Re: Helmet does not seem Right

[Guest guest]

I think if he's been out of the band for 2 weeks due to illness it is

good to recast. At this age the head grows quickly so it makes sense

it won't fit properly after that amount of time. They should redo the

band for free, but this sounds like the best option to me. I wouldn't

want them to " make " the existing band fit. My daughter got her band at

5 mo and had a lot of growth, particularly at first. You should see

very good results once you get the new band.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

>

> Ok so we have had some issues with the helmet (starband). He got it and

> he got sick for two weeks so we had to leave it off. This week we have

> been back and forth to the doctor shaving it were it leaves really bad

> red marks. Now it moves off is forhead. I called and they said we have

> to re-cast him. Now we have to start all over. I am getting tired of

> all this. He is 4.5 months old. I have some questions. Has anyone else

> been through this? Will his face be normal agian? Had anyone had doubts

> in the helmet?

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for all your post. I am just worried that the a

symetry won't be fixed. He also had tort. but that is doing so much

better. When we went in the other day the measurments have not

changed so that does make me feel better that it did not get worse.

Hopefully this helmet will fit better. The other helmet sides were to

close to his eye and he kept shifting off his forhead. I am keeping

my fingers crossed that this one will be in in a week so we can get

this on a roll before he has a growth spirt. Thanks to all!

> >

> > Ok so we have had some issues with the helmet (starband). He got

it and

> > he got sick for two weeks so we had to leave it off. This week we

have

> > been back and forth to the doctor shaving it were it leaves

really bad

> > red marks. Now it moves off is forhead. I called and they said we

have

> > to re-cast him. Now we have to start all over. I am getting tired

of

> > all this. He is 4.5 months old. I have some questions. Has anyone

else

> > been through this? Will his face be normal agian? Had anyone had

doubts

> > in the helmet?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I know there are people that love the Starband and have tons of good

things to say about it, but I would never put my child in one

again. We had a Starband for my son and I was in the office once a

week for adjustments because it would rub red spots. That helmet

had patches every where and it was still rubbing. My husband and I

finally went with a smaller ortho place that was not in our network

but our plastic surgeon highly recommended. From day one, my son

was able to wear it without a single problem. Should have listened

to him in the first place. We wasted a ton of valuable time on that

Starband and DS head is still not quite right to this day because of

it. I still don't know if the problem was the helmet, the orthotist

or maybe he just had really sensetive skin but I wouldn't recommend

it to anybody. We just recently had to get a helmet for dd (both

born with tort. due to the size of my uterus) and we just went back

to the same place that had the helmet we liked. We haven't had any

issues with the helmet this time around either. Not sure how the

one we got compares to others since I haven't seen the doc band or

hanger helmet but I can tell you it's about half as thick as the

Starband and the inside foam is much softer which I think made a

huge difference. I'll try to post some pics so you can check it out

if you want.

> >

> > Ok so we have had some issues with the helmet (starband). He got

it and

> > he got sick for two weeks so we had to leave it off. This week

we have

> > been back and forth to the doctor shaving it were it leaves

really bad

> > red marks. Now it moves off is forhead. I called and they said

we have

> > to re-cast him. Now we have to start all over. I am getting

tired of

> > all this. He is 4.5 months old. I have some questions. Has

anyone else

> > been through this? Will his face be normal agian? Had anyone had

doubts

> > in the helmet?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I think with starbands a lot depends on the ortho. we had a very good

experience. For one thing if you had so many problems I would think

your ortho should have recasted to get a better fit. Where did you go?

Also who is the smaller ortho you're using? It would be good to know

since in the future someone in your area may be considering the same

orthos.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

> > >

> > > Ok so we have had some issues with the helmet (starband). He got

> it and

> > > he got sick for two weeks so we had to leave it off. This week

> we have

> > > been back and forth to the doctor shaving it were it leaves

> really bad

> > > red marks. Now it moves off is forhead. I called and they said

> we have

> > > to re-cast him. Now we have to start all over. I am getting

> tired of

> > > all this. He is 4.5 months old. I have some questions. Has

> anyone else

> > > been through this? Will his face be normal agian? Had anyone had

> doubts

> > > in the helmet?

