Re: To Debbie re Abby's starband/ Sunny

[Guest guest]

I may have been misunderstood but Ethan has shown improvement in the STARband. Just not the improvement that we were told we would see by now. Still has bulging right side of his forehead and misaligned ears. We have seen more rounding but the right back side of his head still has a quite noticeable flat spot.

Ethan's Mom

In a message dated 12/10/2002 8:36:26 PM Central Standard Time, dj2kirby@... writes:

>Debbie,

>

>Is it unusual not to have improvement after 3 mos? My orthotist

told

>me that one of his patients didn't show any improvement until her

5th

>month in a band.

>

Hi Sunny:

Yes, very unusual not to have improvement after 3 mos., and very rare

and I'd say not right, to not have correction til 5th month in the

band.

Of course every case is different, and the amt of improvement a child

receives depends on many factors such as the child's age, severity,

growth spurts, etc.. Some correction in an infant under 6 mos of age

should definitely happen within the first month. A child under age 6

nmos is growing very fast, esp. their head. Older than 6 mos, a

child should still show correction in their first month, and so on.

My daughter Abby showed improvement in her DOCband after just 10

days, and she was nearly 1 yr old then.

So it's hard to say, becuz every case is different, but if after 3

mos and there's no improvment, that's a sign of a problem.

The DOCband average treatment time is 4.5 mos..

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

[Guest guest]

> Debbie,

>

> Is it unusual not to have improvement after 3 mos? My orthotist

told

> me that one of his patients didn't show any improvement until her

5th

> month in a band.

>

Hi Sunny:

Yes, very unusual not to have improvement after 3 mos., and very rare

and I'd say not right, to not have correction til 5th month in the

band.

Of course every case is different, and the amt of improvement a child

receives depends on many factors such as the child's age, severity,

growth spurts, etc.. Some correction in an infant under 6 mos of age

should definitely happen within the first month. A child under age 6

nmos is growing very fast, esp. their head. Older than 6 mos, a

child should still show correction in their first month, and so on.

My daughter Abby showed improvement in her DOCband after just 10

days, and she was nearly 1 yr old then.

So it's hard to say, becuz every case is different, but if after 3

mos and there's no improvment, that's a sign of a problem.

The DOCband average treatment time is 4.5 mos..

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI