RE: [SPAM] Re: Had evaluation today at Cranial Tech... what do you think?

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Banding is a good idea as a Cephalic Index of 100% is considered

severe.

Brachycephaly

Severity:

Cephalic

Ratio or Index = Cranial Breadth/Cranial Length

ideal

ratio - 78%

normal

- 73-83%

moderate

- 83.1% to 87.9%

severe

- 88% and higher

Molly

California

Nicolas, 2, tort & plagio, STARband 4/24/06-9/12/06,

Graduate!

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From: Plagiocephaly

[mailto:Plagiocephaly ] On Behalf Of Kelli Geronime

Sent: 17 January 2008 11:58

Plagiocephaly

Subject: [sPAM] Re: Had evaluation today at Cranial Tech...

what do you think?

Hi ,

My dtr (7 mo) was evaluated for Brachy a week ago. She came in

with a mild diagnosis (CI of 1:1 ration or 100%) and only 2-3mm of

assym. We too were not sure what to do. With doing some research and

obtaining advice from this group, we have decided to band. She goes in

next week to CT for a casting and will get her band on the 31st. Our

fear is that if we do not band, we may regret it later in life when it is

too late to make a difference. I have made every effort to

keep her upright as much as possible during her awake hours since 4mo to no

avail. Good luck in your decision. It is not an easy one!

Kelli

Had evaluation today at Cranial Tech... what do you think?

Hi everyone,

Well... had his evaluation done today at Cranial Tech and I

thought it went really well. They were SUPER nice there, and although

I thought that they would be trying to " push " their product, it was

the farthest thing from that. The clinician said he has " mild to

moderate " plagio with tort. She said that there is some facial

asymetry as well. She said that he is a good candidate for the DOC

Band. But she also said that in his case, if we didnt band, it would

prob continue to improve somewhat (as long as we kept up the PT for

his Torticollis and repositioning) , but may not improve all the way.

She said it would prob not be extrememly noticable, especially with

hair covering it. Interesting that she was giving me a not so bad

outlook if we didnt band.....

She measured him, and I do not have the paper yet since she is

mailing it, but the circled numbers I remember, in the order they

were on the paper were 6, 8 and 2. Then she said the overall was 1.8,

but they round up, so its 2 and that is just at what insurance would

need to cover it if they will. Forgive me for not knowing what these

numbers correspond to, I know the first one (6) was " Traditional

something " and the last number that she left to figure out the

measurement for was the 1.8. Does anyone know what these numbers

mean?

I was very impressed with her and everyone there. I have to say I

left with the impression that she would not think I was making a huge

mistake if we decided not to band. I asked her what she would do if

it were her child, and she took a second, kinda made that " hmmm "

face, and then said that with all her experience as a PT and sorts,

that she would prob do it because it would still help him.

So I'm not sure what to do... but I feel good for getting the

evaluation. Any thoughts or advice??? The chiro and osteopath that

see both say he doesnt need a band and that he will improve

with their help. He sees them for the Torticollis as well as the

Plagio...so now I need to decide what to do...

Thanks,

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