Guest guest Posted December 3, 2000 Report Share Posted December 3, 2000 Does anyone know why kids a lot of kids with plagio have gross motor developmental delays related to low muscle tone. Is this because many of them also have torticollis? Does torticollis interfere with the development of their muscle tone or does the plagio have something to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2000 Report Share Posted December 3, 2000 : It is likely the torticollis that is causing delays (unless there are other medical problems). Plagio. itself does not interfere with brain growth, and therefore should not cause any delays. Also consider that babies who spend the majority of time on their backs develop motor skills more slowly than a baby who gets several hours of supervised tummy time each day. A child on his tummy must work all of those little muscles to see what's going on, where as a baby on his back can just turn his head. Hope that helps! Kendra M1968@... wrote: Does anyone know why kids a lot of kids with plagio have gross motor developmental delays related to low muscle tone. Is this because many of them also have torticollis? Does torticollis interfere with the development of their muscle tone or does the plagio have something to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2000 Report Share Posted December 3, 2000 In a message dated 12/3/00 6:41:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, M1968@... writes: Does anyone know why kids a lot of kids with plagio have gross motor developmental delays related to low muscle tone. Is this because many of them also have torticollis? Does torticollis interfere with the development of their muscle tone or does the plagio have something to do with it? The gross motor skills is associated with torticollis. If your head is always favoring looking to one side, you see and use that side more. Also the tightness in the neck area can effect other muscles to be tight. My guy couldn't put his toes in his mouth even. After a few a months of pt yes. Many torticollis kids have plagio. The flatness is often off to the side. I think the combination of tort and plagio, the more likely to have the facial asymmetry too. Tammy & 12/8/99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2000 Report Share Posted December 4, 2000 My nephew has low tone and it was most likely due to intrauterine constraint. My daughter has tort and congenital plagio & I think that intrauterine constraint was responsible for the plagio. We think she got stuck in one spot. Also, babies with low tone may not move much independently and get positional plagio from being on their backs so much. > Does anyone know why kids a lot of kids with plagio have gross motor > developmental delays related to low muscle tone. Is this because many of them > also have torticollis? Does torticollis interfere with the development of > their muscle tone or does the plagio have something to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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