Re: Re: what causes head/face asymmetry?

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Hey Guys. . .

The helmet that my daughter is using is supposed to fix those issues on her forehead. Has CT talked to you about their helmet's ability to do that?Sam (mom of Nikki 7 mo. Banded on 1/25/08)

Re: what causes head/face asymmetry?

Hi Toni-I would think that weak neck muscles could cause the assymetry in the same way tight neck mucles would. My son had torticollis and it was explained to me that one side of his neck was tight, and therefore the other side of his neck was weak, from lack of motion. If a baby's neck is too weak, it would seem, to me anyway, difficult to move their head to the other side, in the same way it would be difficult if it was tight. As far as your daughter's forehead/above left eye area, is there any chance it was from in utero? My son's upper left forehead was pressed into my uterine wall (therefore his head was forced to his right and torticollis developed) and he was born with a "dent" in that spot. The dent has popped out some, but there is still a flat spot there and his left eye/eyebrow bone is a little droopier than his right (you can just tell it was pressed down in that area for

quite a while in utero). He did develop plagio from the tort that made the right side of his forehead bulge, especially in comparison to the flat spot on the left, but I believe his left side would still be flat regardless, since he was just born with it. in RaleighMom to Jake-16.5m future DocBand (2/11/08)>> I took my 12+ week old daughter for her first PT appointment today. > Apparently she does not have typical torticollis. She has no tight > muscles. Instead, she has weak neck muscles. I learned a bunch of > exercises, and expect that to improve.> > BUT, I am wondering what, then, is responsible for the asymmetry of her > head and face? She

has prominent bones toward the back of her head on > each side. At the very back, her head is very rounded (not at all > flat). She has a flat area above her left eye, and the left top of her > face is retracted compared the right top of her face.> > Any info, anyone?> > TIA!> > Toni>

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