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thanks for the information, its great to have this resource available!

I live in West Michigan, so I live with in a few hours of both the

chicago and clevaland CT, but i do have some family in Clevland so we

can make it a nice visit anyway.

For the refferal, what kind of Dr do you mean ,an Osteopath?

thank you so much!

emily

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> Hello,

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> its so wonderful to have support like this!

> Serious ? about my son's flat spot.

> Some history... Elijah was breeched - he was always in the same spot

> in utero- and was succesfully moved before his birth. He was

> diagnosed at 4 months with tort and is getting good PT. Elijah is 6

> months now and is progressing well. His PED is wonderful and has

> been very supportive of any referrals that i have needed.

> BUT I have a question about his flat spot. He has never been

> officially diagnosed with plagio, but there is an obvious ( obvious

> at least to mom) flat spot opposite his tilt. I also can see some

> facial assymetry and " clues " typical of plagio ( part of his lower

> lip sticks out, one ear is higher than the other, a cheek seems

> fuller than the other, one eye seems more open than the other) .

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> strange thing is that this flat spot is NOT where his " bald " spot

is.

> THe bald spot on Elijah is located right on the back of his head,

> where it has a nice round shape.

> THe flat spot is to the left of this bald spot. He does well with

> repositioning so i am thinking that this flat spot wont get better

> with any repo.

> Is this flat spot from him being breeched, and staying in ths same

> spot in utero? Will it correct itself with repositioning? DO i need

> to look into a DOC or STAR band? Is this something that i should

get

> diagnosed at Cranial Tech, or who should i get a diagnosis about

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> plagio?

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> Thank you for your help!

> emily

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> For more plagio info