Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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