Re: Banding a Child with Achondroplasia (Dwarfism)

[Guest guest]

Since your son is 13 I think you are very wise to get him in a band.

At 13 months the chances of rounding out are much slimer since growth

has slowed. Usually by 13 months the child has been off their head

(i.e. sitting up) for months and so the only " bad " time is sleep and

any spontaneous correction has had time to happen. A very young

child can spend their whole day on the flat spot however with

diligent repo you can assist the spontaneous correction.

Did that make sense? Anyway keep us posted.

na, 2 1/2 yrs, DOC Grad Feb 04, Tort Resolved

Kiersten, 7 1/2 months, DOC 1/10/06, Tort

www.thefilyaws.com

> >

> > Hi,

> > Welcome to the group! Banding doesn't cause other problems, that

is,

> > w/an experienced orthotist. I would in your case however only use

> > Cranial Technologies, they are the leaders in treating babies

> > w/plagio. If anyone has treated a baby w/both Achondroplasia and

> > plagio it's them.

> > http://www.cranialtech.com

> > Where are you located? Cranial Tech offers free evaluations, they

> will

> > give you an honest opinion on whether or not your baby would

> benefit

> > from a DOCband.

> > As for you doctors telling you it will correct on it's own. Why

> don't

> > you tell them you'd like that in writting? I'd bet you anything

you

> > wouldn't get it in writting! Most babies w/plagio DO NOT round

out

> on

> > their own! It makes me so mad that doctors are still telling

parents

> > that when it's so clearly not so. Like you said the window of

> > opportunity to correct plagio isn't a big one.

> > How old is your baby? Let us know what you decide.

> > Take care,

> >

> > -- In Plagiocephaly , " rjsh939 " <rjsh939@y...>

wrote:

> > >

> > > Has anyone banded a child with Achondroplasia? What issues or

> > > complications did you have? We are on the fence on whether to

> band or

> > > not. Our child's doctors have said that the head will correct

> and we

> > > shouldn't worry, but with a short window of opportunity, we

don't

> want

> > > to wait until it's too late to find out it didn't correct. On

> the

> > > other hand, we don't want to band our child and then cause

other

> > > problems. PLEASE HELP!

> > >

> >

>

>

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>

>

>

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> For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Since your son is 13 I think you are very wise to get him in a band.

At 13 months the chances of rounding out are much slimer since growth

has slowed. Usually by 13 months the child has been off their head

(i.e. sitting up) for months and so the only " bad " time is sleep and

any spontaneous correction has had time to happen. A very young

child can spend their whole day on the flat spot however with

diligent repo you can assist the spontaneous correction.

Did that make sense? Anyway keep us posted.

na, 2 1/2 yrs, DOC Grad Feb 04, Tort Resolved

Kiersten, 7 1/2 months, DOC 1/10/06, Tort

www.thefilyaws.com

> >

> > Hi,

> > Welcome to the group! Banding doesn't cause other problems, that

is,

> > w/an experienced orthotist. I would in your case however only use

> > Cranial Technologies, they are the leaders in treating babies

> > w/plagio. If anyone has treated a baby w/both Achondroplasia and

> > plagio it's them.

> > http://www.cranialtech.com

> > Where are you located? Cranial Tech offers free evaluations, they

> will

> > give you an honest opinion on whether or not your baby would

> benefit

> > from a DOCband.

> > As for you doctors telling you it will correct on it's own. Why

> don't

> > you tell them you'd like that in writting? I'd bet you anything

you

> > wouldn't get it in writting! Most babies w/plagio DO NOT round

out

> on

> > their own! It makes me so mad that doctors are still telling

parents

> > that when it's so clearly not so. Like you said the window of

> > opportunity to correct plagio isn't a big one.

> > How old is your baby? Let us know what you decide.

> > Take care,

> >

> > -- In Plagiocephaly , " rjsh939 " <rjsh939@y...>

wrote:

> > >

> > > Has anyone banded a child with Achondroplasia? What issues or

> > > complications did you have? We are on the fence on whether to

> band or

> > > not. Our child's doctors have said that the head will correct

> and we

> > > shouldn't worry, but with a short window of opportunity, we

don't

> want

> > > to wait until it's too late to find out it didn't correct. On

> the

> > > other hand, we don't want to band our child and then cause

other

> > > problems. PLEASE HELP!

> > >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> For more plagio info