Children's Health

Pro­tect your young ath­lete’s health with expert advice. Quin­cy Med­ical Group Sports Med­i­cine Physi­cian Dr. Antho­ny Big­gs shares tips on pre­vent­ing com­mon sports injuries, man­ag­ing stress, and ensur­ing opti­mal recov­ery. Learn how to sup­port your child’s ath­let­ic jour­ney and keep them healthy and thriving.

As the back-to-school sea­son approach­es, it’s not uncom­mon for chil­dren to expe­ri­ence feel­ings of anx­i­ety and uncer­tain­ty. To help par­ents nav­i­gate these feel­ings with their kid­dos, we turned to Quin­cy Med­ical Group Pedi­atric Ther­a­pist JoAnn O’Rourke, who shared some advice and strate­gies to sup­port chil­dren fac­ing back-to-school anxiety.

Here you will find answers to fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions about the glob­al assess­ments offered by our Pedi­atric Assess­ment Center.

May is Men­tal Health Month. Through­out the month, we’re pro­vid­ing some help­ful tips for all age groups on ways to help sup­port your men­tal health. Men­tal health in the teen years can be tricky as ado­les­cents are going through so many phys­i­cal, emo­tion­al, and social changes at one time. Here are some ideas for mak­ing it a lit­tle eas­i­er to cope with all those big changes.

The teenage years are a whirl­wind of emo­tions and expe­ri­ences. It’s a time of incred­i­ble growth, but also a peri­od when teens may strug­gle men­tal health chal­lenges. Dr. Todd Porter, a pedi­a­tri­cian, and Kathy Nel­son, a behav­ioral health ther­a­pist, both at Quin­cy Med­ical Group, help par­ents and teens nav­i­gate this cru­cial stage. For Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month, they share some guid­ance for families.

Smile! It’s Nation­al Children’s Den­tal Health Month. To instill a com­mit­ment to den­tal health, a den­tal rou­tine should start ear­ly in your child’s life. We asked Dr. Erin Sheffield, Oral and Max­illo­fa­cial Sur­geon with Quin­cy Med­ical Group, to give us some tips to get kids start­ed on the right path with their teeth. Here’s what she shared.

Look­ing for gift ideas for the kid­dos in your life? We went to Anne Zinn, speech lan­guage pathol­o­gist, and Erin Adams, occu­pa­tion­al ther­a­pist, with the QMG Pedi­atric Ther­a­py team for some ideas. From toys that encour­age fine and gross motor skills to activ­i­ties pro­mot­ing sen­so­ry explo­ration, our ther­a­pists have hand­picked items that not only enter­tain but also con­tribute to your child’s wellbeing.

After-school snack­ing is impor­tant to help meet the ener­gy needs of chil­dren. Snacks are also great ways to help boost fruit and veg­etable intake. QMG Reg­is­tered Dietit­ian Brit­tany Win­ship shared that pair­ing two food groups when pro­vid­ing snacks helps keep hunger at bay. Below are five quick and easy exam­ples that include a fruit or vegetable.

Pedi­atric ear, nose, and throat dis­or­ders remain among the pri­ma­ry rea­sons chil­dren vis­it a physi­cian. Ear infec­tions rank as the num­ber one rea­son for an appoint­ment, accord­ing to the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Otolaryngology‒ Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.

Kids will be head­ed back to school again before you know it and along with sched­ul­ing phys­i­cals, eye exams, and vac­cines, it’s impor­tant to think about your children’s men­tal health too. Coor­di­na­tor of Behav­ioral Health, Nik­ki Shields, shares the fol­low­ing back-to-school tips with par­ents and caregivers: