Re: Re: Neck advise please

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Good news is my husband says our insurance allows us to refer ourselves

to a PT. Now I just need to find a good pediatric PT. We are in

Mountain View, CA.

Thanks,

Kathy

christineashok wrote:

I would try to see a PT who treats babies with tort. Depending on

your insurance you may need to see your ped first to get a referral. I

would do it before the June visit. If it is tort you should be doing

stretches at home daily, so seeing the chiro won't be enough. Let us

know what happens next.

-christine

sydney, 4 yrs, starband grad

>

> Hi,

>

> I am thinking it is time to have 's neck evaluated more

> thoroughly. The most concerned so far other than me has been the

> chiropractor and all she says is his neck is a little off and then

she

> adjusts it. was never diagnosed with torticollis and I am

fairly

> confident he never had it. (Thinking back, I think my 5.5 year old

had

> mild torticollis that led to his plagio.) has a preference to

turn

> right, especially when sleeping, but he never had a head tilt. He

is

> able to turn both directions. He just turns right more than left.

When

> he is sleeping on his back, he sometimes turns so far that his

chin is

> to his shoulder. I had noticed it less since he started the

> chiropractor visits last May.

>

> However, lately it has regressed. This may be because he started

> daycare in Jan and he will only nap there sitting up! He sleeps in

a

> low rocking chair at daycare. When the teachers try to lay him

down, he

> wakes up. We are surprised that he refuses to nap like the other

kids.

> This has me very worried about his neck. Besides when we remove

the

> helmet, I would prefer he did not favor sleeping on his flat spot.

>

> For those of you taking your children for neck therapy, who

diagnosed

> the neck problems? Was it the pediatrician? Should I see a

physical

> therapist? Are there neck specialists? We are in the process of

> switching pediatricians. The old one wasn't concerned about the

neck,

> but then I am switching because of her casual attitude about

multiple

> things, including the head. Should I take into the new

> pediatrician before his next scheduled check up, which isn't until

June?

>

> Any advise on what to do about the neck? Thanks in advance. I

don't

> know what I would do without this group during this difficult time.

>

> BTW, I'm so relieved to finally being switching pediatricians! It

is

> mentally a tiny bit of closure to this plagio ordeal.

>

> Thanks,

> Kathy, mom to almost 21 months, almost 9 months in Starband

>