Re: Tort / broken clavicle

[Guest guest]

Ouch. This is sad to hear because even if it is healed now at some time it must

have hurt. Maybe it was during birth. I would be interested in what the

orthopedic specialist has to say.

thanks for posting.

-christine

sydney, 4.5 yrs, starband grad

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> I posted this to the Tort page as well, but since there are allot of people

dealing with Tort on here I wanted it posted here also.

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> I decided to take my daughter who will be 1 on Saturday to a Chiropractor for

her unresolved tort. I took with me x-rays that were previously taken in May and

July of this year so I would not have to pay for more x-rays. Imagine my shock

when the doctor asked me when my daughter broke her clavical? Considering that

until that moment I had not known. Both x-rays clearly show a break that had

already healed and was calcifying.

> I took her the following day to my Ped with the same x-rays and she verified

that my daughter at some point in her life had a broken claviacal. No one caught

it. Not the Ped, the cranio / facial expert/ the orthodist/ the therapists/ no

one.

> She referred me to an Orthopedic specialist stating that the broken clavical

could be the underlying cause of her tort and possibly the reason I cannot get

rid of the final little bit of tilt we have left. I called and scheduled her

appointment and it is on Monday November 29th at 0830.

> I am not sure why no one noticed this on either set of x-rays nor did they

report it. She has had tort pretty much since birth. It is my belief that she

had a broken clavical since birth. She screamed pretty much from day 1 till

about 12 weeks. Ped always said colic / reflux....now I really wonder.

> I was always told that her Tort was probably because of her size as she was a

big baby. Tort is a symptom, maybe the broken bone was the trigger to our

medical journey. The break caused the Tort, the Tort caused the Plagio........

> Has anyone else and a broken clavical along with Tort?

> I will be sure and post an update after our appointment

>

> Tina

> Camille 12 months

> Danmar Helmet since August 7th...graduating on January 14th!!!

>

[Guest guest]

Wow I'm surprised none of your doctors or specialists noticed it sooner,

especially when you had x-rays taken months ago! I have a similar story but

instead of tort my son has brachy. My doctor said she heard a snap during the

birthing process so right after he was born they swept him away for x-rays and

confirmed his collarbone was broken. I felt really bad for him but it never

seemed to bother him, he never cried excessively or showed any signs of pain.

During his six month checkup our pediatrician said his head looked misshaped and

referred us to Cranial Tech. CT diagnosed him with brachy which was more severe

on his left side. They explained that since his right clavicle was broken he

most likely preferred to lay towards his left side, and that probably caused the

flattening to be worse on his left side. Our son doesn't have tort but since CT

said his broken clavicle was likely the reason his left side was flatter, I

don't see why it couldn't also trigger tort?

-Kelli

Bryson 10 months, graduates from Docband in 2 weeks

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> >

> > I posted this to the Tort page as well, but since there are allot of people

dealing with Tort on here I wanted it posted here also.

> >

> > I decided to take my daughter who will be 1 on Saturday to a Chiropractor

for her unresolved tort. I took with me x-rays that were previously taken in May

and July of this year so I would not have to pay for more x-rays. Imagine my

shock when the doctor asked me when my daughter broke her clavical? Considering

that until that moment I had not known. Both x-rays clearly show a break that

had already healed and was calcifying.

> > I took her the following day to my Ped with the same x-rays and she verified

that my daughter at some point in her life had a broken claviacal. No one caught

it. Not the Ped, the cranio / facial expert/ the orthodist/ the therapists/ no

one.

> > She referred me to an Orthopedic specialist stating that the broken clavical

could be the underlying cause of her tort and possibly the reason I cannot get

rid of the final little bit of tilt we have left. I called and scheduled her

appointment and it is on Monday November 29th at 0830.

> > I am not sure why no one noticed this on either set of x-rays nor did they

report it. She has had tort pretty much since birth. It is my belief that she

had a broken clavical since birth. She screamed pretty much from day 1 till

about 12 weeks. Ped always said colic / reflux....now I really wonder.

> > I was always told that her Tort was probably because of her size as she was

a big baby. Tort is a symptom, maybe the broken bone was the trigger to our

medical journey. The break caused the Tort, the Tort caused the Plagio........

> > Has anyone else and a broken clavical along with Tort?

> > I will be sure and post an update after our appointment

> >

> > Tina

> > Camille 12 months

> > Danmar Helmet since August 7th...graduating on January 14th!!!

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for posting about this. I'm really interested to see what comes of this

because my son has tort and I think had a broken clavicle that went undiagnosed.

My (much younger than me) brother had a broken clavicle from birth, and it

wasn't discovered until a few weeks later when my mother pointed out the knot of

bone on his clavicle to the doctor. It turns out that was the reason he only

wanted to nurse on one side at first.

My son also has a knot on his clavicle which I assume was caused from a break at

birth since he had a really difficult delivery. It's on the same side as his

tort, but I had no idea they might be related. If there's any way this might be

treatable, I'd like to know. Please keep me posted!

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> > >

> > > I posted this to the Tort page as well, but since there are allot of

people dealing with Tort on here I wanted it posted here also.

> > >

> > > I decided to take my daughter who will be 1 on Saturday to a Chiropractor

for her unresolved tort. I took with me x-rays that were previously taken in May

and July of this year so I would not have to pay for more x-rays. Imagine my

shock when the doctor asked me when my daughter broke her clavical? Considering

that until that moment I had not known. Both x-rays clearly show a break that

had already healed and was calcifying.

> > > I took her the following day to my Ped with the same x-rays and she

verified that my daughter at some point in her life had a broken claviacal. No

one caught it. Not the Ped, the cranio / facial expert/ the orthodist/ the

therapists/ no one.

> > > She referred me to an Orthopedic specialist stating that the broken

clavical could be the underlying cause of her tort and possibly the reason I

cannot get rid of the final little bit of tilt we have left. I called and

scheduled her appointment and it is on Monday November 29th at 0830.

> > > I am not sure why no one noticed this on either set of x-rays nor did they

report it. She has had tort pretty much since birth. It is my belief that she

had a broken clavical since birth. She screamed pretty much from day 1 till

about 12 weeks. Ped always said colic / reflux....now I really wonder.

> > > I was always told that her Tort was probably because of her size as she

was a big baby. Tort is a symptom, maybe the broken bone was the trigger to our

medical journey. The break caused the Tort, the Tort caused the Plagio........

> > > Has anyone else and a broken clavical along with Tort?

> > > I will be sure and post an update after our appointment

> > >

> > > Tina

> > > Camille 12 months

> > > Danmar Helmet since August 7th...graduating on January 14th!!!

> > >

> >

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