Re: Long term impacts of banding - Cheryl

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryl…I just wanted to say that

I too am sorry you felt uncomfortable with the way your visit to CT went.

We have infinite testimonials within the group that say CT won’t band

your baby if he/she doesn’t need it (I repo’ed my baby for her

correction so I don’t know from experience), but if you felt comfortable

with the Hanger facility, if you are satisfied with the orthotist’s

experience and you believe that Paige could get the same quality of treatment

there, then there is nothing wrong with going there as opposed to CT. We

have moms here whose kids have had great correction from a Hanger band.

Please keep in touch and let us know what you decided.

Becky (’s mom) in Pgh, PA

Re: Long term

impacts of banding & our story

Wow, Kelli! This is great information.

Your post was more helpful

than any of my appointments have been.

Thanks for the detail! So

far, none of our health professionals have shared

any of that (that's

2 banding clinics -- Cranial Technologies and

Hanger Orthothics as

well as a Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Baptist

Hospital in Winston-

Salem, NC).

After talking extensively about this with our

pediatrician, they

agreed to have Paige looked at just to rule out

banding. The

pediatrician felt that the asymetry was mild, but

it seemed to be

getting worse. Both banding clinics felt

that Paige was a definite

candidate for banding -- stating that it wasn't

mild enough to let

time heal it. In fact, Cranial Technologies

told us that it wouldn't

be able to be corrected without banding (hence, my

red flags went up

as I know that there are other options including

repositioning which

hadn't worked yet). I'm wondering if she is

seeing us as another bit

of added revenue. Hanger seemed to offer

much more sound

information -- plus the whole casting issue could

be avoided (they

use a computer to generate a 3-D image used to

make her helmet). I

trusted the orthotist (spelling?) more at Hanger

as it seemed like he

was being more upfront and honest with us.

Then, in between those 2

appointments, we saw a pediatric

neurosurgeon. They also suggested

that Paige was a good candidate for banding.

None of the places

shared the information that you did. I went into

each appointment

prepared (thanks to some great websites), but most

of them said that

it was more cosmetic (even though common sense

tells me that every

single statement you made is true). Other

health professionals on

the homeopathic side were the ones that asked that

we not band due to

the negative impacts on her neurological and

immune system. Who is

right? So my head is spinning. Sorry

for the long post!

Anyway, we will sit down over the next few days to

decide what's best

for Paige. I pray that we make the right

decision. My only real

fear is that there doesn't seem to be any research

about the long-

term impacts of banding. Realizing that it's

a fairly new need since

the SIDS " back to sleep " campaign came

out, I'd still think that some

group would have done some research on the

long-term side. Short-

term, I feel that the band is best, but I want to

be certain that it

won't have any negative ramifications on Paige as

she grows up. You

know -- the stuff we all wish we would have known

before we made some

decisions in life. May God lead us down the

right path because right

now, I just don't feel like we can make the right

choice without Him.

Congrats to on his graduation!

Cheryl - Paige's Mom (age 7 1/2 months)

sville, NC

> >

> > We are considering getting a band or

helmet for our 7 1/2 month

old

> > to correct plagio. However, before

we get one, I have been

trying

> to

> > investigate any research or studies done

on the long-term impacts

> > (especially any complications) of using

the helmet or band. So

> far,

> > no luck in finding anything about

long-term impacts (other than

> that

> > the changes coming from banding seem to

" stick " over time)! I've

> > been told by some professionals that it

can cause issues with her

> > neurologic system and immune

system. However, the orthotists

(from

> 2

> > different places) assure me that this

isn't the case. Who do I

> > believe? I know that the orthotists

have something to gain by

our

> > baby buying a helmet or band (the

revenues for this industry are

> > staggering). They say that they

don't know of any studies about

> long-

> > term impacts. But I won't consider

the helmet/banding option

> without

> > checking into any long-term

ramifications. Has anyone else

checked

> > into it? Where can I turn for more

information? I'm not just

> > looking for a quick fix for now. I

want to be certain that this

> > won't create issues years from now for

our baby. Thanks for

> helping

> > us!

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