Can anything be done about a sloped head?

[Guest guest]

The people @ Cranial Technology said the DOCBand can improve my daughter's

cephalic index (around 92%) but that nothing can be done about the sloped head

due to brachycephaly (the rise from front to back so that a marble placed on the

back of her head would roll toward the front). Hopefully the reduced flat head

in the back would make the slope less noticeable.

Can other bands treat this?

[Guest guest]

My daughter had brachy too, but she had more extra width and not as much height

as you're describing. With any head shape you can direct growth to the flatter

areas, but you cannot shrink the prominent areas. So the extra height will stay.

However the docband will help improve the overall headshape so that the problems

will be less noticeable. I don't think any other band will do a better job than

this. Some people also treat with CST (cranial sacral therapy) in addition to

banding. CST is an alternative treatment, and not proven, however many parents

feel it helps. We treated my daughter with a starband.

-christine

sdyney, 3.5 yrs, starband grad

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> The people @ Cranial Technology said the DOCBand can improve my daughter's

cephalic index (around 92%) but that nothing can be done about the sloped head

due to brachycephaly (the rise from front to back so that a marble placed on the

back of her head would roll toward the front). Hopefully the reduced flat head

in the back would make the slope less noticeable.

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> Can other bands treat this?

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[Guest guest]

For what it's worth, I worried about this with my 3 year old when we finished up

his helmet. He still has a fairly sloped head and he can't balance things on

top of it when he tries to while playing around. I quit worrying about it,

though, when I took a minute to look at my husband and realized he, too, has a

fairly tall head. Sometimes (as our orthotist commented to me), we know just

enough to be dangerous. Please know I'm not trying to belittle your cocern, but

just offer some perspective.

-, Indianapolis--mom to Johann, age 3, and Anders, 5 months and likely

soon-to-be banded

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> > The people @ Cranial Technology said the DOCBand can improve my daughter's

cephalic index (around 92%) but that nothing can be done about the sloped head

due to brachycephaly (the rise from front to back so that a marble placed on the

back of her head would roll toward the front). Hopefully the reduced flat head

in the back would make the slope less noticeable.

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> > Can other bands treat this?

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