
Ranked nationally in pediatric care.
Arkansas Children's provides right-sized care for your child. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Arkansas Children's in seven specialties for 2024-2025.

It's easier than ever to sign up for MyChart.
Sign up online to quickly and easily manage your child's medical information and connect with us whenever you need.

We're focused on improving child health through exceptional patient care, groundbreaking research, continuing education, and outreach and prevention.

When it comes to your child, every emergency is a big deal.
Our ERs are staffed 24/7 with doctors, nurses and staff who know kids best – all trained to deliver right-sized care for your child in a safe environment.

Arkansas Children's provides right-sized care for your child. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Arkansas Children's in seven specialties for 2024-2025.

Looking for resources for your family?
Find health tips, patient stories, and news you can use to champion children.

Support from the comfort of your home.
Our flu resources and education information help parents and families provide effective care at home.

Children are at the center of everything we do.
We are dedicated to caring for children, allowing us to uniquely shape the landscape of pediatric care in Arkansas.

Transforming discovery to care.
Our researchers are driven by their limitless curiosity to discover new and better ways to make these children better today and healthier tomorrow.

We're focused on improving child health through exceptional patient care, groundbreaking research, continuing education, and outreach and prevention.

Then we're looking for you! Work at a place where you can change lives...including your own.

When you give to Arkansas Children's, you help deliver on our promise of a better today and a healthier tomorrow for the children of Arkansas and beyond

Become a volunteer at Arkansas Children's.
The gift of time is one of the most precious gifts you can give. You can make a difference in the life of a sick child.

Join our Grassroots Organization
Support and participate in this advocacy effort on behalf of Arkansas’ youth and our organization.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

When you give to Arkansas Children’s, you help deliver on our promise of a better today and a healthier tomorrow for the children of Arkansas and beyond.

Your volunteer efforts are very important to Arkansas Children's. Consider additional ways to help our patients and families.

Join one of our volunteer groups.
There are many ways to get involved to champion children statewide.

Make a positive impact on children through philanthropy.
The generosity of our supporters allows Arkansas Children's to deliver on our promise of making children better today and a healthier tomorrow.

Read and watch heart-warming, inspirational stories from the patients of Arkansas Children’s.
Hello.
Arkansas Children's Hospital
General Information 501-364-1100
Arkansas Children's Northwest
General Information 479-725-6800

Spasticity and Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Clinic
Expert Pediatric Care for Spasticity Management
The experienced spasticity management team at Arkansas Children’s provides the most advanced diagnostic tools and interventional therapies to improve the quality of life for our young patients with spasticity issues. As a dedicated children’s hospital, we bring together highly respected pediatric specialists and advanced care facilities and collaborate extensively with therapists and child life staff. We expertly diagnose and treat spasticity and the related health conditions that challenge children and their families today.
What is Spasticity?
Spasticity is when specific muscles remain contracted. This muscle tightness interferes with normal movement, speech, balance and use of the hands or feet.
Spasticity usually occurs from damage to the part of the brain or spinal cord that controls voluntary movement. Some common causes of spasticity include cerebral palsy (CP), traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury, stroke and spinal muscular atrophy, a hereditary and progressive disease.
Complex Care Clinic Follows Children Long-Term
Arkansas Children’s is committed to caring for patients and families for short-term issues, but more importantly, for long-term care and disease management. Our Complex Care Clinic is designed to help children diagnosed with multiple complex conditions, including cerebral palsy, that may cause spasticity.
Led by a fellowship-trained pediatrician with experience in complex care, our Complex Care Clinic team addresses each child’s acute needs and follows them over time. As new techniques are established and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), we make them available to our patients so families can count on the most current therapies from our team at Arkansas Children’s.
Possible Treatments
The Spasticity and Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Clinic uses a team approach to diagnose, evaluate, and manage patients with hypertonia and cerebral palsy, including evaluation for treating spasticity. The clinic also provides ongoing management of intrathecal baclofen pump patients.
-
Baclofen Pump Implantation
Intrathecal baclofen therapy involves placing a pump in the child’s abdomen to deliver a muscle relaxant called baclofen into the fluid surrounding the spinal cord.
-
Botox Injections
Botox® is injected locally and has become a standard of care treatment for overactive muscles in children with spasticity.
-
Non-invasive Procedures
Including medications and therapies, these options typically are used as the first line of treatment.
-
Tendon Surgeries
For patients with contractures, a severe form of spasticity, our neurosurgeons can perform tendon lengthening, tendon resection and tendon transfers.
KidsHealth Parent Education
Cerebral Palsy
Learn what cerebral palsy is, how it is treated and where caregivers can get help caring for kids with the disease.
View cerebral palsy informationLocations
Appointments: 501-364-4000
Fax: 501-978-6440
Note: This clinic is available to your child by physician referral. Talk with your child's physician and tell him/her you would like to be referred to Arkansas Children's. Have the doctor contact the appointment center to make a referral at 501-364-4000. If your child does not have a regular physician, please call 501-364-4000 and we will be happy to recommend one in your area.
-
Neurosciences
Arkansas Children's Hospital
1 Children's Way
Little Rock, AR 72202
501-364-1100
View Location
Related Services
-
Neurosciences
Our neurosciences team provides evaluations, treatments, surgery and other services for children with specific neurologic disorders.
-
Complex Care Program
The Arkansas Children's Complex Care team provides multidisciplinary coordination of care for children with complex medical conditions.
-
Orthotics and Prosthetics
Arkansas Children's offers orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services to patients by providing specialized equipment they need to help achieve their own success.
Arkansas Children's MyChart
Manage your child's medical information and connect with your Arkansas Children's medical team anytime online!
Log in to MyChart