Guest guest Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Hi all. I just joined because my daughter was just diagnosed with mild plagio. We're still in the consideration stage as to whether or not to use band therapy. Apologies if I'm not coherent. I've been up late a couple nights in a row - it's the only time I have in my day to do my plagio research. We'll leave my significantly less-than-stellar experience with Cranial Technologies for another discussion, but I think the person who did the evaluation gave my daughter the wrong diagnosis. In the report that I was given, it says that she has mild plagiocephaly with left occipital flattening and right frontal flattening. She claims my daughter favors turning to her left and tilts her head right. The person who evaluated her left me with a instructional sheet on how to do repositioning exercises to stretch out her neck muscles on her right side and advised me to encourage my daughter to turn to her right side, sleep on her right side, etc. Well, in the time since the CT evaluation, I've observed my daughter and she has absolutely no problem turning to the right, sleeping on her right side, etc. (Maybe even favors it a little?) So I studied the photostudy pictures again. More specifically, the one where they take a picture of the top of her head. Here, it appears that the *left* side of her forehead is slightly receded and the *right* side is more prominent. She has quite a bit of hair, so the back of the head is not as obvious, but it would appear that the *right* side of the back of her head is slightly flatter than the left side. Am I misunderstanding the technical terms? Or did I just catch their misdiagnosis? Thanks for your help! - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 My daughter has all of the symptoms that yours was diagnosed with. My pedi said at her two month appointment that she " couldn't turn her head to the right " and gave me some exercises to do. I did them a few times and watched her closely and she certainly could and did turn her head to the right, so I figured the doc was off base or maybe it was just something she was doing that day. At the four month appointment, pedi said the same thing and I actually argued with her about it a little and showed her that she could, in fact, turn her head to the right. At the CT evaluation, they said the same thing, and I said, I've been watching for this for months and I don't see it. Then they showed me that, yes, she turns to the right, but when she does she compensates by moving her shoulders to the right as well and not just her head. I had also never noticed that she always tilts her head to the right, but in her photo study pictures it is so obvious. I really think you have to know what to look for and how to look for it to diagnose some of these issues. I just went all through her baby photos yesterday looking for the head tilt to see if I was just missing it all this time, and I still couldn't see it. Which isn't to say that your diagnosis is right or wrong, but I do wonder sometimes if I had continued with the exercises or if my pedi had bothered to explain it to me better if I could have avoided her needing a band at all. > > Hi all. I just joined because my daughter was just diagnosed with mild plagio. We're still in the consideration stage as to whether or not to use band therapy. > > Apologies if I'm not coherent. I've been up late a couple nights in a row - it's the only time I have in my day to do my plagio research. > > We'll leave my significantly less-than-stellar experience with Cranial Technologies for another discussion, but I think the person who did the evaluation gave my daughter the wrong diagnosis. > > In the report that I was given, it says that she has mild plagiocephaly with left occipital flattening and right frontal flattening. She claims my daughter favors turning to her left and tilts her head right. The person who evaluated her left me with a instructional sheet on how to do repositioning exercises to stretch out her neck muscles on her right side and advised me to encourage my daughter to turn to her right side, sleep on her right side, etc. > > Well, in the time since the CT evaluation, I've observed my daughter and she has absolutely no problem turning to the right, sleeping on her right side, etc. (Maybe even favors it a little?) > > So I studied the photostudy pictures again. More specifically, the one where they take a picture of the top of her head. Here, it appears that the *left* side of her forehead is slightly receded and the *right* side is more prominent. She has quite a bit of hair, so the back of the head is not as obvious, but it would appear that the *right* side of the back of her head is slightly flatter than the left side. > > Am I misunderstanding the technical terms? Or did I just catch their misdiagnosis? > > Thanks for your help! > - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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