Left Muscular Torticollis/Plagiocephaly

May 7, 2009

My son, is 4 months as of today and he has left tort, plagiocephaly, and

bracheocephaly. He will be getting the helmet on Monday. He will have it on him

for eight to ten weeks is what the PT says. But, she said that since I brought

him in at such a young age that it was better because his head will reshape a

lot faster than when he is older. It took a week for my insurance to go through

and I went back in to cast his head. He has PT and OT twice every single week.

But one thing I need help with is to see if anyone elses child has problems with

eye vision. His opthamologist told us to put him on disability because we have

that probability that he is blind in his eyes. So would like to know if anyone

else has anything similar to this.

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> > > My son just got " diagnosed " with Left Muscular Torticollis/Plagiocephaly.

> > He is 16 weeks old however was 5 weeks early so for the treatment I guess

> > they are considering him to be 11 weeks old. They gave us 3 exercises to do

> > at home 3 times a day 30 seconds each. He has a 12 mm difference in his head

> > and said if he were 6 months old he would qualify for a helmet. So I have a

> > couple of questions. Is the exercises going to prevent a helmet? If not why

> > do they wait until 6 months to wear the helmet if it could be helping now?

> > Is there any way to avoid the helmet or is it just part of the treatment

> > they get?? Any advice on what to expect would be helpful! Thanks in advance

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