Re: Is it possible for torticollis to return?

[Guest guest]

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It is possible for tort to return- they usually say to keep an eye on it

until 2 years old, to be on the safe side. I have heard about the tilt

returning if they are teething, or going through a milestone or illness, and

I have heard of them losing range of motion if the muscle is not stretched

enough. I will say that although my son was considered severe (dx at 2

months, he is now 1.5 months), we were in pt for about 6-7 months, weekly, as

well as everyday at home, and we are still seeing residual effects of tort

come and go with milestones and sickness. We still monitor how he sits, how

he holds his head, and we try to use passive, fun stretches through holding

him sideways and tilting him towards his tort side to continue to work that

muscle. When sleeps, try to position her had towards the tort side,

we try to maintain that level of ROM, because I feel (DH argues with me here)

that some days he does have more range than others- so sometimes I will turn

his head to the left for good measure. You can also incorporate all of those

ROM exercises by making her really look at the tv with the tort side, or

blowing bubbles and making her look that way, holding her body so she doesn't

use her entire body to turn. For sure don't close the door on being aware of

the tort until she is at least 2- just in case! Check in at

www.torticolliskids , I am sure there will be tons of moms to

help with tips! Good luck!

' Mom

[Guest guest]

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Our doctor said that we would need to keep up with stretching until Sam is

at least 2 years old. He has days when his tilt is as bad as I've ever

seen, and days when I don't notice it at all. I think it depends on growth

spurts and how tired he is.

Gail, Sam and Sara's mom, DOC grads

Is it possible for torticollis to return?

> Hi,

> I have a tort question. was in PT for tort for 3 months, twice

> a week. We finished with PT when she was between 7 and 8 months old.

> She left with full ROM. Anyway I emailed Carol from CT a pic of my

> daughter and she had said that it looks like still has a touch

> of tort. Since it was brought to my attention, I've been noticing

> that can turn her head further to the right then she can left.

> Is it possible that her tort has returned? Or am I imagining it?

> Thanks,

>

>

>

> For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Thanks for the replys. When we finished with PT I was never told to

continue the streching at home. I'm going to wait and see what

Charlotte has to say about it when I bring for a consult on

Thursday. To be honet I don't even remember how to do the streches.

, I did check out torticolliskids, it's a great board. I'm going

to spend sometime tonight reading through some posts to refresh my

memory on the streches.

Thanks,

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> It is possible for tort to return- they usually say to keep an eye

on it

> until 2 years old, to be on the safe side. I have heard about the

tilt

> returning if they are teething, or going through a milestone or

illness, and

> I have heard of them losing range of motion if the muscle is not

stretched

> enough. I will say that although my son was considered severe (dx

at 2

> months, he is now 1.5 months), we were in pt for about 6-7 months,

weekly, as

> well as everyday at home, and we are still seeing residual effects

of tort

> come and go with milestones and sickness. We still monitor how he

sits, how

> he holds his head, and we try to use passive, fun stretches through

holding

> him sideways and tilting him towards his tort side to continue to

work that

> muscle. When sleeps, try to position her had towards the

tort side,

> we try to maintain that level of ROM, because I feel (DH argues

with me here)

> that some days he does have more range than others- so sometimes I

will turn

> his head to the left for good measure. You can also incorporate

all of those

> ROM exercises by making her really look at the tv with the tort

side, or

> blowing bubbles and making her look that way, holding her body so

she doesn't

> use her entire body to turn. For sure don't close the door on

being aware of

> the tort until she is at least 2- just in case! Check in at

> www.torticolliskids@y..., I am sure there will be tons of moms to

> help with tips! Good luck!

>

> ' Mom

[Guest guest]

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I will attach a link for you that will show great stretches and holds also! Let me know if I can help you in anyway too! We were able to do a lot of those stretches while he was conked out. Good luck and happy stretching!

Mom

Stretches/Holds

[Guest guest]

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Let me try that again, I don't think that last link worked:

Stretches/ holds

[Guest guest]

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Thank you so much! They refreshed my memory and even taught me a

couple of new ones!

Thanks,

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> Let me try that again, I don't think that last link worked:

>

> <A HREF= " http://www.orthoseek.com/articles/ifs-

left.html " >Stretches/ holds</A>

>

[Guest guest]

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Glad I could help! Happy stretching )

' Mom