What company is best?

[Guest guest]

My Neurologist suggested Starband or DOC Band (Cranial Tech). Does

anyone know which one is better? Or are they about the same? My

daughter is 5 months old and I want to move on this as quickly as

possible but want some good advice about the pros or cons of either

one of these bands.

[Guest guest]

Hello:

My daughter wore both the STARband made by Orthomerica & the DOCband

made by Cranial Technologies. She began wearing the STARband when

she was 8 mos old. She wore the STARband for nearly 3 mos with no

improvement at all, the STARband actually made her head a bit worse.

It dented in some of her skull on what was her good side due to

incorrect pressure being applied. Our orthotist evidentally did not

have good experience in treating plagio, therefore, turned her band

into a cobble job. At the end of our treatment, he added some sort

of a blue pad (later learned was for foot orthotics only) to the

inside of her band as he tried to over-compensate by adding extra

pressure to the " good side " of her pretty little head. He forewarned

me that we'd see an increase of redness on her forehead as a result

of the increased pressure. Abby napped with the band on after that

adjustment, when she woke up, the band slipped off her head as it was

sitting too high up on it from the increased pad, she also had a

horrible spot on her forehead which was actually bleeding. That's

when I said enough of the STARband.

I then switched her into the DOCband made by Cranial Technologies.

Abby rec'd her DOCband 2 wks before her 1st bday, wore the band for

4.5 mos and I am so happy to say graduated with 50-60% correction.

They were wonderful. Like Marci replied to you, they treat plagio

only, they go thru mos of training before they treat a child.

I am still upset to this day (it's been nearly a year since she was

in the STARband) that I was not smart enough to stop her treatment.

Her head could be so much rounder if I would have switched earlier.

If you do decide to go w/a STARband, follow Marci's advice.

THOROUGHLY interview the orthotist who will be treating your

daughter. Ask to see pictures of the patients he has/had treated.

Do you live near a DOCband clinic? I had to drive nearly 4 hrs one

way every other week for Abby's treatment, it was worth every

screaming, traffic jammed (I cringe just thinking about it!) trip for

her rounder head!!!!! :-).

Good luck with this tough decision

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

--- In Plagiocephaly@y..., " leannemikulsky " <leannemikulsky@c...>

wrote:

> My Neurologist suggested Starband or DOC Band (Cranial Tech). Does

> anyone know which one is better? Or are they about the same? My

> daughter is 5 months old and I want to move on this as quickly as

> possible but want some good advice about the pros or cons of either

> one of these bands.