Re: confused after visit with orthotist -- also, please help with measurements-

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Hi Shana,

I also live in Queens(near JFK airport). If i may ask what company

are you seeing? My son wore a Hanger helmet(farmingdale,LI) with not

good results from the age of 5-10 mo's. After that he went into a Doc

Band by Cranial Tech at 14mo with pretty good results but would have

been much better if I had went with them from the get go. Your son

is pretty young and I would be a bit concerned that he would only

want to see you once a month since at that young of an age they

should want to see you once a week or every other week at most. I

strongly request getting a consult with Cranial Tech. They are in

Paramus, NJ(closest one to us) Yes a bit of a trip but honestly in

the 5 boro area they are the TOP PICK and EXPERTS IMO in the helmet

biz. The window of time you have for utmost correction is now so I

would say go with the pro's. (their website is www.cranialtech.com)

and they do free consultations. There are quite a few mom's on this

board from other states that have used Hanger helmets with great

results but I know for a fact me and one other mom on this board had

less then desirable results from using Hanger Orthotics in L.I.

Please feel free to ask any other questions or you can feel free to

email me off board too if you want (cathyl65@...)

Best of luck 2 you

- Mom to CJ- 22 mo old

Doc Band Graduate 9/07

>

> I met with an orthotist today who said my almost-5-mo. old should

> get the Starband. He said that we would come in for once-per-month

> check-ups/adjustments. Is that often enough? He also said he

> estimated 6 months wih the helmet which seems like a long time to

me.

>

> Also, I don't understand how the measurements work. My son's right-

> anterior to left-posterior is 14.8 and his left-anterior to right-

> posterior is 14. His side-to-side (ear-to-ear) is 13.3 and front-

to-

> back is 14.2. Circumference is 45.2. Can you guys please explain

> what the significance of these numbers is? I understand that

the .8

> difference between the first two numbers needs to decrease, but

> that's about it. Also, does it sound like it should take 6 months

> of wearing the helmet to correct this?

>

> Thank you!

>

> Shana

> (Queens, NY)

>