Re: Re: when shaving foam out of band?

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Thanks for the reply and advice and Annette. My son has a Hanger band, and as I said not much at all has been shaved out of it at all. One area that was shaved was the top part becasue his head was growing at the top! I just keep worrying lately about how can his head grow, and he does still have redness at the base of the skull, it does go away but since it has evened out there it seems like there should not be so much pressure needed there. I think I may ask about shaving some more out there. It makes me feel better though to hear that some of the bands do not need as much shaved out.

le

7 mos

From: annettemarek <annettemarek@...>Subject: Re: when shaving foam out of band?Plagiocephaly Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 3:46 PM

le,my daughter is also in a starband and we just went for her first visit at 7 weeks and the only shaving they have done thus far is a little on her cheek becuase it was getting a little red there but no other shaving. As far as the base of the skull my daughter's helmet is not tight there, in fact, i was a bit concerned as the helmet felt a little loose to me becuase when it hit her shoulders it would move. I was also told that there would not be much shaving between appointments. I am happy to say that we have seen great improvements in 7 weeks particularly because she was 13 months old when we banded. It's my understanding that it is normal to have some mild redness at the pressure points but I thought it should go away once you take the helmet off. I also don't think there is a much shaving with the starband as compared with the docband. Good Luck,Annette> > >> >> >

le,> >> >> >> > It really depends upon the amount of growth and the type of band that you> > have. STARbands are made with more room to grow to begin with so it seems> > more common that it takes longer for them to need shaving. I was told by our> > ortho that she typically needs to see about 2 to 4 cm of circumferance> > growth before she needs to shave anything from the back (this was a brachy> > band). In fact, I could often stick my hand up the back of the helmet and> > feel that there was plenty of room for growth. probably could have> > worn the band for another few months before it needed shaving. And, she> > could have worn it for a couple of years before all of the foam was gone. It> > seems that the DOC bands are more closely fitted to the current head shape> > so the appointments are more

frequent and shaving occurs more often.> >> > I've heard that the Hanger band is similar to the STARband. I don't know> > anything about the other kinds of bands.> >> >> >> > , mom to , 28 months> >> > STARband grad May 2009> >> > Chiro and CST> >> > land> >> >> >> >> > when shaving foam out of band?> >> >> >> >

this may be a dumb question but I am really curious about others experience> > with this. Should they be shaving lots of foam out or sometimes they just> > don't need to?? I was under the impression that the foam was shaved out> > where we needed growth...as the head grew..?? and maybe only in areas where> > there is too much pressure?... .well it seems the only areas they shaved foam> > out was where there was too much pressure. While we have had great> > correction so far , it must be working fine, but still I am somewhat> > confused/concerned about how much room is needed for growth, I mean for the> > rest of the head? maybe I am over analyzing and worrying about nothing, but> > it just doesn't make sense to me :for example why there needs to be so much> > pressure at the base of the skull if is has evened out there, she shaved it> > down a

bit but its still red back there, should I have more shaved out> > there? we don't go back for a month. it just seems weird to me to have the> > helmet so long(will be 10 weeks at next visit)and have hardly anything> > shaved out, does this sound normal/ideal perhaps??> >> > le> > 7mos> >> >> >> > > >> > > > -- > Dea Ann Higgins>

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le,

The Hanger bands are supposed to be similar to the STARbands. Is it a plagio or a brachy band. My daughter had a brachy band and I could stick my fingers up the back of the band. Also, you can tell where it's tighter by where the foam of the band gets dirty. In our case, I could see that the back of the band was still completely white so I didn't need to worry. I'm not sure how the plagio bands compare because one side of the back should be tighter than the other. In our case, it's just the sides that are tight and the back had the big wide space for the growth to occur.

