RE: Jay

[Guest guest]

Please go to the FILES section of this group

to learn more about the possible correlation between plagiocephaly & infantile

scoliosis. The article is by McMaster, who predicted the rise of prog. i.s.

in the U.S. (back in the 80’s) due to the Back to Sleep Campaign. The

pediatricians have done a great job in reducing SIDS w/ the Back to Sleep Campaign.

Unfortunately, this campaign has scared many new mothers into never exposing

their babies to tummy time, which is not good. The peds need to re educate

new moms on the importance of tummy time, while the baby is awake and being watched,

so the thorax can be stretched and has a better chance to develop properly.

My 2 cents,

HRH

From: infantile_scoliosis [mailto:infantile_scoliosis ] On Behalf Of

Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008

12:12 AM

To: infantile_scoliosis

Subject: The

Use of Exercises in the treatment of scholiosis

Ok I just post a really good article about the

benefits of PT. It talks about how a lot of docs disregards it, but it shows

proof of how good it really is. A must read.

Here is a clip of some real important information I never knew:

The need for

research is especially urgent in the US, where a successful

campaign to reduce sudden infant death syndrome

(SIDS) by convincing parents to place their babies in

the supine position for sleeping has been underway for

the past decade [173]. Unfortunately, use of the supine

position in the past almost certainly underlies the fact

that infantile scoliosis was prevalent in Europe where

babies traditionally slept in the supine position and

almost non-existent in the US where babies traditionally

slept face-down (`prone') [139]. Infantile scoliosis

reportedly has almost disappeared from Europe with

adoption of the prone sleeping position for babies

[135, 174]. As a result of a `back to sleep' campaign

which has failed to consider the known dangers of inducing

infantile scoliosis [121, 135], this potentially deadly

disorder can be predicted to be on the rise in the US,

where it used to be extremely rare [140]. The children

who are victims of this policy are going to need reliable

non-surgical therapeutic intervention to prevent tragic

consequences [144, 150].