Re: Repositioning Question - Head to the right tilts to the left

[Guest guest]

My son has the same exact thing. He also has torticollis and has been going to

therapy 1 time a week since Feb. I would have your son evaluated for

torticollis, since this sounds exactly like what has. Keep us posted on

what the ped says

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> Hi,

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> Have a question about repositioning that I hope someone might be able to

provide some insight.

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> My son has plagio on the right side which is the direction he like to face

when sleeping.

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> On the advice of the Ped, we starting getting him to look to the left by

putting more interesting stuff on the left and also turning his head to the left

when sleeping.

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> However, after doing this for about a week, we start noticing that when he

looks forward, his head is taking a tilt to the left side. We were wondering if

we overdid the repositioning.

>

> We are going to check with the Ped, but was wondering if anyone has some

thoughs on why this is happening?

>

> Thanks

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks,

We have an appt with the Ped tomorrow morning to have him take a look. At least

we can point him in the right direction based on this.

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > Have a question about repositioning that I hope someone might be able to

provide some insight.

> >

> > My son has plagio on the right side which is the direction he like to face

when sleeping.

> >

> > On the advice of the Ped, we starting getting him to look to the left by

putting more interesting stuff on the left and also turning his head to the left

when sleeping.

> >

> > However, after doing this for about a week, we start noticing that when he

looks forward, his head is taking a tilt to the left side. We were wondering if

we overdid the repositioning.

> >

> > We are going to check with the Ped, but was wondering if anyone has some

thoughs on why this is happening?

> >

> > Thanks

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Sounds like left torticollis. The " moderate " and " severe " examples on this link

are of left torticollis:

http://www.cranialtech.com/index.php?option=com_content & view=article & id=109:tort\

icollis-examples & catid=53:torticollis & Itemid=77

The stretches for it are in the " Files " section of this site.

Plagiocephaly/files/Torticollis%20Help/

Click " Torticollis Stretching.doc " and scroll down to " left tilt " . FYI, my PT

told me to do them 6x/day for 3 reps of 15 seconds each time, and she said NOT

to hold the chin or anywhere on the jaw like the picture in this document shows

as it can cause damage. Hold somewhere on the top of the head instead. If you

don't see some improvement in a few weeks doing the stretches at home, make sure

to ask your pediatrician for a referral to a physical therapist. Or, you can go

to a PT right away if you prefer.

HTH ~

> > >

> > > Hi,

> > >

> > > Have a question about repositioning that I hope someone might be able to

provide some insight.

> > >

> > > My son has plagio on the right side which is the direction he like to face

when sleeping.

> > >

> > > On the advice of the Ped, we starting getting him to look to the left by

putting more interesting stuff on the left and also turning his head to the left

when sleeping.

> > >

> > > However, after doing this for about a week, we start noticing that when he

looks forward, his head is taking a tilt to the left side. We were wondering if

we overdid the repositioning.

> > >

> > > We are going to check with the Ped, but was wondering if anyone has some

thoughs on why this is happening?

> > >

> > > Thanks

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Brought Dylan to his Ped today. Diagnose as Left Torticollis. He referred us to

a PT for Dylan.

We called one of the Therapist and he said that normally what happens is that we

visit for the initial session and he will also show us how to do the stretches

at home. And then we will go back about every two weeks to review the progress.

Does this sound like what most people are doing? Also I know that each person is

different, but how soon should we be expecting any improvement?

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> > > > Hi,

> > > >

> > > > Have a question about repositioning that I hope someone might be able to

provide some insight.

> > > >

> > > > My son has plagio on the right side which is the direction he like to

face when sleeping.

> > > >

> > > > On the advice of the Ped, we starting getting him to look to the left by

putting more interesting stuff on the left and also turning his head to the left

when sleeping.

> > > >

> > > > However, after doing this for about a week, we start noticing that when

he looks forward, his head is taking a tilt to the left side. We were wondering

if we overdid the repositioning.

> > > >

> > > > We are going to check with the Ped, but was wondering if anyone has some

thoughs on why this is happening?

> > > >

> > > > Thanks

> > > >

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