Re: 2nd Band?

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Hi ,

I do see your point about outgrowing the band and getting different

amounts of correction. here are some comments I would make:

-for DOCband they limit the time you can wear it, so by 16 weeks

you're done even if it fits (although most kids outgrow it sooner)

-for all bands there should be extra room where the head needs to

grow, but also the foam is carved out to adjust for growth. If there

is no more foam to carve out then you can't adjust it. The band

redirects growth to the flat area, but the exact shape of each band

(and kid's head) is different, so that they won't all be adjusted the

same, and even different orthos would adjust the band differently, so

some babies could run out of foam and therefore outgrow the band

before getting as much correction as another baby. For example my dd

had brachy - so the band tried to hold the width and direct the growth

to the back. However she still did get a slight increase in width, and

also not all the growth could be directed to the back. Her forehead

grew and the ortho removed foam from there, until there was no more.

You can't really redirect 100% of the growth to the target area, so

results will vary.

This makes sense to me, but may just sound confusing to the rest of

the world ;-)

-christine

sydney 20 mo starband grad

> > > >

> > > > Hi all,

> > > > I know this is a very popular topic, but I wanted to get some

> > > > feedback on our situation from the group. My almost 10 month

> > old

> > > > son (right plagio, left torticollis), has been in his DOC band

> > now

> > > > for about 10 weeks. At our last CT appt, the tech said that it

> > > > looked like we would have about one or two more adjustments then

> > > > would graduate. I was surprised, b/c I thought his plagio was

> > > still

> > > > pretty obvious. So, I inquired about doing a 2nd band. The

> > tech

> > > > went ahead and re-did measurements and at this point here are

> > our

> > > > measurements: CVA went from 13mm to 9mm, Mid-Face 5mm to 4mm and

> > > > Skull-Base 4mm to 3mm. I would definitely like to do a 2nd

> > band.

> > > I

> > > > am happy with the correction we have had but was a little

> > > > discouraged we only got to a 9mm. I hope I don't sound

> > > ungrateful,

> > > > but I have read a lot of other posts and it seems we haven't had

> > > > near the correction that some of you all have seen. We are so

> > > > strict on the 23 hours a day, and for his tort we do our

> > stretches

> > > > everday and I also take him to PT 2x per week. I am so afraid

> > > maybe

> > > > I am doing something wrong? I feel so guilty that we started

> > > later

> > > > than I actually noticed something was going on (we went back and

> > > > forth with our pediatrician too - like some many of you). Also,

> > > how

> > > > much correction is possible with a 2nd band? I wonder why the

> > > tech

> > > > didn't suggest doing a 2nd band?

> > > >

> > > > Sorry for the long post - any advice/encouragement is

> > appreciated.

> > > >

> > > > , mom to Jack (10 mos, right plagio, left tort, DOC Band

> > > 6/29)

> > > > Dallas, Texas

> > > >

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