when shaving foam out of band?> >> >> >> > this may be a dumb question but I am really curious about others experience> > with this. Should they be shaving lots of foam out or sometimes they just> > don't need to?? I was under the impression that the foam was shaved out> > where we needed growth...as the head grew..?? and maybe only in areas where> > there is too much pressure?... .well it seems the only areas they shaved foam> > out was where there was too much pressure. While we have had great> > correction so far , it must be working fine, but still I am somewhat> > confused/concerned about how much room is needed for growth, I mean for the> > rest of the head? maybe I am over analyzing and worrying about nothing, but> > it just doesn't make sense to me :for example why there needs to be so much> > pressure at the base of the skull if is has evened out there, she shaved it> > down a bit but its still red back there, should I have more shaved out> > there? we don't go back for a month. it just seems weird to me to have the> > helmet so long(will be 10 weeks at next visit)and have hardly anything> > shaved out, does this sound normal/ideal perhaps??> >> > le> > 7mos> >> >> >> > > >> > > > -- > Dea Ann Higgins>

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, it is a plagio band, and he's had great correction so far, in fact the base of his head now appears even, whereas it was uneven befor. So she shaved some out of the whole bottom last time, but it is still very red on the whole bottom,(and gets a tad darker there) thats why it doesn't make sense to me for it to be so tight there . We are going on vacation tomorow, I am going to take him to an ortho office when we get there and see if they can shave out some more on the bottom. hmm, now that I think about it , again its the bottom thats tight and also the top was, she shaved out the top (where the hole is) so thats why I feel like maybe its too tight?? he is almost done with it, (but like I said almost no foam shaved out) we're just trying to get a little more flatness gone and even out

the forehead(which doesn't look promising to me) so I'm wondering myself when to give up. We'll see what they say when I take him in there.

~le

7 mos

From: annettemarek <annettemarek>Subject: Re: when shaving foam out of band?PlagiocephalyDate: Monday, January 11, 2010, 3:46 PM

le,my daughter is also in a starband and we just went for her first visit at 7 weeks and the only shaving they have done thus far is a little on her cheek becuase it was getting a little red there but no other shaving. As far as the base of the skull my daughter's helmet is not tight there, in fact, i was a bit concerned as the helmet felt a little loose to me becuase when it hit her shoulders it would move. I was also told that there would not be much shaving between appointments. I am happy to say that we have seen great improvements in 7 weeks particularly because she was 13 months old when we banded. It's my understanding that it is normal to have some mild redness at the pressure points but I thought it should go away once you take the helmet off. I also don't think there is a much shaving with the starband as compared with the docband. Good Luck,Annette> > >> >> > le,> >> >>

>> > It really depends upon the amount of growth and the type of band that you> > have. STARbands are made with more room to grow to begin with so it seems> > more common that it takes longer for them to need shaving. I was told by our> > ortho that she typically needs to see about 2 to 4 cm of circumferance> > growth before she needs to shave anything from the back (this was a brachy> > band). In fact, I could often stick my hand up the back of the helmet and> > feel that there was plenty of room for growth. probably could have> > worn the band for another few months before it needed shaving. And, she> > could have worn it for a couple of years before all of the foam was gone. It> > seems that the DOC bands are more closely fitted to the current head shape> > so the appointments are more frequent and shaving occurs more

often.> >> > I've heard that the Hanger band is similar to the STARband. I don't know> > anything about the other kinds of bands.> >> >> >> > , mom to , 28 months> >> > STARband grad May 2009> >> > Chiro and CST> >> > land> >> >> >> >> > when shaving foam out of band?> >> >> >> > this may be a dumb question but I am really curious about others

experience> > with this. Should they be shaving lots of foam out or sometimes they just> > don't need to?? I was under the impression that the foam was shaved out> > where we needed growth...as the head grew..?? and maybe only in areas where> > there is too much pressure?... .well it seems the only areas they shaved foam> > out was where there was too much pressure. While we have had great> > correction so far , it must be working fine, but still I am somewhat> > confused/concerned about how much room is needed for growth, I mean for the> > rest of the head? maybe I am over analyzing and worrying about nothing, but> > it just doesn't make sense to me :for example why there needs to be so much> > pressure at the base of the skull if is has evened out there, she shaved it> > down a bit but its still red back there, should I have more shaved

out> > there? we don't go back for a month. it just seems weird to me to have the> > helmet so long(will be 10 weeks at next visit)and have hardly anything> > shaved out, does this sound normal/ideal perhaps??> >> > le> > 7mos> >> >> >> > > >> > > > -- > Dea Ann Higgins>