highly respected pediatric orthopedic surgeon with Shriners Hospitals for Children in Sacramento to share his insights and expertise in treating children with hip abnormalities, current approaches used and what parents can do early on for their children at risk for hip dysplasia. Following are a list of questions submitted by parents for Dr. Davids. The majority of the questions centered on the risk of their children having hip.