Guest guest Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hi Andy, I'm sure if you call Cranial Tech, the ortho there would be happy to explain measurements to you. I've never understood them! They can be confusing. Let us know what you find out. > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > we are taking Noah to a free eval at a Hanger place next week to > > get > > > his head assymetry measured. He is 10 mos. now and we are not > > really > > > interested in a band since it is very minor, but we just want to > > see > > > the numbers before we put the issue to rest. If they are worse > > than we > > > expect we could then decide to travel the distance to CT (San > > > > > to Houston). I am confused about the different measurements. In > > > looking at the site given on a previous post, the trans cranial > > vault > > > assymetry number is achieved by taking diagonal measurements from > > > points on the sides of the head to points on the face. Noah's mild > > > assymetry is only in the very back on the actual occipital bone, > > not > > > really visible from the very top of his head. So, it doesn't seem > > this > > > measurement would catch that. Do we want to look for a skull base > > > assymetry number? I have heard this mentioned on some posts but it > > was > > > not mentioned on the site I referred to above. Any insight would > > be > > > appreciated. > > > Kerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hi Andy, I'm sure if you call Cranial Tech, the ortho there would be happy to explain measurements to you. I've never understood them! They can be confusing. Let us know what you find out. > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > we are taking Noah to a free eval at a Hanger place next week to > > get > > > his head assymetry measured. He is 10 mos. now and we are not > > really > > > interested in a band since it is very minor, but we just want to > > see > > > the numbers before we put the issue to rest. If they are worse > > than we > > > expect we could then decide to travel the distance to CT (San > > > > > to Houston). I am confused about the different measurements. In > > > looking at the site given on a previous post, the trans cranial > > vault > > > assymetry number is achieved by taking diagonal measurements from > > > points on the sides of the head to points on the face. Noah's mild > > > assymetry is only in the very back on the actual occipital bone, > > not > > > really visible from the very top of his head. So, it doesn't seem > > this > > > measurement would catch that. Do we want to look for a skull base > > > assymetry number? I have heard this mentioned on some posts but it > > was > > > not mentioned on the site I referred to above. Any insight would > > be > > > appreciated. > > > Kerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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