1st Consultation at Hanger & Question on measurements

[Guest guest]

Our son is 21 weeks. We had our first consultation at Hanger and measurements

listed DS's head at 95% and 14mm asymmetry. He said he has moderate plagio &

brachy and recommended we get him a band. He uses the Hanger band and said it

was a passive band. He estimated DS could be in it for up to 5 months and said

he would estimate we could expect to see a 50% improvement. Not sure I'm all

that thrilled with a 50% improvement rate. I mean, sure it would better than it

is now, but I would have expected something better considering he's young and if

he'd wear the band for 3-5 months. We also have a consultation set up for next

week at Cranial Tech.

My question: from all the case stories you ladies have heard about other

children with similar measurements, do you think he'd need a second band? Quite

honestly, that is a KEY factor into our decision whether we'll go with Hanger or

Cranial Tech.

Thanks for any insight you can give us, we really appreciate it.

[Guest guest]

Hanger babies rarely need a second band because they're good for up to six

months. DOCBands are good for up to 4 months because after that, the plastic and

holding points lose their strength and it's not as effective.

I'm not sure what the ortho means by 50% with regards to the brachy. I guess he

means you should hope to get to around 7mm for the plagio? I suppose he's

doesn't want to say he can get better if he can't, but I wouldn't be thrilled

with the hope of 7mm either, given his age. Did he say anything else about the

brachy, because he can't mean 50% of 95% because no normal person has a cephalic

index that low, so I'd want more clarification in that area.

Hopefully CT will be able to give you a more realistic judgment of whether a

second band would be necessary once they see him in person. I would say that

they would definitely treat him as if he would only get one band.

Good luck!

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)

Jordan-5

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> Our son is 21 weeks. We had our first consultation at Hanger and measurements

listed DS's head at 95% and 14mm asymmetry. He said he has moderate plagio &

brachy and recommended we get him a band. He uses the Hanger band and said it

was a passive band. He estimated DS could be in it for up to 5 months and said

he would estimate we could expect to see a 50% improvement. Not sure I'm all

that thrilled with a 50% improvement rate. I mean, sure it would better than it

is now, but I would have expected something better considering he's young and if

he'd wear the band for 3-5 months. We also have a consultation set up for next

week at Cranial Tech.

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> My question: from all the case stories you ladies have heard about other

children with similar measurements, do you think he'd need a second band? Quite

honestly, that is a KEY factor into our decision whether we'll go with Hanger or

Cranial Tech.

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> Thanks for any insight you can give us, we really appreciate it.

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