Cephalic index/ratio slow to improve

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Our son has been in his Hanger band for 6 weeks on 3/4. His cranial vault has

improved to 4mm (3%). But his Cephalic ratio is still 87% (down from 90.5%).

It did not change in the last 2 weeks. Our orthotist said she would like it to

be between 80-83%. This seems like so far away. We have another appt in 2

weeks, I hope it improves some by then. He looks great and we are happy with

our results. Anyone else have a Cephalic index that was slow to increase?

Thanks,

Robin

SW Ohio

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Robin,

We've been in a Starband for 8 weeks and have seen no real improvement in the

CI---it went from 91% to 90.4%, and this is from a manual measurement, not a

scanner, so it might not even be accurate.

I am also hoping to get down to the low 80's and hoping that someone on this

board can give an idea of how long that will take!

I'm wondering if maybe first the helmet corrects the asymmetry and then it is

adjusted so as to push toward more growth overall in the back. That would make

sense to me. Hopefully at our next appointment next week we're going to start

to see some improvement in the CI.

Good luck to you too! Your numbers are not bad now, of course! No one would

band a child who started with those numbers!

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> Our son has been in his Hanger band for 6 weeks on 3/4. His cranial vault has

improved to 4mm (3%). But his Cephalic ratio is still 87% (down from 90.5%).

It did not change in the last 2 weeks. Our orthotist said she would like it to

be between 80-83%. This seems like so far away. We have another appt in 2

weeks, I hope it improves some by then. He looks great and we are happy with

our results. Anyone else have a Cephalic index that was slow to increase?

> Thanks,

> Robin

> SW Ohio

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