Re: results from appt today....

[Guest guest]

I don't think the other numbers on the report are that important - at

least not at a high level. As a point of reference our doc recommends

banding at 10mm of asymmetry or above. Are you doing repo and seeing

progress? If not I don't see the point of waiting 2 mo. It is fine to

band at 6 mo, but banding at 4 mo is even quicker since growth is

faster. My daugther got her band at 5 mo. Our ped gave us a referral

at 4 mo, but then we had to see the specialist, get scanned for the

band, and wait for it to come it. She had severe brachy, so I'm glad

we started early. Let us know what happens next. Oh, and make sure

you check out the repo tips in the files section to see if you can

get some improvement without the band if you end up waiting the 2 mo.

PT without repo is probably not going to improve his headshape.

-christine

sydney, 3 yrs, starband grad

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> > > My son is 4 months old and has torticollis and plagio. We've

> been

> > > going to pt for about 1.5 months now and are seeing a specialist

> > > tomorrow to see if he needs banding. Any advice as to what to

> expect

> > > or any questions I should ask? Thanks! I'm really nervous and

> anxious

> > > about this appt....

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[Guest guest]

Elaine, I just want to second what said: if at all

possible you should get the referral and get going with the banding.

My son may have had numbers like yours at 4 months. When he finally

was measured at 5 months he was 11 mm and 94%, but I am sure he was

just a bit worse in the asymmetry the month before whereas his CI was

substantially better! I am convinced that repo did more to make his

brachy worse than his plagio better.

I'm a huge fan of banding thanks to the success we've had, and I'd

say you will probably want to do even if you get a modest improvement

from repo.

In any case, good luck! It's great that you caught it early.

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> > > My son is 4 months old and has torticollis and plagio. We've

> been

> > > going to pt for about 1.5 months now and are seeing a specialist

> > > tomorrow to see if he needs banding. Any advice as to what to

> expect

> > > or any questions I should ask? Thanks! I'm really nervous and

> anxious

> > > about this appt....

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