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah we wondered about that too but I just really didn't want to

take any chances the second time around. They never even tried

recasting him, the whole experience was just awful. The original

place we went to was called Orthotic and Prosthetic Lab. The

smaller place we went to was called Precision Prosthetics but and

here's the kicker, the ortho office with Precision closed since we

went there and now that orthotist went to the Orthotic and

Prosthetic Lab that we didn't like. I called and spoke to her

before we even considerd going back to O & P and come to find out O & P

stopped doing the Starband and switched to the type of helmet our

Orthotist makes. Her name is Barbara Ziegler for anyone in the St.

Louis area and she is really great, I highly recommend using her. I

posted some pics of the helmet, they are under L babies Lauryn N.

If you go to O & P, I would specifically ask for Barb because I think

the guy that we originally had is still there and I didn't care for

him at all.

> > > >

> > > > Ok so we have had some issues with the helmet (starband). He

got

> > it and

> > > > he got sick for two weeks so we had to leave it off. This

week

> > we have

> > > > been back and forth to the doctor shaving it were it leaves

> > really bad

> > > > red marks. Now it moves off is forhead. I called and they

said

> > we have

> > > > to re-cast him. Now we have to start all over. I am getting

> > tired of

> > > > all this. He is 4.5 months old. I have some questions. Has

> > anyone else

> > > > been through this? Will his face be normal agian? Had anyone

had

> > doubts

> > > > in the helmet?

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Just put some pictures up It is under Connor P. Last page. This is

the helmet we just sent back.

> > >

> > > Ok so we have had some issues with the helmet (starband). He

got

> it and

> > > he got sick for two weeks so we had to leave it off. This week

we

> have

> > > been back and forth to the doctor shaving it were it leaves

> really bad

> > > red marks. Now it moves off is forhead. I called and they said

we

> have

> > > to re-cast him. Now we have to start all over. I am getting

tired

> of

> > > all this. He is 4.5 months old. I have some questions. Has

anyone

> else

> > > been through this? Will his face be normal agian? Had anyone

had

> doubts

> > > in the helmet?

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Just a personal note to hniemeyer74

Would you mind if I contact you personally with some questions? I don't know what the groups etiquette is on contacting a member one on one. We also live in the St. Louis area and so far I have not been impressed with the progress of my Grandson's headshape. Just today my daughter and I have talked about going to DOC in Chicago, we are just so frustrated.

H. Benbrook

hrbenbrook@...

On 2/27/08, hniemeyer74 <hniemeyer74@...> wrote:

Yeah we wondered about that too but I just really didn't want to take any chances the second time around. They never even tried recasting him, the whole experience was just awful. The original place we went to was called Orthotic and Prosthetic Lab. The

smaller place we went to was called Precision Prosthetics but and here's the kicker, the ortho office with Precision closed since we went there and now that orthotist went to the Orthotic and Prosthetic Lab that we didn't like. I called and spoke to her

before we even considerd going back to O & P and come to find out O & P stopped doing the Starband and switched to the type of helmet our Orthotist makes. Her name is Barbara Ziegler for anyone in the St.

Louis area and she is really great, I highly recommend using her. I posted some pics of the helmet, they are under L babies Lauryn N. If you go to O & P, I would specifically ask for Barb because I think the guy that we originally had is still there and I didn't care for

him at all.> > > >> > > > Ok so we have had some issues with the helmet (starband). He got > > it and > > > > he got sick for two weeks so we had to leave it off. This

week > > we have > > > > been back and forth to the doctor shaving it were it leaves > > really bad > > > > red marks. Now it moves off is forhead. I called and they

said > > we have > > > > to re-cast him. Now we have to start all over. I am getting > > tired of > > > > all this. He is 4.5 months old. I have some questions. Has

> > anyone else > > > > been through this? Will his face be normal agian? Had anyone had > > doubts > > > > in the helmet?> > > >> > >> >

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