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

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Thanks ,

I responded to and after I read your post but my

message to them can also go to you. Thanks for your post.

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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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