Guest guest Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Hi Sheri! I have been having the same trouble. My daughter also was born with tort and is 8 months old. She is also in physical therapy. She has a stubborn and strong personality, so she was screaming when we did the exercises. Today I discovered a way to get her to do the side rotating exercise. I lie her on her back and I lie on my side next to her. She looks at me and I reach over and make sure her shoulder is flat on the ground and hold her head so it is all the way to the side. She seems to tolerate it best this way. For the " ear to shoulder " stretch I hold her in a cradle hold with her tummy down. I make sure my arm is holding her head in the correct position. I hope this helps and good luck! This kiddos make some things so challenging. --- In Plagiocephaly , " dirkknopfler " <the_dennys@s...> wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get your child to do the > exercises? Kate was born with mild tort. She's been to physical > therapy and I know what exercises to do - but Kate is almost 9 months > now and just screams anytime I try. I can't even seem to do the > passive ones where I just have her take turns looking to each side. > Thanks! > Sheri mom of Kate (STARlight 6/7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Hi Sheri! I have been having the same trouble. My daughter also was born with tort and is 8 months old. She is also in physical therapy. She has a stubborn and strong personality, so she was screaming when we did the exercises. Today I discovered a way to get her to do the side rotating exercise. I lie her on her back and I lie on my side next to her. She looks at me and I reach over and make sure her shoulder is flat on the ground and hold her head so it is all the way to the side. She seems to tolerate it best this way. For the " ear to shoulder " stretch I hold her in a cradle hold with her tummy down. I make sure my arm is holding her head in the correct position. I hope this helps and good luck! This kiddos make some things so challenging. --- In Plagiocephaly , " dirkknopfler " <the_dennys@s...> wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get your child to do the > exercises? Kate was born with mild tort. She's been to physical > therapy and I know what exercises to do - but Kate is almost 9 months > now and just screams anytime I try. I can't even seem to do the > passive ones where I just have her take turns looking to each side. > Thanks! > Sheri mom of Kate (STARlight 6/7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Sheri, we could not get our daughter to do anything - she screamed and we felt like she was looking at us like torturers. We did NO exercises the entire time she was banded (4.75-8mo). Very occassionally we could hold her on her legs with her head hanging off and with dad on the other end of my knees, she would look upside down, but forget about the turning L or R. I felt like by forcing her, I could injure her if she decided to all of a sudden not resist. We gave up and instead did the exercises once the band was off and she was older and more into lil excercise games. Wish I had suggestions..To us it was not the end of the world since she was banded for a bit over 2 months. If Kate is banded longer I would guess the exercises would be more important. Ask your tech perhaps? > Hi, > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get your child to do the > exercises? Kate was born with mild tort. She's been to physical > therapy and I know what exercises to do - but Kate is almost 9 months > now and just screams anytime I try. I can't even seem to do the > passive ones where I just have her take turns looking to each side. > Thanks! > Sheri mom of Kate (STARlight 6/7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Sheri, we could not get our daughter to do anything - she screamed and we felt like she was looking at us like torturers. We did NO exercises the entire time she was banded (4.75-8mo). Very occassionally we could hold her on her legs with her head hanging off and with dad on the other end of my knees, she would look upside down, but forget about the turning L or R. I felt like by forcing her, I could injure her if she decided to all of a sudden not resist. We gave up and instead did the exercises once the band was off and she was older and more into lil excercise games. Wish I had suggestions..To us it was not the end of the world since she was banded for a bit over 2 months. If Kate is banded longer I would guess the exercises would be more important. Ask your tech perhaps? > Hi, > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get your child to do the > exercises? Kate was born with mild tort. She's been to physical > therapy and I know what exercises to do - but Kate is almost 9 months > now and just screams anytime I try. I can't even seem to do the > passive ones where I just have her take turns looking to each side. > Thanks! > Sheri mom of Kate (STARlight 6/7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 My daughter is 13 months old now and we had the same screaming issues when she was about 7-8 months old. We tried the football hold--stand in front of a mirror while holding her in this hold and my daughter loved to look at herself. She would even raise her head up further which stretched even more. We also would lay her on the bed on her back, gently lift her up by her ankles(she's now hanging upside down) and let the top of her head touch the bed, and gently bend her neck to one side(causing the ear to shoulder stretch). She loved hanging and never realized she was stretching. For the side to side we would just make her look by playing games or something like that. She absolutely hates confinement so we had to become creative. Hope these help but please try and do something. I don't know if you are dealing with any facial assymetries with your ordeal, but if you are the stretches help that assymetries alot. --- In Plagiocephaly , " dirkknopfler " <the_dennys@s...> wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get your child to do the > exercises? Kate was born with mild tort. She's been to physical > therapy and I know what exercises to do - but Kate is almost 9 months > now and just screams anytime I try. I can't even seem to do the > passive ones where I just have her take turns looking to each side. > Thanks! > Sheri mom of Kate (STARlight 6/7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 My daughter is 13 months old now and we had the same screaming issues when she was about 7-8 months old. We tried the football hold--stand in front of a mirror while holding her in this hold and my daughter loved to look at herself. She would even raise her head up further which stretched even more. We also would lay her on the bed on her back, gently lift her up by her ankles(she's now hanging upside down) and let the top of her head touch the bed, and gently bend her neck to one side(causing the ear to shoulder stretch). She loved hanging and never realized she was stretching. For the side to side we would just make her look by playing games or something like that. She absolutely hates confinement so we had to become creative. Hope these help but please try and do something. I don't know if you are dealing with any facial assymetries with your ordeal, but if you are the stretches help that assymetries alot. --- In Plagiocephaly , " dirkknopfler " <the_dennys@s...> wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get your child to do the > exercises? Kate was born with mild tort. She's been to physical > therapy and I know what exercises to do - but Kate is almost 9 months > now and just screams anytime I try. I can't even seem to do the > passive ones where I just have her take turns looking to each side. > Thanks! > Sheri mom of Kate (STARlight 6/7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 One option is distraction (I used to kiss Connor's neck on that side, while strectching it). We also used to do one where we laid him on his side and then pull his legs up, letting the floor do the stretch for us. There are also some good exercises to do using an exercise ball if you check the files at: torticolliskids/ Connor (PPO helmet grad 8/04, tort resolved, mild craniofacial microsomia) --- In Plagiocephaly , " dirkknopfler " <the_dennys@s...> wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get your child to do the > exercises? Kate was born with mild tort. She's been to physical > therapy and I know what exercises to do - but Kate is almost 9 months > now and just screams anytime I try. I can't even seem to do the > passive ones where I just have her take turns looking to each side. > Thanks! > Sheri mom of Kate (STARlight 6/7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 One option is distraction (I used to kiss Connor's neck on that side, while strectching it). We also used to do one where we laid him on his side and then pull his legs up, letting the floor do the stretch for us. There are also some good exercises to do using an exercise ball if you check the files at: torticolliskids/ Connor (PPO helmet grad 8/04, tort resolved, mild craniofacial microsomia) --- In Plagiocephaly , " dirkknopfler " <the_dennys@s...> wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get your child to do the > exercises? Kate was born with mild tort. She's been to physical > therapy and I know what exercises to do - but Kate is almost 9 months > now and just screams anytime I try. I can't even seem to do the > passive ones where I just have her take turns looking to each side. > Thanks! > Sheri mom of Kate (STARlight 6/7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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