Re: what else for older plagio babies?

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The older plagio group is a group. Try doing a search in . Some of the people on the board banded their babies/toddlers and some have done alternative treatments. Some banded and were unhappy with the final numbers so they have pursued CST or chiro in the toddler and preschool years. Some didn't have the opportunity to band because it wasn't caught until after age 2 or they were told it would round out and listened to their doctors. While we are on the late side doing our helmets at least we are banding within the second year of life. When I compare our situation to the younger babies here, I have to admit I feel jealous, but when I compare my situation to some on that board, I feel lucky that we did go for treatment when we did. I may not be completely happy, but we did get some progress already.

Aparantly the chiro is called activator chiro and involves the use of some sort of tool on the head.

You can also search for a DO on cranial academy.org. There's also a website for the chiro search, but I don't recall it.

Banding at 22 months> Plagiocephaly > Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:50 PM> > > > > > > > > Hello everyone,> > My wife and I just banded our son, Jr., at the beginning of June at the ripe old age of 22 months (21 months adjusted). He's loving his helmet (not trying to take it off or anything) and his twin sister (helmet-less) is (surprisingly) not trying to remove it, either. Weather's been cool - no issues with sweating or smell almost one week in.> > Anyway, long story short, we made mistakes in the past (relying on others instead of ourselves) and are obviously late in the game. We have realistic expectations (realizing it is very likely we'll get no change due to the late age). > > Here are 's initial stats, as I recall them:> Traditional Cranial Vault: 14 mm> Cranial Vault: 8 mm> Mid Face: 0 mm> Skull Base: 3 mm> Cephalic Index: 90%> > We are using CT (Doc Band), and they've been great. Wish we didn't wait until this late to meet them, but unfortunately we can't travel back in time and schedule an earlier appt....> > I might have the cranial vault and traditional cranial vault numbers mixed up (reversed) above......> > Fingers crossed, but realistic. Obviously a good chance our ending numbers will look similar to our beginning numbers, but who knows - maybe we'll be able to win the lottery and improve some of these numbers a mm or two......I'd be thrilled with that.> > Sr.> Jr. - Doc Band 6/09 at 22 months (21 adjusted)>

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www.activator.com

That is the link for the chiro website. Hope that helps.

Banding at 22 months> Plagiocephaly > Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:50 PM> > > > > > > > > Hello everyone,> > My wife and I just banded our son, Jr., at the beginning of June at the ripe old age of 22 months (21 months adjusted). He's loving his helmet (not trying to take it off or anything) and his twin sister (helmet-less) is (surprisingly) not trying to remove it, either. Weather's been cool - no issues with sweating or smell almost one week in.> > Anyway, long story short, we made mistakes in the past (relying on others instead of ourselves) and are obviously late in the game. We have realistic expectations (realizing it is very likely we'll get no change due to the late age). > > Here are 's initial stats, as I recall them:> Traditional Cranial Vault: 14 mm> Cranial Vault: 8 mm> Mid Face: 0 mm> Skull Base: 3 mm> Cephalic Index: 90%> > We are using CT (Doc Band), and they've been great. Wish we didn't wait until this late to meet them, but unfortunately we can't travel back in time and schedule an earlier appt....> > I might have the cranial vault and traditional cranial vault numbers mixed up (reversed) above......> > Fingers crossed, but realistic. Obviously a good chance our ending numbers will look similar to our beginning numbers, but who knows - maybe we'll be able to win the lottery and improve some of these numbers a mm or two......I'd be thrilled with that.> > Sr.> Jr. - Doc Band 6/09 at 22 months (21 adjusted)>

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Thank you for the info.

Plagiocephaly From: melanie.watson@...Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 01:20:02 +0000Subject: Re: what else for older plagio babies?

www.activator.com

That is the link for the chiro website. Hope that helps.

Banding at 22 months> Plagiocephaly > Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:50 PM> > > > > > > > > Hello everyone,> > My wife and I just banded our son, Jr., at the beginning of June at the ripe old age of 22 months (21 months adjusted). He's loving his helmet (not trying to take it off or anything) and his twin sister (helmet-less) is (surprisingly) not trying to remove it, either. Weather's been cool - no issues with sweating or smell almost one week in.> > Anyway, long story short, we made mistakes in the past (relying on others instead of ourselves) and are obviously late in the game. We have realistic expectations (realizing it is very likely we'll get no change due to the late age). > > Here are 's initial stats, as I recall them:> Traditional Cranial Vault: 14 mm> Cranial Vault: 8 mm> Mid Face: 0 mm> Skull Base: 3 mm> Cephalic Index: 90%> > We are using CT (Doc Band), and they've been great. Wish we didn't wait until this late to meet them, but unfortunately we can't travel back in time and schedule an earlier appt....> > I might have the cranial vault and traditional cranial vault numbers mixed up (reversed) above......> > Fingers crossed, but realistic. Obviously a good chance our ending numbers will look similar to our beginning numbers, but who knows - maybe we'll be able to win the lottery and improve some of these numbers a mm or two......I'd be thrilled with that.> > Sr.> Jr. - Doc Band 6/09 at 22 months (21 adjusted)>