Guest guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Can you remind us what NOPCO stands for? The last few people who have posted about NOPCO in Boston had a very good experience and good results so it sounds like they are improving. Several years ago they didn’t have a great reputation but people are happy with them now. I haven’t heard of anyone who has gone to NOPCO in Philadelphia; are the two facilities related or do they just share a similar name? Molly Novato, California Nicolas, 3, tort & plagio, STARband (CIRS Oakland) 4/24/06-9/12/06, Graduate! , 5.5 , 9 From: Plagiocephaly [mailto:Plagiocephaly ] On Behalf Of Levin Sent: 24 February 2009 04:58 Plagiocephaly Subject: [sPAM] question about NOPCO My son got his helmet last night. He is 9 months old. We are doing the on for 1 hour schedule, off for one hour schedule....BUT I am freaking out bc I am reading all of these posts about NOPCO in Boston. We got ours through NOPCO in Philadelphia at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. After all of this, I am worried we picked the wrong band. Can anyone give me a quick summary of the issues with NOPCO Boston? I drove myself CRAZY last night trying to re-read all of the old posts. My husband told me that I had to stop. Has anyone used NOPCO philadelphia? I feel like I have this small window of time to fix this and I don;t want to use the wrong band. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE respond Missy, mom to Zev, 9 months, helmet 2/23/09 From: Jen <JenandLuli@...> Subject: Re: nervous and confused in Boston Plagiocephaly Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 10:51 PM I didn;t use that band so I can;t really speak from experience with them... But you can p a search thru all the ol messages with the keyword NOPCO. I know alot of discussion has gone on in the past. Jen and Luli - 3 years old Left tort - Right Plagio - Hanger Band Grad - CA http://www.babieson line.com/ babies/j/ jens5th/ nervous and confused in Boston We got my son's helmet on Wednesday but waited until today to start. We got it from NOPCO at Chidren's Hospital in Boston. There they use a laser scan to get a 3D image of his head and then build the band from that. So during the practice wear I noticed there was an uneven side and went to have it shaved down at the NOPCO in the Burlington office because it was much closer to me. They had no wait and so consequently I switched all my followup apppointments there. But I got some info and the Burlington office typicaly casts the fittingt and doesn't use a laser... They are just upgrading their technoloyg right now and have started to use the lazer. I asked what the scans are used for and I was told that the scans are not used for anything but showing progress to the parent and not for any data collection or custom making of the helmet. I then talked with the orthoist from Boston and she said that I got misinformation because they use the scan in conjunction with a machine that carves out a 3D model from the scan out of foam. Supposedly the techs modifiy it to make it more round and pull the foam and plastic over it. It's also used for data collection. So now I don't know what to do or what to believe and I just want someone to tell me what to do but no one will because my family isn't really pro band and they're questiong why was it so uneven if it's really " custom " machine made? I'm sort of asking msyelf that question too. I definitely want to do it, and not regret it later on but I'm just stressed out. Is there anyone from the Boston area who has sucessfully used NOPCO at Childrens or Burlington? I just need some advice... Which orthoist did you have? Thanks Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 National orthotics and prosthetics co and its ran by Boston brace. From: "Foley, Molly" Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:04:26 -0800<Plagiocephaly >Subject: RE: question about NOPCO Can you remind us what NOPCO stands for? The last few people who have posted about NOPCO in Boston had a very good experience and good results so it sounds like they are improving. Several years ago they didn’t have a great reputation but people are happy with them now. I haven’t heard of anyone who has gone to NOPCO in Philadelphia; are the two facilities related or do they just share a similar name? Molly Novato, California Nicolas, 3, tort & plagio, STARband (CIRS Oakland) 4/24/06-9/12/06, Graduate! , 5.5 , 9 From: Plagiocephaly [mailto:Plagiocephaly ] On Behalf Of LevinSent: 24 February 2009 04:58Plagiocephaly Subject: [sPAM] question about NOPCO My son got his helmet last night. He is 9 months old. We are doing the on for 1 hour schedule, off for one hour schedule....BUT I am freaking out bc I am reading all of these posts about NOPCO in Boston. We got ours through NOPCO in Philadelphia at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. After all of this, I am worried we picked the wrong band. Can anyone give me a quick summary of the issues with NOPCO Boston? I drove myself CRAZY last night trying to re-read all of the old posts. My husband told me that I had to stop. Has anyone used NOPCO philadelphia? I feel like I have this small window of time to fix this and I don;t want to use the wrong band. