Help! Stubborn head tilt - photo

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Hi Everyone!

It's been ages since I've been on the board. My son Noah is 14 mos.

now and has been in his Hanger band for 3.5 months now for mild

plagio. He has one month more to go and looks great. My concern now

is his lingering head tilt. I have never been able to get an

official diagnosis of torticollis from the pediatrician or the

Neurosurgeon because he has full range of motion from side to side

and from ears to shoulders. But around 4 mos. old when we first

noticed the plagio is when we figured out he was always turning his

head to the right when sleeping on his back. He COULD turn his head

left but didn't prefer to. Then at 6 mos. when he began sitting we

noticed a head tilt to the left. We still couldn't get a tort dx

since he had full range of motion. So, I began my own stretches that

I found the the files of this site, which I did also with aggressive

repo at that time. With the stretches and the repo he began turning

to both sides equally while on his back and that hasn't been a

problem since, so I eventually stopped the stretches. But he still

has the slight head tilt. Finally now at 14 mos. I convinced the

pedi to give me a PT referral. The PT definitely sees the tilt but

is perplexed because he has good range of motion and I get meet no

resistance when doing the stretches. She says she " might " feel a

little bit of tightness on that side but it's very mild, if at all.

She suggests I do the ear-to-shoulder stretches four times a day

along with the ball exercises when possible. She also suggested an

opthamology consult to rule out any vision probs. She says there's

no reason to continue coming to PT as there is not anything else she

can do for him. I also let my chiro uncle do an adjustment on him,

but no improvement so far. I will post a photo of Noah's head tilt

right now. It is most noticeable when he is sitting while looking

down at a toy in his lap. Please, please give me your opinion/advice!

Kerry in San , TX

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Hi Kerry

It is good to get the vision issues ruled out and then do the ear to

shoulder stretches as much as possible or as much as Noah will let

you do them.

Here is the torticollis group site

Torticolliskids/

They can give you tons of hints on how to do stretches best when

kids fight and all. My daughter Willow was in PT/OT for a little

over 8months. I would ask you PT to do another eval in a few months

or so to make sure it is getting better.

My daughter always loved the exercise ball in front of a big mirror.

Sandy

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> Hi Everyone!

> It's been ages since I've been on the board. My son Noah is 14

mos.

> now and has been in his Hanger band for 3.5 months now for mild

> plagio. He has one month more to go and looks great. My concern

now

> is his lingering head tilt. I have never been able to get an

> official diagnosis of torticollis from the pediatrician or the

> Neurosurgeon because he has full range of motion from side to side

> and from ears to shoulders. But around 4 mos. old when we first

> noticed the plagio is when we figured out he was always turning

his

> head to the right when sleeping on his back. He COULD turn his

head

> left but didn't prefer to. Then at 6 mos. when he began sitting

we

> noticed a head tilt to the left. We still couldn't get a tort dx

> since he had full range of motion. So, I began my own stretches

that

> I found the the files of this site, which I did also with

aggressive

> repo at that time. With the stretches and the repo he began

turning

> to both sides equally while on his back and that hasn't been a

> problem since, so I eventually stopped the stretches. But he

still

> has the slight head tilt. Finally now at 14 mos. I convinced the

> pedi to give me a PT referral. The PT definitely sees the tilt

but

> is perplexed because he has good range of motion and I get meet no

> resistance when doing the stretches. She says she " might " feel a

> little bit of tightness on that side but it's very mild, if at

all.

> She suggests I do the ear-to-shoulder stretches four times a day

> along with the ball exercises when possible. She also suggested

an

> opthamology consult to rule out any vision probs. She says

there's

> no reason to continue coming to PT as there is not anything else

she

> can do for him. I also let my chiro uncle do an adjustment on

him,

> but no improvement so far. I will post a photo of Noah's head tilt

> right now. It is most noticeable when he is sitting while looking

> down at a toy in his lap. Please, please give me your

opinion/advice!

> Kerry in San , TX

>