Re: Re: Doc Band vs. Star Band

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Re: Doc Band vs. Star Band

Hi Debbie,

I'm in Monroe, MI in the southeastern portion of the state, south of Detroit. I'm actually closer to Toledo, OH than Detroit though. Chicago is also the closest Cranial Tech center near me, but there is an agency called Straight Ahead Pediatric Physical Therapy in Mayfield, OH that is liciensed provider of the Doc Band. Mayfield is near Cleveland and I think only about 2 hours from me. That sounds much better to me than Chicago.

I can't believe that you made the drive to Chicago. You had to go weekly when Abby first got her band on, right? I would too though if I had to, there really isn't anything we won't do for our children is there?

I thought I read on this board that the physical therapists who are liciensed providers of the Doc Band go through the same training as the therpists that work at the actual Cranial Tech locations. Do you know if that is correct?

We could get a starband in Toledo which is only 30 minutes from us. But, after I looked at the side by side comparison on the plagio.org site I think I want to go with the Doc Band, even if it means a longer drive. I was leaning that way then after hearing your story about using the Star Band with no results I finalized my decision. Take Care,

Hi :Where abouts in MI do you live? I am also in MI, the Grand Rapids area. My daughter used both the STARband and then we switched her to the DOCband after she spent 3 mos w/o any improvement in her STARband we rec'd from our local hospital. My drive to the Chicago CT was usually 4 hrs one way with traffic, 3 hrs w/o traffic (yeah right, w/o traffic in Chicago?). So I'm wondering if you're considering the Chicago CT then you might be close to me. Debbie Abby's mom DOCgrad 6/22/01Michigan> Hi All,> Since joining here recently I've been reading all the posts and > learning so much. I feel so prepared for 's appt. with the > specialist on Mon. A big thanks to everyone here! > > I'm sure my question has been discussed many times on this board in > the past, sorry about that. But, I need some clarification between > the Doc Band and the Star Band. There is a location about 2 hours > from me where we could go for the Doc Band. I read the post from a > representative of cranial tech. about the training their physical > therapists receive. It sounded very impressive. If does get a > band, I had resigned myself to making the 2 hour for appts. Then, > today I decided to check and see if I could get the Star Band any > closer to home. I went to the orthomerica website and it was sort of > confusing, at least to me. If I understand correctly I'm supposed to > check with physical therapy groups in my area to see if they handle > the Star Band. There are no official distributors. Is this correct, > or I'm I totally misunderstanding something? If I am correct, I was > wondering if those physical therapists would have as much experience > with the bands. It seems as though the people who work with the Doc > Bands do so on a daily basis. I'm so confused!!! > , mom to > MIFor more plagio info