Re: Has anyone helmeted/banded with 7mm plagio?

[Guest guest]

There was a mom named last year who banded for 7 mm, and was

quite pleased. I would say it isn't common, but it also depends on how

your child's head looks. How old is Blake? Depending on age you may

want to take a wait and see approach. 7mm doesn't look the same on

every baby. You could try searching old messages if you don't get good

replies.

-christine

sydney, 3 yrs, starband grad

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> I'm asking this question becuase my son Blake was measured to have 7mm

> plagio, but we were advised banding would offer little - if any -

> improvement. I'm still pushing forward and feel we should try it but

> want to know if anyone else with this minimal assymetry has seen

> improvement.

>

>

> mom to Blake

>

[Guest guest]

Hi! I'm new to the group and haven't posted yet. Our 6 month old

has been in his StarBand for just over a week now. When we

started PT for his tort he was 10mm. In one month we got him down to

8mm but we couldn't get it any better than that. He stayed at 8mm for

two months even though we were doing everything we could do so we

decided to get the helmet.

Our doc told us we should be able to get him down below 2mm. I think

that catching them at the " right " age is probably the most critical part.

I'm sorry I don't have any progress to report yet (except that he is

doing well and doesn't mind wearing it), but just wanted to say IMO

you should go for it. And maybe you might think about going to a

different doc who will be more supportive of your decision?

Good luck!

in UT

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> I'm asking this question becuase my son Blake was measured to have 7mm

> plagio, but we were advised banding would offer little - if any -

> improvement. I'm still pushing forward and feel we should try it but

> want to know if anyone else with this minimal assymetry has seen

> improvement.

>

>

> mom to Blake

>

[Guest guest]

Our son was 11mm when he started the Starband 6 weeks ago.

At his second visit, he was down to 7mm, which looked much

better but still would have bugged me. How noticeable it

is of course depends on the child. Now that I have seen that in

just a few more weeks we got down to 2mm I think if we'd

started at 7mm, banding would have been the right thing to do.

You didn't mention how old Blake was. If he's young and you

don't go ahead with banding, be sure to reposition him so it

doesn't get worse!

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> I'm asking this question becuase my son Blake was measured to have 7mm

> plagio, but we were advised banding would offer little - if any -

> improvement. I'm still pushing forward and feel we should try it but

> want to know if anyone else with this minimal assymetry has seen

> improvement.

>

>

> mom to Blake

>

[Guest guest]

I suppose I should have mentioned Blake is 6 months old today. I

started this process just after 4 months and finally got in to see

the specialist last week. My pedi didn't see a problem so of course I

had to take the time to wait for a specialist appt and now at 6

months old repositioning really doesn't work. I've wondered though,

does repositioning allow the head to round out, or does it simply

prevent further flattening????

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> > I'm asking this question becuase my son Blake was measured to

have 7mm

> > plagio, but we were advised banding would offer little - if any -

> > improvement. I'm still pushing forward and feel we should try it

but

> > want to know if anyone else with this minimal assymetry has seen

> > improvement.

> >

> >

> > mom to Blake

> >

>

[Guest guest]

,

I can't answer your question in general, but I can say that

we did repo when was 4-6 months and I thought it made

a tiny bit of difference. There was less of a sharp angle

to the left side of his head, but it was still as asymmetrical.

My impression is that repo mostly just kept the problem from

getting worse.

On the other hand, if you can do repo in a way so as to really

apply a bit of pressure to the opposite (bulging) side of the

head, it should work as a helmet does, though perhaps not so

fast. So, theoretically it could work. And at least a few

people on this board have had real success with it.

What I don't know, though, is this: if you are at 7mm, say,

and do enough repo to head off further asymmetry, then will

the head maintain just 7mm of difference? By the time the

child is older and his head is bigger 7mm will be a much

smaller fraction of his head size and really won't show.

Maybe one of the moderators knows this.

Another question I have (and am going to post separately) is

whether repo for plagio can cause brachy. I think that

happened to us.

If I were you and if my insurance would cover most of the

cost, I'd push for a helmet. Then the whole problem will

be gone in a few weeks. If money is involved, though, you

had been think about that too.

Good luck!

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> I suppose I should have mentioned Blake is 6 months old today. I

> started this process just after 4 months and finally got in to see

> the specialist last week. My pedi didn't see a problem so of course I

> had to take the time to wait for a specialist appt and now at 6

> months old repositioning really doesn't work. I've wondered though,

> does repositioning allow the head to round out, or does it simply

> prevent further flattening????

>