Re: Wow, her progress has been amazing!

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Hi ,

welcome to the group. regardless of the type of helmet/band used, you

can't decrease an area once it has grown. so if there is extra width

or height it will remain. The goal is for the new growth to go to the

flat area and balance out the head. We had a starband but our cranio

facial doc told us that the head wouldn't continue to grow higher so

long as there was room for growth elsewhere, since the normal tendency

of the brain is not to grow upwards. So he said you didn't need or

want pressure on the top of the head. Therefore I don't think you

would get any benefit from a band being open or closed at the top.

if you look at my daughter's scan you can see that while banded her

head grew ever so slightly wider, but she got quite a bit of increase

in length (front to back). So from that you can see that her width

couldn't be decreased by banding.

Good luck with your little one, can let us know how she progresses.

-christine

sydney 21 mo starband grad

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> > Our daughter started out measuring 103 on the scale they use at

Dynamic

> > Orthotics, which is a ratio between head depth and head width. The

> > norm is around 87. Two standard deviations put a baby in the

medically-

> > necessary range.

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> > As of Tuesday, our daughter is down from a 103 to a 92. WoW oh WoW!

> > What an amazing difference. She has grown only 1 in width and almost

> > 10 in depth. The brachycephaly is all but done, and the plagio is

much

> > better. Now we're just working on allowing her head to continue to

> > grow in depth and height in the front so that the " point " at the back

> > top of her head and the " points " over both ears are completely gone.

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> > Is it realistic to aim for an 88 like the orthotist suggested? She's

> > been in her Starband for almost 3 months.

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> > Do you think this will be a goal that will be months in coming?

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> > mother to Savannah 10-1/2 months old

> > Starband therapy since July 26, 2007

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