Cranial sacral therapy helped my baby avoid helmet.

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My son was 3 months when we first asked our pediatrician about his flat head.

He said to wait until 6 months as he said he would grow out of it. He never did

and at 6 months we were referred to STAR Band for a consult. He ended up being

diagnosed not just with brachy but also plagio on both sides in the

moderate-severe category according to his measurements. We decided to pursue

CST as an alternative therapy after lots of sleepless nights trying to decide

what was best for him as sometimes the adjustment can be initially traumatic for

babies (poor sleep, uncomfortable, sweating, etc...). We did 3 months of CST

2X/wk for 2 months and then 1Xwk for 1 month and although he isn't perfect we

have noticed a dramatic difference. He head is much more rounded and his plagio

is almost non-existent. At his 9 month his pediatrician could not believe the

difference. If we had to do the helmet we would have and was even approved for

it with AETNA. We never got him re-measured but are comfortable with the

results to live with them. I am in no way saying to not pursue helmet therapy.

As a parent you have to make up your own mind and trust your instincts. Try to

avoid letting it go past 9 months without any sort of intervention. I found my

CST therapist through the Upledger Institute. If anyone wants to find a

therapist here is a link to their website. You can also call.

http://www.upledger.com/findapractitioner.asp

[Guest guest]

I'm glad you had success and would love to see your photos. My daughter also had

brachy and wore a starband. I wanted to mention for any new readers that CST is

considered and alternative treatment (as you mentioned), and not backed up with

scientific studies that it is effective for plagio/brachy. I have heard success

stories, but personally would not choose it unless it was in conjunction with

banding.

-christine

sydney, 4.5 yrs, starband grad

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> My son was 3 months when we first asked our pediatrician about his flat head.

He said to wait until 6 months as he said he would grow out of it. He never did

and at 6 months we were referred to STAR Band for a consult. He ended up being

diagnosed not just with brachy but also plagio on both sides in the

moderate-severe category according to his measurements. We decided to pursue

CST as an alternative therapy after lots of sleepless nights trying to decide

what was best for him as sometimes the adjustment can be initially traumatic for

babies (poor sleep, uncomfortable, sweating, etc...). We did 3 months of CST

2X/wk for 2 months and then 1Xwk for 1 month and although he isn't perfect we

have noticed a dramatic difference. He head is much more rounded and his plagio

is almost non-existent. At his 9 month his pediatrician could not believe the

difference. If we had to do the helmet we would have and was even approved for

it with AETNA. We never got him re-measured but are comfortable with the

results to live with them. I am in no way saying to not pursue helmet therapy.

As a parent you have to make up your own mind and trust your instincts. Try to

avoid letting it go past 9 months without any sort of intervention. I found my

CST therapist through the Upledger Institute. If anyone wants to find a

therapist here is a link to their website. You can also call.

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> http://www.upledger.com/findapractitioner.asp

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[Guest guest]

That is awesome! Glad you had such good results. My son is in a helmet, but he

also has torticollis, so the helmet therapy is usually better in those cases so

that the tort doesn't continue to interfere with the head shaping results.

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> My son was 3 months when we first asked our pediatrician about his flat head.

He said to wait until 6 months as he said he would grow out of it. He never did

and at 6 months we were referred to STAR Band for a consult. He ended up being

diagnosed not just with brachy but also plagio on both sides in the

moderate-severe category according to his measurements. We decided to pursue

CST as an alternative therapy after lots of sleepless nights trying to decide

what was best for him as sometimes the adjustment can be initially traumatic for

babies (poor sleep, uncomfortable, sweating, etc...). We did 3 months of CST

2X/wk for 2 months and then 1Xwk for 1 month and although he isn't perfect we

have noticed a dramatic difference. He head is much more rounded and his plagio

is almost non-existent. At his 9 month his pediatrician could not believe the

difference. If we had to do the helmet we would have and was even approved for

it with AETNA. We never got him re-measured but are comfortable with the

results to live with them. I am in no way saying to not pursue helmet therapy.

As a parent you have to make up your own mind and trust your instincts. Try to

avoid letting it go past 9 months without any sort of intervention. I found my

CST therapist through the Upledger Institute. If anyone wants to find a

therapist here is a link to their website. You can also call.

>

> http://www.upledger.com/findapractitioner.asp

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