2nd Annual moveathon10: “Making My Moves So Others Can”Makes a Difference for Kids With Musculoskeletal Disorders
Event Raises More Than $6,000 for Pediatric Orthopaedic Research
Sept. 12, 2010, New York, New York — It was a fun afternoon of playing, moving and grooving to the music as more than 100 people participated in the Second Annual moveathon10: “Making My Moves So Others Can,” which helped raise more than $6,000 for Pediatric Orthopaedic Research. Hosted by the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Division at the NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, children of all ages and abilities were kept moving for four hours with fun organized activities to raise awareness and help advance research to benefit children with musculoskeletal disorders.
"We were so pleased to share in the excitement again this year and see such support of our research," said Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Division Director David P. Roye, Jr., MD, St. Giles Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. "We want to help kids with musculoskeletal disorders enjoy being kids, and our research advances not only treatments but quality of life for these children.”
The young participants gathered in the Children’s Hospital Wintergarden along with Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons Dr. Roye, Joshua Hyman, MD, Michael Vitale, MD, Benjamin Roye, MD and many of the division’s research staff. About twenty Columbia University medical students volunteered their time to run the carnival games, do facepainting and lead the children in dances and activities. Vanessa A. Hortian, M.S., L.Ac., ACE- CPT, Program Coordinator/Exercise Specialist from the NewYork-
Presbyterian Hospital Fitness Center brought her energy as well as yoga mats, steps and exercise balls to add to the fun movement activities. Music was provided and donated by DJ John Gormley, a parent of a young orthopaedic patient, as a way to say
thanks for the great care his family has received. Other activities included arts and crafts, hula hooping, bowling, throwing basketballs, bean bags and knocking down cans and trying to make a frog hop off a diving board.
Many of the participants were current or past patients who enjoyed spending time with the doctors and staff outside of the examination rooms. As Lisa Giammalvo, parent of patient Justin, explained, “Justin has lived pain free for the last two years and has so much more mobility thanks to Dr. Hyman and his staff. We are so blessed to have a wonderful doctor that truly cares for his patients. Justin loves participating in the moveathon10 and will continue to be a part of it. Thank you for a beautiful day with our hospital family.”
The Pediatric Orthopaedic Research Team at Columbia University Medical Center is at the forefront nationally in developing ways to measure the impact of treatments not only on a child’s physical function, but also on their emotional health and quality of life. The team is currently conducting research on the management of scoliosis in the very young, treatment of clubfoot, care for children with neuromuscular disease and the treatment of spinal deformities. The team’s emphasis on Quality of Life research is internationally acclaimed, and its members have published scores of articles in leading professional medical journals and presented their findings at national and international conferences.
Visit http://www.childrensorthopaedics.com/ for more information about the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics and the moveathon10.
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