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Children’s growth care: treatment guide

A guide to Children’s growth care is in preparation.

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Korean medicine

The “Golden Period” for Your Child’s Growth: Precise Predictive Testing Before the Growth Plates Close

  • Once the growth plates close after a certain stage of a child’s growth, it is difficult to reverse this process with any form of treatment.
  • In particular, thorough examinations and early treatment before the rapid growth spurt are the critical “golden period” that determines a person’s final adult height.
  • Tangjeong 365 Korean Medicine ClinicWe use safe, radiation-free ultrasound to precisely examine whether the growth plates in the wrists and knees are open or closed, as well as the thickness of the cartilage.

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