Re: developmental delays

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I have had the same questions before. We are in a very similar

situation. My son is 6.5 months old and has mild tort. He

has a slight tilt but full ROM, and has been reaching his milestones

on time or early. We too were given stretches to do by the plastic

surgeon who prescribed his STARband. I was not totally comfortable

with doing this all myself, so I asked his ped if we should have a

referral to see a PT, and he said no. He even went as far as to

say " it will work itself out, he does his own PT with his everyday

activities, it is nothing to worry about " , so he did not even see the

value in continuing the at-home stretches. I was very surprised at

his attitude, since he was the one who recommended the band for

's plagio, and was very knowledgable about that. I just don't

know who to believe... are the stretches necessary or not? I know

that they can't hurt so we still do them, but like you, we are not

fully compliant with the recommended number of times per day. I know

that this really did not answer any of your questions, but I thought

I would just share our similar situations.

,

Mom to and (STARband 9/14/02)

> I have a question...does tort always cause gross developmental

delays? B/c

> the cranial facial dr and Charlotte at CT both agree that

has or had

> tort and with the pictures Cranial Tech took before he got his

helmet..he did

> have a slight tilt...but he is doing everything on time or early.

He sat up

> on his own at around 6 months. He started crawling at about 7

months. He's

> now standing and walking while holding on to the furniture which he

started

> at 8 months..and he's now 8 1/2 months. He can turn his head both

ways...he

> used to pull up his shoulder a little when looking to the left..but

i don't

> notice him doing that anymore and i don't notice a tilt..but then i

didn't

> really notice it before either.

>

> Also, no one ever recommended PT for him....the cranial dr gave us

some

> exercises to do with each diaper change..but that's it. And i have

to admit

> i got very lazy doing those exercises....and i'm not sure if his

tort is

> resolved or not. Does everyone with tort go to PT?

>

>

> Mom to