Re: Does Plagio ALWAYS mean tort as well?

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Kate:

Not every baby with right or left plagio has or had torticollis. My

daughter's right plagio was severe, so severe that every time she

laid down, her head would simply roll back over to the right flat

side. People compare the flat head to a deflated ball, that if you

lay a deflated ball on the ground, it will immediately roll on to

it's flat side.

My daughter's plagio began in utero. At her 2 wk chk up our ped.

noticed her plagio immediately (GREAT ped I have!). He evaluated her

for tort., didn't think she had it but referred us to PT to be sure.

The therapist didn't feel Abby had tort either, but did send us home

with stretching exercise. Abby did have full ROM, but simply

couldn't keep off her flat side to sleep.

This sounds similar to your Paige's plagio.

Hope this helps

Debbie Abby's mom DOCgrad

MI

> Paige was first diagnosed with torticollis by the family doctor 3

weeks

> ago. We went for a PT consultation and they felt she was a VERY

mild

> case, didnt' need to come back as long as we kept up with the

> repositioning to look the other way, and the stretches. The family

> doctor said NOTHING about the greatly mishapen head Paige was

sporting.

> As a side to the torticollis our family doctor refered us to a

> pediatrician so he could track her torticollis progress.

>

> The pediatricain moves her this way and that way, gets her to look

left,

> holds her up and says, " It's not torticollis, it's plagiocephaly. "

The

> reason he thinks the tort was diagnosed was because of the shape of

her

> head, making it harder to look left because of the " ridge " at the

back

> of her head. She has full range of motion to the right and the

left,

> although she prefers looking to the right.

>

> I'm still keeping up with the exercises the PT gave us to ensure

there

> is no tightness and shortening of the muscle on that side.

>

> Does every baby that has right or left plagio have tort? Should I

be

> pushing for regular PT?

>

> Kate