Tort and pediatrician

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Hi,

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.

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.

Thanks,

Kathy, mom to 25 months, and 5.5 years.