Re: Just discovered some info I wish I had known 4 years ago...

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Hi and ,

I'm sure the original poster meant to be helpful by sharing this

information, but I know that I am very skeptical about this diagnosis

of bone bruising, from what sounds like just looking at her head. Also

it sounds like the bands were finished quite a while ago. I have never

heard of bone bruising as a result of banding. I also don't want

others to be scared off by this. The FDA approval is to make sure that

banding is both safe and effective. I don't know anything about IMT

(this post is the first I've heard of it), but I must say I am very

comfortable with our decision to band my dd last year. She did great

in her band.

-christine

sydney 18 mo starband grad

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> I know I just posted on this, but the reason I did is exactly for

the questions you pose. New parents on this board are looking for

answers, and many of them are very confused about what direction to

take. Whether or not a molding device can cause bone bruising is

really something that only an experienced doctor and/or the orthotic

company needs to address, however, in my brief research about a " bone

bruise " I have found it usually occurs because of major trauma, and

lasts for about 2-4 months. It goes away in time, though if it is on

a joint, there is a potential for arthritis later in life. I am not a

doctor, and I am only going by the medical sites that I visited about

this issue.

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> If long term effects of cranial molding were bone bruising, I doubt

that any orthotic company could have gotten FDA approval to

manufacture and sell molding devices.

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> MRIs are usually used to diagnose a bone bruise, as well.

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> Articles about bone bruising

> http://www.iol.ie/~rcsiorth/journal/volume4/issue2/bone.htm

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> http://www.ehow.com/how_2039053_treat-bone-bruise.html

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> http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19649.htm

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> http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bone-bruise/AN01447

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> >------- Original Message -------

> >From : lka_236[mailto:lka_236@...]

> >Sent : 7/8/2007 8:57:52 PM

> >To : Plagiocephaly

> >Cc :

> >Subject : RE: Re: Just discovered some info I wish I had

known 4 years ago...

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> >So, for new parents out there, would you recommend banding still?

> We banded our son from 7.5-9.5 months. I was told there were no

> risks but if bone bruising is a possibility that seems like a risk.

> Was the bone bruising related to why she had a seizure or was the

> seizure due to lyme's disease?

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