Re: Oakbrook Terrace Location

[Guest guest]

Hello Heidrun,

Your daughter is lucky to have you help her out with this. Hopefully

I'm interpretting the numbers correctly, but this is what I think they

mean:

I think he has severe brachy (flat in back) as well as plagio

(asymmetry).

Brachy - his head went from 106.7% to 96%. (this is M-L/A-P)

normal is about 80%. My daughter started with her band at about 96%

and finished at 85%. (worn age 5 to 10 mo). With brachy there is a lot

of extra width sometimes so you can really only try to keep the head

from getting wider (it won't shrink) and direct the growth to the

back. This will improve the overall proportion of the head. He did get

decent correction previously, but it was pretty bad to start with.

His plagio went from 14 mm to 6 mm. (this is the difference between

the 2 diagonal measurements).

6 mm is mild, so you probably don't really need to work on this as

much at this point. 0-3 is normal and 4-6 is mild.

since his brachy number is still so high I would probably go to CT for

a consultation and try to band him again. CT has a very good

reputation and hopefully you'll get some more correction. Luckily my

daughter graduated from her band before getting coordinated enough to

pull it off.

If you want to see my daughters pictures to see the correction she got

for brachy they are under Our Plagio Babies S/Sydney M. Her is a copy

of her starscan that shows before and after.

http://health.ph./group/Plagiocephaly/photos/view/e3ac?b=51 & m=f & \

o=0

Good luck with it and please let us know how things go at CT.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

>

> Hi, my name is Heidrun Benbrook, proud grandma of Aiden, age 15 1/2

> months. My daughter does not have access to the internet, so I am

> the spokesperson.

> Aiden was first fitted with a Starband in late May and it did

> somewhat improve his headshape. In November he received his second

> band. It did not fit despite numerous adjustments. Finally at his

> appointment in January he received what looked to be a good fit, but

> at that point he simply took it off his head (it was very loose

> fitting, always spinning and pinching off an ear, eye, etc.). So,

> that was the end of that.

> His headshape is far from being rounded, actually we think he is

> flattening out more. At this point we are willing to go for the DOC

> band. As we understand it is not so easily removed. The nearest

> location to us is in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, appr. a 5 hour trip,

> so it will involve an overnight stay each time we are going up there.

> We want to be careful that that is the place we want to go to. Has

> anyone in the group had their babies banded at that location, or

> maybe the Northside of Chicago location?

> We have to get going fast on this, time is running out.

> His measurements are as follows and I do not understand what it all

> means:

> M-L from 12.6 to 13.2

> A-P from 11.8 to 13.7

> Right Anterior to left Posterior 13.3 to 14

> Left Anterior to right Posterior 11.9 to 13.4

> We appreciate any feedback,

> Thank you,

> Heidrun

>

[Guest guest]

Heidrun,

We currently are taking our son (8 months old now) to the Oakbrook

location. I can't say enough good things about that location, we

have had TREMENDOUS success so far and he has been in his band for 2

months only. I don't want to steer you wrong becuase every childs

condition is different. But if I had a second child with the same

problems as my first I would NOT hesitate to take him to cranial tech

in Oakbrook. Our clinian is Ginny, but we have seen TJ as well and

they are both FANTASTIC. Good Luck on your journey, this website has

been a god send for me and my family.

>

> Hi, my name is Heidrun Benbrook, proud grandma of Aiden, age 15 1/2

> months. My daughter does not have access to the internet, so I am

> the spokesperson.

> Aiden was first fitted with a Starband in late May and it did

> somewhat improve his headshape. In November he received his second

> band. It did not fit despite numerous adjustments. Finally at his

> appointment in January he received what looked to be a good fit,

but

> at that point he simply took it off his head (it was very loose

> fitting, always spinning and pinching off an ear, eye, etc.). So,

> that was the end of that.

> His headshape is far from being rounded, actually we think he is

> flattening out more. At this point we are willing to go for the

DOC

> band. As we understand it is not so easily removed. The nearest

> location to us is in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, appr. a 5 hour

trip,

> so it will involve an overnight stay each time we are going up

there.

> We want to be careful that that is the place we want to go to. Has

> anyone in the group had their babies banded at that location, or

> maybe the Northside of Chicago location?

> We have to get going fast on this, time is running out.

> His measurements are as follows and I do not understand what it all

> means:

> M-L from 12.6 to 13.2

> A-P from 11.8 to 13.7

> Right Anterior to left Posterior 13.3 to 14

> Left Anterior to right Posterior 11.9 to 13.4

> We appreciate any feedback,

> Thank you,

> Heidrun

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for your reply - this is a big decision for us because of the travel involved. 5 hours each way with a baby is a loooong trip, but it will be worth it. Thanks for the vote of confidence.

Thanks,

Heidrun

On 3/4/08, Hill <karen.maurer@...> wrote:

Heidrun,We currently are taking our son (8 months old now) to the Oakbrook location. I can't say enough good things about that location, we have had TREMENDOUS success so far and he has been in his band for 2

months only. I don't want to steer you wrong becuase every childs condition is different. But if I had a second child with the same problems as my first I would NOT hesitate to take him to cranial tech in Oakbrook. Our clinian is Ginny, but we have seen TJ as well and

they are both FANTASTIC. Good Luck on your journey, this website has been a god send for me and my family.>

> Hi, my name is Heidrun Benbrook, proud grandma of Aiden, age 15 1/2 > months. My daughter does not have access to the internet, so I am > the spokesperson.

> Aiden was first fitted with a Starband in late May and it did > somewhat improve his headshape. In November he received his second > band. It did not fit despite numerous adjustments. Finally at his

> appointment in January he received what looked to be a good fit, but > at that point he simply took it off his head (it was very loose > fitting, always spinning and pinching off an ear, eye, etc.). So,

> that was the end of that. > His headshape is far from being rounded, actually we think he is > flattening out more. At this point we are willing to go for the DOC > band. As we understand it is not so easily removed. The nearest

> location to us is in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, appr. a 5 hour trip, > so it will involve an overnight stay each time we are going up there. > We want to be careful that that is the place we want to go to. Has

> anyone in the group had their babies banded at that location, or > maybe the Northside of Chicago location? > We have to get going fast on this, time is running out.> His measurements are as follows and I do not understand what it all

> means:> M-L from 12.6 to 13.2> A-P from 11.8 to 13.7> Right Anterior to left Posterior 13.3 to 14> Left Anterior to right Posterior 11.9 to 13.4> We appreciate any feedback,> Thank you,

> Heidrun>