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE respond Missy, mom to Zev, 9 months, helmet 2/23/09 From: Jen <JenandLuliaol> Subject: Re: nervous and confused in Boston Plagiocephaly Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 10:51 PM I didn;t use that band so I can;t really speak from experience with them... But you can p a search thru all the ol messages with the keyword NOPCO. I know alot of discussion has gone on in the past. Jen and Luli - 3 years old Left tort - Right Plagio - Hanger Band Grad - CA http://www.babieson line.com/ babies/j/ jens5th/ nervous and confused in Boston We got my son's helmet on Wednesday but waited until today to start. We got it from NOPCO at Chidren's Hospital in Boston. There they use a laser scan to get a 3D image of his head and then build the band from that. So during the practice wear I noticed there was an uneven side and went to have it shaved down at the NOPCO in the Burlington office because it was much closer to me. They had no wait and so consequently I switched all my followup apppointments there. But I got some info and the Burlington office typicaly casts the fittingt and doesn't use a laser... They are just upgrading their technoloyg right now and have started to use the lazer. I asked what the scans are used for and I was told that the scans are not used for anything but showing progress to the parent and not for any data collection or custom making of the helmet. I then talked with the orthoist from Boston and she said that I got misinformation because they use the scan in conjunction with a machine that carves out a 3D model from the scan out of foam. Supposedly the techs modifiy it to make it more round and pull the foam and plastic over it. It's also used for data collection. So now I don't know what to do or what to believe and I just want someone to tell me what to do but no one will because my family isn't really pro band and they're questiong why was it so uneven if it's really " custom " machine made? I'm sort of asking msyelf that question too. I definitely want to do it, and not regret it later on but I'm just stressed out. Is there anyone from the Boston area who has sucessfully used NOPCO at Childrens or Burlington? I just need some advice... Which orthoist did you have? Thanks Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 OH NO! I hope I didn't scare you! I just didn't have any personal info and was pointing you toward where I knew some might be. Sounds like others have had a good experience there. I hope you can find someone who can give you real answers/advice! Jen and Luli - 3 years old Left tort - Right Plagio - Hanger Band Grad - CA http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/jens5th/ nervous and confused in Boston We got my son's helmet on Wednesday but waited until today to start. We got it from NOPCO at Chidren's Hospital in Boston. There they use a laser scan to get a 3D image of his head and then build the band from that. So during the practice wear I noticed there was an uneven side and went to have it shaved down at the NOPCO in the Burlington office because it was much closer to me. They had no wait and so consequently I switched all my followup apppointments there. But I got some info and the Burlington office typicaly casts the fittingt and doesn't use a laser... They are just upgrading their technoloyg right now and have started to use the lazer. I asked what the scans are used for and I was told that the scans are not used for anything but showing progress to the parent and not for any data collection or custom making of the helmet. I then talked with the orthoist from Boston and she said that I got misinformation because they use the scan in conjunction with a machine that carves out a 3D model from the scan out of foam. Supposedly the techs modifiy it to make it more round and pull the foam and plastic over it. It's also used for data collection. So now I don't know what to do or what to believe and I just want someone to tell me what to do but no one will because my family isn't really pro band and they're questiong why was it so uneven if it's really "custom" machine made? I'm sort of asking msyelf that question too. I definitely want to do it, and not regret it later on but I'm just stressed out. Is there anyone from the Boston area who has sucessfully used NOPCO at Childrens or Burlington? I just need some advice... Which orthoist did you have? Thanks Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 NOPCO stands for National Orthotics and Prosthetics Company. They have offices in Boston, Philly and New Jersey. From: Jen <JenandLuliaol (DOT) com>Subject: Re: nervous and confused in BostonPlagiocephalyDate: Monday, February 23, 2009, 10:51 PM I didn;t use that band so I can;t really speak from experience with them... But you can p a search thru all the ol messages with the keyword NOPCO. I know alot of discussion has gone on in the past. Jen and Luli - 3 years oldLeft tort - Right Plagio - Hanger Band Grad - CAhttp://www.babieson line.com/ babies/j/ jens5th/ nervous and confused in Boston We got my son's helmet on Wednesday but waited until today to start. We got it from NOPCO at Chidren's Hospital in Boston. There they use a laser scan to get a 3D image of his head and then build the band from that. So during the practice wear I noticed there was an uneven side and went to have it shaved down at the NOPCO in the Burlington office because it was much closer to me. They had no wait and so consequently I switched all my followup apppointments there. But I got some info and the Burlington office typicaly casts the fittingt and doesn't use a laser... They are just upgrading their technoloyg right now and have started to use the lazer. I asked what the scans are used for and I was told that the scans are not used for anything but showing progress to the parent and not for any data collection or custom making of the helmet. I then talked with the orthoist from Boston and she said that I got misinformation because they use the scan in conjunction with a machine that carves out a 3D model from the scan out of foam. Supposedly the techs modifiy it to make it more round and pull the foam and plastic over it. It's also used for data collection. So now I don't know what to do or what to believe and I just want someone to tell me what to do but no one will because my family isn't really pro band and they're questiong why was it so uneven if it's really "custom" machine made? I'm sort of asking msyelf that question too. I definitely want to do it, and not regret it later on but I'm just stressed out. Is there anyone from the Boston area who has sucessfully used NOPCO at Childrens or Burlington? I just need some advice... Which orthoist did you have? Thanks Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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