Re: Carol kson Cranial Technologies - Sandy

[Guest guest]

Hi Sandy,

I wanted to reply to your post to say that I can think of situations

where young banding would be warranted. One would be already severe

plagio and asymmetries, another would be repo isn't an option.

Reasons repo wouldn't be an option could be baby has tort(making

correction by repo almost totally impossible), already having

several children (might be unable to devote time and energy to

aggressively repo), baby is in daycare (where the daycare provider

won't conform to aggressive repo requirments), or inability despite

best efforts to get nighttime repo happening. Repo just isn't an

option for some babies, and in these cases, their plagio/asymmetries

could easily be worsened over time. It's so necessary for parents

to realize when repo isn't working, so that they can move on to more

appropriate treatment with Helmets and Bands.

I can't speak for Cranial Tech, but I know that they had some

participation in the recently proposed, updated guidelines that were

presented to the AAP (American Association of Pediatricians) last

year. These guidelines state that cranial orthoses MAY be indicated

for babies age 3 - 5 months (not definitely indicated). Here is the

link to the article about the proposed guidelines; I haven't heard

when or if they will be adopted by the AAP (if the link is two lines

long, you may need to copy and paste the entire link to your address

bar):

http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256DD

5007FCDB8?

OpenDocument & id=48DDE4A73E09A969852568880078C249 & c=Paediatrics & count=

10.htm

Take care,

Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

> > > > > > Hi. My 4 month old son had a DOC band put on at 3

> months. They

> > > > > told

> > > > > > me that he would outgrow it in 6 weeks, because of his

> age. He

> > > > > > outgrew it in 25 days and now they told us we need a

second

> > > > band.

> > > > > > They told us that we need to pay off the first band

before

> they

> > > > > will

> > > > > > do the casting for the second band. Because our

insurance

> has

> > > > not

> > > > > > decided if they will pay any of it and we can't come up

> with the

> > > > > > money for another 2 weeks, our son will have a 3 1/2

week

> gap

> > > > > between

> > > > > > bands. The company should have known how frequently

babies

> > > > > outgrow

> > > > > > the band and should have advised us to wait one month.

> They

> > > > claim

> > > > > a

> > > > > > 4 month old grows slower than a 3 month old. I find

that

> hard to

> > > > > > believe. Also, they had trouble adjusting it 2 weeks

ago

> and the

> > > > > > tech nearly admitted that she made a mistake and might

> have to re-

> > > > > do

> > > > > > the casting. I'm wondering if we are being scammed.

Has

> anyone

> > > > > else

> > > > > > had a similar experience?

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Sandy,

My Hannah is one of those babies who fit into the early banding

category. She was born with her plagio and was diaginosed as very

severe (despite our efforts to repo) at only 3 mos. Her head and

ears continued to worsen even though we were trying to aggresively

repo her, so we had her banded as quickly as we could. Two bands

and seven months later she still was not at 100%. I can only

imagine if we had waited even longer. She had the best and quickest

correction in that first month. If our insurance hadn't given us

the runaround for another month and we had been able to get her in

the band a month sooner, maybe we would have seen even better

correction.

, mom to Hannah, DOCgrad (banded at 4.5 and 7.5 mos)

Cape Cod, Ma

> > > > > > > Hi. My 4 month old son had a DOC band put on at 3

> > months. They

> > > > > > told

> > > > > > > me that he would outgrow it in 6 weeks, because of his

> > age. He

> > > > > > > outgrew it in 25 days and now they told us we need a

> second

> > > > > band.

> > > > > > > They told us that we need to pay off the first band

> before

> > they

> > > > > > will

> > > > > > > do the casting for the second band. Because our

> insurance

> > has

> > > > > not

> > > > > > > decided if they will pay any of it and we can't come

up

> > with the

> > > > > > > money for another 2 weeks, our son will have a 3 1/2

> week

> > gap

> > > > > > between

> > > > > > > bands. The company should have known how frequently

> babies

> > > > > > outgrow

> > > > > > > the band and should have advised us to wait one

month.

> > They

> > > > > claim

> > > > > > a

> > > > > > > 4 month old grows slower than a 3 month old. I find

> that

> > hard to

> > > > > > > believe. Also, they had trouble adjusting it 2 weeks

> ago

> > and the

> > > > > > > tech nearly admitted that she made a mistake and might

> > have to re-

> > > > > > do

> > > > > > > the casting. I'm wondering if we are being scammed.

> Has

> > anyone

> > > > > > else

> > > > > > > had a similar experience?

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Our German Dr. Blecher, does not fit helmets to babies under 5 months, he

would advise repo, at the earliest possible indication of plagio, then fit a

helmet after 5 months if there was no improvement.

Ian.

Re: Carol kson Cranial Technologies - Sandy

> Hi Sandy,

>

> I wanted to reply to your post to say that I can think of situations

> where young banding would be warranted. One would be already severe

> plagio and asymmetries, another would be repo isn't an option.

> Reasons repo wouldn't be an option could be baby has tort(making

> correction by repo almost totally impossible), already having

> several children (might be unable to devote time and energy to

> aggressively repo), baby is in daycare (where the daycare provider

> won't conform to aggressive repo requirments), or inability despite

> best efforts to get nighttime repo happening. Repo just isn't an

> option for some babies, and in these cases, their plagio/asymmetries

> could easily be worsened over time. It's so necessary for parents

> to realize when repo isn't working, so that they can move on to more

> appropriate treatment with Helmets and Bands.

>

> I can't speak for Cranial Tech, but I know that they had some

> participation in the recently proposed, updated guidelines that were

> presented to the AAP (American Association of Pediatricians) last

> year. These guidelines state that cranial orthoses MAY be indicated

> for babies age 3 - 5 months (not definitely indicated). Here is the

> link to the article about the proposed guidelines; I haven't heard

> when or if they will be adopted by the AAP (if the link is two lines

> long, you may need to copy and paste the entire link to your address

> bar):

>

> http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256DD

> 5007FCDB8?

> OpenDocument & id=48DDE4A73E09A969852568880078C249 & c=Paediatrics & count=

> 10.htm

>

>

> Take care,

>

> Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

>

>

>

>

>

> > > > > > > Hi. My 4 month old son had a DOC band put on at 3

> > months. They

> > > > > > told

> > > > > > > me that he would outgrow it in 6 weeks, because of his

> > age. He

> > > > > > > outgrew it in 25 days and now they told us we need a

> second

> > > > > band.

> > > > > > > They told us that we need to pay off the first band

> before

> > they

> > > > > > will

> > > > > > > do the casting for the second band. Because our

> insurance

> > has

> > > > > not

> > > > > > > decided if they will pay any of it and we can't come up

> > with the

> > > > > > > money for another 2 weeks, our son will have a 3 1/2

> week

> > gap

> > > > > > between

> > > > > > > bands. The company should have known how frequently

> babies

> > > > > > outgrow

> > > > > > > the band and should have advised us to wait one month.

> > They

> > > > > claim

> > > > > > a

> > > > > > > 4 month old grows slower than a 3 month old. I find

> that

> > hard to

> > > > > > > believe. Also, they had trouble adjusting it 2 weeks

> ago

> > and the

> > > > > > > tech nearly admitted that she made a mistake and might

> > have to re-

> > > > > > do

> > > > > > > the casting. I'm wondering if we are being scammed.

> Has

> > anyone

> > > > > > else

> > > > > > > had a similar experience?

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > For more plagio info