Re: Tort and pediatrician

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My doctor is a family doctor, not a pedi, so I can forgive her for missing our

son's tort, but the first neurosurgeon we saw who diagnosed our son with tort

missed it, too. I didn't know about tort at the time, but I told him I was very

concerned that my son strongly favored his left side, and he still didn't figure

out - or perhaps, bother to tell me about- the tort. Unforgivable! We have had

such a difficult time getting his tort to resolve, and I wonder if it would have

been easier if we hadn't waited 9 months to start treatment.

As far as pedi's and family doc's, I do think they need more training on tort

and plagio.

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> Hi,

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> So, it seems it is common for pediatricians to miss plagio/brachy or to

> blow it off. Is it also common for them to miss torticollis? I talked

> with 's PT last week and she told me 's tort was mild to

> moderate and in terms of the pediatrician not detecting it, she replied

> that it was not subtle. She told me it affected 's whole body, and

> his chess muscles will always be tight. I had not realized the extent

> of the tort. She had called to talk with us a couple times, but my

> husband took the call since I was with . I took to plenty of

> PT appointments, but we never talked much, since whenever I said

> anything, started crying for " mama " . Hence, I was relying upon my

> husband, who tends to be optimistic, for the information. There are

> also plenty of indications that my older son had tort too that was never

> diagnosed or treated. My husband showed the pediatrician his flat head,

> smaller eye, and brought up our concerns about his neck. For , she

> missed the torticollis even after the plagio diagnosis and my husband

> complaining to her about missing things. She told us was right on

> track, but the PT diagnosed him with mild physical delays caused from

> the tort. The plagio/tort is not our only complaint, and we have

> switched pediatricians.

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> Is this common for pediatricians to miss mild/moderate torticollis even

> after being presented with plagio and other indicators? She never even

> recommended a PT eval. At one of 's checkups, she asked if had

> troubles turning either direction. I said " no " because he didn't. If

> she had asked if he preferred turning either way, I would have thought

> about it and noticed that he did. We had no idea about torticollis

> until we joined this group after we figured out about the plagio.

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> Thanks,

> Kathy, mom to 25 months, and 5.5 years.

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