Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 i have a question. has anyone had to deal with developmental delays because of tort? emma is just over 7 months old and she's not really sitting yet. when we sit her up she leans and then falls - always the same way. it's sort of like a full body tilt. has anyone else had this experience, and is there anything i can do? any exercises? or should i just wait and let her figure it out on her own? thanks. amy mom to emma (born 9/24/01) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 amy, hi there..my son tucker did not sit up until almost 8 months old. he has always been "slow" on the charts as to rolling, sitting, crawling, etc..he does not have tort however..i think that babies just learn at their own rate and about all you can do is wait. we bought a soft ball for tucker to kinda lay on to help build his uper body strength. we would roll him forward and backwards and let him push with his arms..also..alot of tummy time helped us..we also would use the boppy and kinda twist it around his waist and what not..don't worry tho..in due time your little one will sit up,,then on to more fun stuff!! brenda mom of tucker tort and sitting i have a question. has anyone had to deal with developmental delays because of tort? emma is just over 7 months old and she's not really sitting yet. when we sit her up she leans and then falls - always the same way. it's sort of like a full body tilt. has anyone else had this experience, and is there anything i can do? any exercises? or should i just wait and let her figure it out on her own?thanks.amymom to emma (born 9/24/01)For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Amy, I don't think you need to be concerned about not sitting at 7 mos. Is she rolling over? My daughter doesn't have tort, but she does have developmental delays. She has visual issues which I believe cause her delays. She is 9 mos. and is not sitting up she just started rolling over a month ago. I really think Emma has time before they would consider her delayed. If your still getting PT for her tort ask the PT to evaluate her. Otherwise check with your ped. Take care, (MOM2SHANNON) tort and sitting i have a question. has anyone had to deal with developmental delays because of tort? emma is just over 7 months old and she's not really sitting yet. when we sit her up she leans and then falls - always the same way. it's sort of like a full body tilt. has anyone else had this experience, and is there anything i can do? any exercises? or should i just wait and let her figure it out on her own?thanks.amymom to emma (born 9/24/01)For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Amy, It could be that Emma is developing what they call in the tort world the " c " posture- where they pull the hip up on the tort side of the body to compensate for the tight muscle- in other words- since they are not releasing that muscle, they pull everything else up to meet it and accomodate it. This could make balance very difficult. I used to have sit in front of me, and I would rock him side to side, putting weight on both cheeks so that he could feel that it was " safe " to distribute weight to the " other " side. Try to hold the hip down if she is pulling it up. Has she ever had her hips checked out for hip displasia? Sometimes this can also be a cause for tort. I would start incorporating things like the shifting of the weight onto the tort side and also: I would lay in front of me. Take his arms and pull him to sitting position. This stretched his muscle out while I did it and also helped to understand the balance concept. Check into www.torticolliskids@... for great advice and tips on this. I recall many parents dealing with the " c " posture. would pull up the shoulder more and that was our issue- which through time and therapy that is resolved now. Good luck! Please keep us posted and if I can help in anyway, please email me. ' Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Amy, Your doctor may have already checked Emma for hip displasia if he/she dx the tort. From what I saw my Doc do and have heard people describe, they push the legs inwards kind of like bicycle riding exercises and they can tell if the bone is displaced. I think Jill, Kellie or (sorry, I could be way off!) may have some info on this (?)- or other members I can recall talking about this as well. It is usually very rare for that to be the cause of tort- but I know there is treatment for it - I hope others will chime in because I recall someone talking about this entire process and how their child dealt with it, just can't be sure who! It really is not uncommon for tort children to have delays in milestones, but my feeling is that you can help her by showing her how to use those muscles she is cramping up and pulling to that neck muscle. She is compensating for being off balance with her neck being off by taking all of that side and pulling it close to the muscle that is tight- work with her in using that arm, reaching for things, massage that entire side in light pulling and downward strokes- the idea is to try to help relax that tight side. As you know, even kids without tort have delays, so its hard to tell what is only normal and what may be caused by the tort. I lean more towards the side of the " c " posture causing the imbalance and it not allowing her to stay sitting, because she falls over. You can totally work this out- my son would pull up the shoulder to compensate for the imbalance, and we did the light pulls downward to keep him from creating bad posture (possible scoliosis) and he has no problem with this (we are still very aware and always make sure that if he does sit incorrectly, we position him straight). Just being conscious of it and make the effort to work on it I think you'll see great results. If you work out this issue now, you may not have problems when it comes time for walking as she will have learned by then how to shift her body weight to the tort side. Take it day by day, talk with your pt to work on this as well and show you good tips. Good luck! Keep me posted on what the Doc says! ' Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 thanks, cindy and others who have responded. i do think emma has the " c " posture, and i will have to check with her pediatrician to have her checked out for hip displaysia. if she has that, is it treatable? what would our course of action be then? thanks again, everyone. amy mom to emma (born 9/24/01) --- rella1234@... wrote: > Amy, > It could be that Emma is developing what they call > in the tort world the " c " > posture- where they pull the hip up on the tort side > of the body to > compensate for the tight muscle- in other words- > since they are not releasing > that muscle, they pull everything else up to meet it > and accomodate it. This > could make balance very difficult. I used to have > sit in front of > me, and I would rock him side to side, putting > weight on both cheeks so that > he could feel that it was " safe " to distribute > weight to the " other " side. > Try to hold the hip down if she is pulling it up. > Has she ever had her hips > checked out for hip displasia? Sometimes this can > also be a cause for tort. > I would start incorporating things like the shifting > of the weight onto the > tort side and also: I would lay in front > of me. Take his arms and > pull him to sitting position. This stretched his > muscle out while I did it > and also helped to understand the balance concept. > Check into > www.torticolliskids@... for great advice > and tips on this. I > recall many parents dealing with the " c " posture. > would pull up the > shoulder more and that was our issue- which through > time and therapy that is > resolved now. Good luck! Please keep us posted and > if I can help in anyway, > please email me. > > ' Mom > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Amy, Did you mention in a previous post that Emma was in PT? If so, maybe your pt can recommend some exercises you can do. Otherwise I would say that Emma is probably following her own schedule and will do the sitting thing when she is ready. Hopefully and some of our other resident tort gurus can offer some insight into this one. I don't think not sitting at 7 months is too terribly late though - every baby is different!! Marci (Mom to ) Oklahoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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