Guest guest Posted September 14, 2002 Report Share Posted September 14, 2002 My daughter Cassidy is just a little over 4 months, has left tort, and a flat spot on her right side. My dr. said that they want to have us try repositiong her, but I am not sure how to start and what do I do? She is doing better with tummy time, but is not the biggest fan of it all the time. I love to go walking, but putting her in the jogger stroller is out of the question, since I want things to improve. I have put her in the Baby Bjorn facing out, and she loves that. She has pretty good neck strength. We go to PT 1x a week for the tort, and do stretching 2x a day at home. I am just wanting her to get better, and any help I can get would really be appreciated. Thank you very much, nie Mom of Cassidy 4.1 months Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2002 Report Share Posted September 14, 2002 There is a group specially for Torticollis.. Torticolliskids/messages You doing the right thing stretching and tummy time. Keep the baby off the flat side as best you can because it wont round out if not and it can get worse. It gets harder when they get older because they re position themselfs to the tort side. I would ask your PT about doing more home stretching than twice a day. I was told to do 2 long big stretched every dieper change. When feeding the baby put them in the high chair and make them stretch the way they need to to have the food. Put the TV on or turn them so they have to strech to see you or the TV (alot better than you doing it). In the car position the car seat on the window side that they are streching to look out of the window. You will think of other ways to make the child strech on their own. A good stretching exercise for babies is swimming and at the same time sneek in stretches as their enjoying themselfs. Hope this reply helped a little, good luck. Lorraine, mom to Mackenzie 5.20.99, a DOC graduate with resolved severe tort from birth. > My daughter Cassidy is just a little over 4 months, has left tort, > and a flat spot on her right side. My dr. said that they want to > have us try repositiong her, but I am not sure how to start and what > do I do? She is doing better with tummy time, but is not the biggest > fan of it all the time. I love to go walking, but putting her in the > jogger stroller is out of the question, since I want things to > improve. I have put her in the Baby Bjorn facing out, and she loves > that. She has pretty good neck strength. We go to PT 1x a week for > the tort, and do stretching 2x a day at home. > > I am just wanting her to get better, and any help I can get would > really be appreciated. > > Thank you very much, > nie Mom of Cassidy 4.1 months > Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 Hi ie- I am not at my home computer but please go into the home page to files there is a whole folder in there of repositioinign tips and if you can do an archive search with repositioning as the subject I have posted a many links for devices and techniques. I am sure one of the other moderators can help you with this if you have difficulty. You are starting at a grea age- be vigilant and take lots of pictures. We are so glad you have found us. Welcome and be sure to post as often as you like! Becky mom to brian doc grad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Hi nie, Welcome to the group! Cassidy can certainly benefit from repositioning, but as you know, with tort its very hard. My son's Doc did not recommend the band, but with his flat spot continuing to worsen, and the tort being severe and a huge factor, we opted for the DOC band by 5 months old. I would recommend a month of repositioning, aggressively, and it will not be easy as you said there are limits to what you can do when trying to keep your child off the back of the head. Use that month to document with pictures, and see if there is any change. If in that time it has not changed, or it has worsened, I would ask for a referral for neurologist. We took matters into our own hands and just asked for that referral to CT- since we had researched enough and seemed to have more realistic answers than the Doctors. My Doctor is forever complimenting my son's head shape and says it was the best decision! She was of the opinion that his misaligned ears were an optical illusion due to the head tilt caused by the tort. So, be your child's best advocate, research, question, don't be afraid to get on your Doctor about your needs/ concerns, and you will be able to be the best judge of what should be done for your child's condition- since you will have documented change/no change. Good luck and keep us posted! ' Mom (tort resolved, DOC grad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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