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Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Your letter was fabulous! You go Mommy!!! --- ceejhas2babes <gcpopik@...> wrote: > I too wrote a letter to the CEO > > Titled - APPAULED AT RECENT ARTICLE > > One of my mom's group brought to my attention, an > article you > published titled " Flatheads in Need of Tummy Time " > by Meredith > O'Brein. > > I wanted to bring it to your attention that the > article was > completely wrong and did not contain any current > information or > research on this actual condition. yes this is a > condition with a > name even - it is referred to as Positional > Plagiocephaly - not > FLATHEAD. > > I am a mother of a two year old daughter who was > told the same thing > as the doctor in this article says, and by the time > I did my own > research and saw a Neuro Surgeon here in my city - I > was too late to > correct the Plagiocephaly. > > In this article it is stated that the head will > gradually start to > round out - but it fails to mention that the > flatness produces a > problem in the face called Facial Asymmetry which if > severe enough > and not corrected can lead to problems as an adult > such as TMJ and > migraines and other problems that they are now able > to relate to > Plagiocephaly. > > This article only talks about preventative measures > and laughs off > any treatments after wards. It also talks about how > Helmet Therapy > is useless and ineffective, but I invite you to > visit a mothers group > that I am a part of where there are over 1300 > mothers and fathers > from around the world and I would say that the > majority of us who > have had their children banded have seen AMAZING > results. Many of us > are like myself and were too late to have our > children banded and > would do anything to go back and NOT LISTEN TO > PEOPLE LIKE THE DOCTOR > IN THIS ARTICLE. > > You are providing false information to mothers out > there and making > their concern and need for their child to be well > sound " nutty " as > this writer classified the thousands of us out > there. > > You will also find that insurance companies are now > starting to cover > this cost as more and more this condition is > becoming an epidemic of > sorts. This neuro surgeon who the writer quoted is > not up to date > with current information nor current statistics and > I wouldn't > recommend any mother with a child who has a flat > head (plagiocephaly) > to see him. > > He states we have to be practical - and we are - > but what happens > when all the preventative methods he states in the > article have been > done, and like so many mothers out there -mother > nature wont correct > the problem on its own. > > I would hope that you would take into consideration > all this > information and realize that you are MIS-EDUCATING > parents out there > that visit your site and trust your articles, and > take down that > article or have one written about the new > discoveries being made > about Positional Plagiocephaly. > > Some interesting sites that back my complaint are > > www.cappskids.org > www.parksolutions.com/plagio (my personal site) > and of course - home to over 1300 plagio parents, > our support group > Plagiocephaly > > Yours truly, > > Popik > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 , Nice work! Very well written! You go girl!! Marci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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