Re: Hanger Long Island, NY/Measurments..

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Tony Cappa in Farmingdale...He seems to really know what he's doing...i've come across a few people who are very happy with him...but still his job is to do helmets and i'm worried that i'm jumping into this and my son may not need it...i was told by Dr. Rami Grossman that the helmet is necessary and by Dr. Mirer that the helmet i not needed. My son has torticollis and is in PT...I wish that there was a posting on what measurements warrant a helmet and if this could resolve on it's own...

[Guest guest]

Tony Cappa in Farmingdale...He seems to really know what he's doing...i've come across a few people who are very happy with him...but still his job is to do helmets and i'm worried that i'm jumping into this and my son may not need it...i was told by Dr. Rami Grossman that the helmet is necessary and by Dr. Mirer that the helmet i not needed. My son has torticollis and is in PT...I wish that there was a posting on what measurements warrant a helmet and if this could resolve on it's own...

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much , you are a huge help!

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much , you are a huge help!

[Guest guest]

,

I'm in Ronkonkoms! I stink with measurments. I know that for ear

asymmetry 0-3 is normal. Hopefully another moderator who knows

measurments will reply.

Which Hanger are you using? When I was looking in our area for an

ortho to treat my baby's plagio I couldn't find any with experience.

That's going back to 2002 though. I ended up taking her to Cranial

Tech in NJ.

Do you know how much experience your ortho has? What's his name?

>

> Hi!

> I'm in Selden. His measurements as far as i can see on this paper i

was

> given are as follows: cranial base asymmetry .7mm, cranial vault

asymmetry

> 2.1mm, orbito asymmetry .3mm, cephalic index 81%...Do these numbers

make sense?

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

I'm in Ronkonkoms! I stink with measurments. I know that for ear

asymmetry 0-3 is normal. Hopefully another moderator who knows

measurments will reply.

Which Hanger are you using? When I was looking in our area for an

ortho to treat my baby's plagio I couldn't find any with experience.

That's going back to 2002 though. I ended up taking her to Cranial

Tech in NJ.

Do you know how much experience your ortho has? What's his name?

>

> Hi!

> I'm in Selden. His measurements as far as i can see on this paper i

was

> given are as follows: cranial base asymmetry .7mm, cranial vault

asymmetry

> 2.1mm, orbito asymmetry .3mm, cephalic index 81%...Do these numbers

make sense?

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Most babies don't round out on their own. Some doctors are totally

anti-band. They're not educated about torticollis and plagiocephaly,

sadly. Plagio is usually secondary to torticollis. Your son's head

most likely won't round out by it's self due to the tort.

You don't have anything to lose by banding your son. If you don't band

him while you can you may regret not banding him later.

There are measurment guidelines that are used. I'm sorry but I can't

remember what they are. You'd think after all these years here I'd

know them by heart. I'm actually pretty frustrated right now b/c I

can't remember. I'm sure when one of other moderators sees your post

they'll reply.

>

> Tony Cappa in Farmingdale...He seems to really know what he's

doing...i've

> come across a few people who are very happy with him...but still his

job is to

> do helmets and i'm worried that i'm jumping into this and my son may

not need

> it...i was told by Dr. Rami Grossman that the helmet is necessary

and by Dr.

> Mirer that the helmet i not needed. My son has torticollis and is in

> PT...I wish that there was a posting on what measurements warrant a

helmet and if

> this could resolve on it's own...

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Most babies don't round out on their own. Some doctors are totally

anti-band. They're not educated about torticollis and plagiocephaly,

sadly. Plagio is usually secondary to torticollis. Your son's head

most likely won't round out by it's self due to the tort.

You don't have anything to lose by banding your son. If you don't band

him while you can you may regret not banding him later.

There are measurment guidelines that are used. I'm sorry but I can't

remember what they are. You'd think after all these years here I'd

know them by heart. I'm actually pretty frustrated right now b/c I

can't remember. I'm sure when one of other moderators sees your post

they'll reply.

>

> Tony Cappa in Farmingdale...He seems to really know what he's

doing...i've

> come across a few people who are very happy with him...but still his

job is to

> do helmets and i'm worried that i'm jumping into this and my son may

not need

> it...i was told by Dr. Rami Grossman that the helmet is necessary

and by Dr.

> Mirer that the helmet i not needed. My son has torticollis and is in

> PT...I wish that there was a posting on what measurements warrant a

helmet and if

> this could resolve on it's own...

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Someone will definitely post the measurments, but probably not until

tomorrow. When I see them posted, I'll email them to you.

In Plagiocephaly , geecee19@... wrote:

>

> Thank you so much , you are a huge help!

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Someone will definitely post the measurments, but probably not until

tomorrow. When I see them posted, I'll email them to you.

In Plagiocephaly , geecee19@... wrote:

>

> Thank you so much , you are a huge help!

>

>

[Guest guest]

0-3 normal

3-6 very mild (usually no band)

6-10 (mild, banding warranted)

10-15 (moderate, banding reccommended)

15+ (severe, banding reccommended)

These guidelines are a combination of insruance, doctor and ortho.

Some providers feel anything less than 12 mm is mild, no problem.

however, research shows that the majority of the population has less

than 3mm with 99.7% of the population having less than 6 mm.

www.thefilyaws.com/plagio/plagio.html

na, DOC Grad X2, Feb 04

Kiersten, DOC Band 1/10/06, Tort

> >

> > Tony Cappa in Farmingdale...He seems to really know what he's

> doing...i've

> > come across a few people who are very happy with him...but still

his

> job is to

> > do helmets and i'm worried that i'm jumping into this and my son

may

> not need

> > it...i was told by Dr. Rami Grossman that the helmet is

necessary

> and by Dr.

> > Mirer that the helmet i not needed. My son has torticollis and

is in

> > PT...I wish that there was a posting on what measurements

warrant a

> helmet and if

> > this could resolve on it's own...

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

0-3 normal

3-6 very mild (usually no band)

6-10 (mild, banding warranted)

10-15 (moderate, banding reccommended)

15+ (severe, banding reccommended)

These guidelines are a combination of insruance, doctor and ortho.

Some providers feel anything less than 12 mm is mild, no problem.

however, research shows that the majority of the population has less

than 3mm with 99.7% of the population having less than 6 mm.

www.thefilyaws.com/plagio/plagio.html

na, DOC Grad X2, Feb 04

Kiersten, DOC Band 1/10/06, Tort

> >

> > Tony Cappa in Farmingdale...He seems to really know what he's

> doing...i've

> > come across a few people who are very happy with him...but still

his

> job is to

> > do helmets and i'm worried that i'm jumping into this and my son

may

> not need

> > it...i was told by Dr. Rami Grossman that the helmet is

necessary

> and by Dr.

> > Mirer that the helmet i not needed. My son has torticollis and

is in

> > PT...I wish that there was a posting on what measurements

warrant a

> helmet and if

> > this could resolve on it's own...

> >

> >

>