Guest guest Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 For the red marks, you should call first thing Monday morning and see if they can see you sometime Monday. Cranial Tech will want to know about any marks not fading within the 20 minutes they recommend. Some rotation is expected and according to our clinician, the amount of rotation can depend on the head and where the holding pressures can be applied. We've had three helmets so far and this is how they each fit: Our first helmet had some slight tilting front to back (enough to cover the eyebrows) and side rotation was never more than maybe a 1/2 inch either direction. My daughter's second helmet was loose enough that a child at daycare was able to grab hold and twist it about a quarter turn around the head, bending the ears underneath. My daughter could also slip it off like pulling a t-shirt over her head with little to no effort. I could also hook my fingers where the ear slots are and slide it off her head with just a finger on each side. Also while walking around, the helmet would slide down over her eyes completely, not just covering the eyebrows but the entire eye. We tightened the helmet (which they say never to do) and even with the velcro 1/2 inch beyond the lower velcro there still were no red marks appearing. I complained for 6 weeks on the fit of this helmet before they agreed to an evaluation by the design team, leading to... Our third helmet, a remake of the second helmet, so far (3 days now) has not had any of the above issues and has movement similar to the first helmet we had, and actually I would say it moves a bit less than the first one. > > Hi Everyone! I am new here, but have been following your posts for about 2 weeks. My son is now 4 ½ months old and just got his Doc Band on Friday (3/4/11) from Cranial Technologies. He has been in physical therapy since about 4 weeks old for Torticollis, but up until recently would only sleep on his left side. Even though we started PT pretty early on and tried as much as possible to try position him on his right side he has ended up with Plagiocephaly. Cranial Technologies says they would put him in the extreme/severe category and have said they think he is going to need two bands (which we will have to pay for out of pocket). I have a few questions on how the band should fit at this point. He still pretty much will only sleep with his head to the left unless you repositioning him and there are 2 red marks on the left side of his head that don't fade within an hour of taking the band off, or even within 2 or 3 hours at times. The marks seem to be from where the two ends touch his head near the strap.So I have had to leave the band off for a good amount of the weekend since CT isn't open on the weekends. How many of you had this issue when first getting the band? I also wanted to know how much the band should move when on his head. It seems like it can move in either direction a good bit on his head. I was just thinking it would be more of a snug fit and not have so much moving to it. We go to Cranial Technologies in ndale, VA, does anyone have experience with them? Any feed back on these issues would be greatly appreciated! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 They usually make it a little big so they have a little room to grow, because if they made it snug you would have to get a 2nd band right away. It should get better soon, if it doesn't you need to ask your ortho to see if they might be able to put a spacer in for now. Also on the red spots we put hydrocortizone cream on let the cream dry then put triple antibiotic ointment on the red spots. That should help or at least it helped us when we were unable to get to our ortho right away. Hope this helps > > Hi Everyone! I am new here, but have been following your posts for about 2 weeks. My son is now 4 � months old and just got his Doc Band on Friday (3/4/11) from Cranial Technologies. He has been in physical therapy since about 4 weeks old for Torticollis, but up until recently would only sleep on his left side. Even though we started PT pretty early on and tried as much as possible to try position him on his right side he has ended up with Plagiocephaly. Cranial Technologies says they would put him in the extreme/severe category and have said they think he is going to need two bands (which we will have to pay for out of pocket). I have a few questions on how the band should fit at this point. He still pretty much will only sleep with his head to the left unless you repositioning him and there are 2 red marks on the left side of his head that don't fade within an hour of taking the band off, or even within 2 or 3 hours at times. The marks seem to be from where the two ends touch his head near the strap.So I have had to leave the band off for a good amount of the weekend since CT isn't open on the weekends. How many of you had this issue when first getting the band? I also wanted to know how much the band should move when on his head. It seems like it can move in either direction a good bit on his head. I was just thinking it would be more of a snug fit and not have so much moving to it. We go to Cranial Technologies in ndale, VA, does anyone have experience with them? Any feed back on these issues would be greatly appreciated! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Thanks for the info! We went in this morning and they made a few adjustments and will see how it goes tonight. They also said to make it just a little bit tighter at night so it won't rotate as much until he grows more. > > > > Hi Everyone! I am new here, but have been following your posts for about 2 weeks. My son is now 4 ½ months old and just got his Doc Band on Friday (3/4/11) from Cranial Technologies. He has been in physical therapy since about 4 weeks old for Torticollis, but up until recently would only sleep on his left side. Even though we started PT pretty early on and tried as much as possible to try position him on his right side he has ended up with Plagiocephaly. Cranial Technologies says they would put him in the extreme/severe category and have said they think he is going to need two bands (which we will have to pay for out of pocket). I have a few questions on how the band should fit at this point. He still pretty much will only sleep with his head to the left unless you repositioning him and there are 2 red marks on the left side of his head that don't fade within an hour of taking the band off, or even within 2 or 3 hours at times. The marks seem to be from where the two ends touch his head near the strap.So I have had to leave the band off for a good amount of the weekend since CT isn't open on the weekends. How many of you had this issue when first getting the band? I also wanted to know how much the band should move when on his head. It seems like it can move in either direction a good bit on his head. I was just thinking it would be more of a snug fit and not have so much moving to it. We go to Cranial Technologies in ndale, VA, does anyone have experience with them? Any feed back on these issues would be greatly appreciated! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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