helmet

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Hi,

Where I live it is called Cranial Technologies. I think you can

google that. I thought they were very good. The first consult is free

here.

mary

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> Someone gave me the site to look up the helmets used for flat

> heads/plagio.--

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> I need it again-lost it! I wanted Evan to get an eval.-

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> thanks

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I don't think so. I think it is really up to you, it is mainly a cosmetic thing-- not like the back a misshapen head doesn't affect the brain. However, it depends on the degree of misshapen as to things that can be affected. Our daughter's head was not flat but lopsided, for lack of a better descriptor. We decided to do it because wearing store bought sun glasses would be impossible for her because her ears were in different locations, helmets would never have fit her properly (and won't fit a flat head properly either), and since we had a girl, we didn't want to have regrets when she was a teenager and asked us why we didn't fix it when we could.

I am trained to properly fit bike helmets on kids and I can tell you that I see tons of flat headed children out there, so I think it is just a parental preference.

E

From: infantile scoliosis treatment [mailto:infantile scoliosis treatment ] On Behalf Of Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:30 AMinfantile scoliosis treatment Subject: Re: Re: helmet

Thanks- I called and got a consult for April 12th.

The only thing I don't understand, is our ped. said he possibly needed a helmet, but no other physician has seen him, and there are no physicians at Cranial Technologies. Did you all see another Dr before deciding to do a helmet?

Thanks again.

and Evanansiosamjm <usameza@...> wrote:

Hi,Where I live it is called Cranial Technologies. I think you can google that. I thought they were very good. The first consult is free here. mary>> > Someone gave me the site to look up the helmets used for flat> heads/plagio.--> > I need it again-lost it! I wanted Evan to get an eval.-> > thanks>

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Thanks for the info- I really don't want him to have to deal w/too much at once (a helmet and a cast), but for sure want it corrected while it's correctable!! I have a friend whose son is 4 and really needed a helmet when he was younger and I would hate to look back when Evan is older and regret not doing it. So many people say "It will round out on it's own", but I just wonder how much it can. Thanks again. " D. Esser" <cesser@...> wrote: I don't think so. I think it is really up to you, it is mainly a cosmetic thing-- not like the back a misshapen head doesn't affect the brain. However, it depends on the degree

of misshapen as to things that can be affected. Our daughter's head was not flat but lopsided, for lack of a better descriptor. We decided to do it because wearing store bought sun glasses would be impossible for her because her ears were in different locations, helmets would never have fit her properly (and won't fit a flat head properly either), and since we had a girl, we didn't want to have regrets when she was a teenager and asked us why we didn't fix it when we could. I am trained to properly fit bike helmets on kids and I can tell you that I see tons of flat headed children out there, so I think it is just a parental preference. E From: infantile scoliosis treatment [mailto:infantile scoliosis treatment ] On Behalf Of Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:30 AMinfantile scoliosis treatment Subject: Re: Re: helmet Thanks- I called and got a consult for April 12th. The only thing I don't understand, is our ped. said he possibly needed a helmet, but no other physician has seen him, and there are no physicians at Cranial Technologies. Did you all see another Dr before deciding to do a helmet? Thanks again. and Evanansiosamjm

<usameza@...> wrote: Hi,Where I live it is called Cranial Technologies. I think you can google that. I thought they were very good. The first consult is free here. mary>> > Someone gave me the site to look up the helmets used for flat> heads/plagio.--> > I need it again-lost it! I wanted Evan to get an eval.-> > thanks>

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I will also tell you that our daughter didn't mind the helmet at all--and she had it over the long hot summer when we did not have air conditioning-- it was a cake walk compared to the cast.

From: infantile scoliosis treatment [mailto:infantile scoliosis treatment ] On Behalf Of Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:37 AMinfantile scoliosis treatment Subject: RE: Re: helmet

Thanks for the info-

I really don't want him to have to deal w/too much at once (a helmet and a cast), but for sure want it corrected while it's correctable!!

I have a friend whose son is 4 and really needed a helmet when he was younger and I would hate to look back when Evan is older and regret not doing it. So many people say "It will round out on it's own", but I just wonder how much it can.

Thanks again.

" D. Esser" <cesser@...> wrote:

I don't think so. I think it is really up to you, it is mainly a cosmetic thing-- not like the back a misshapen head doesn't affect the brain. However, it depends on the degree of misshapen as to things that can be affected. Our daughter's head was not flat but lopsided, for lack of a better descriptor. We decided to do it because wearing store bought sun glasses would be impossible for her because her ears were in different locations, helmets would never have fit her properly (and won't fit a flat head properly either), and since we had a girl, we didn't want to have regrets when she was a teenager and asked us why we didn't fix it when we could.

I am trained to properly fit bike helmets on kids and I can tell you that I see tons of flat headed children out there, so I think it is just a parental preference.

E

From: infantile scoliosis treatment [mailto:infantile scoliosis treatment ] On Behalf Of Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:30 AMinfantile scoliosis treatment Subject: Re: Re: helmet

Thanks- I called and got a consult for April 12th.

The only thing I don't understand, is our ped. said he possibly needed a helmet, but no other physician has seen him, and there are no physicians at Cranial Technologies. Did you all see another Dr before deciding to do a helmet?

Thanks again.

and Evanansiosamjm <usameza@...> wrote:

Hi,Where I live it is called Cranial Technologies. I think you can google that. I thought they were very good. The first consult is free here. mary>> > Someone gave me the site to look up the helmets used for flat> heads/plagio.--> > I need it again-lost it! I wanted Evan to get an eval.-> > thanks>

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A mother put a bike helmet on her small son's head when a tornado struck

Joplin, & while huddled in the tub their toilet bounced onto the boy's

helmet, saving his life. Sounds like a good idea for us CI implantees. Is a

bike helmet sufficient or a motorcycle helmet better?