Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 I am new to the group and received the diagnosis that my daughter is at the threshold for Plagio (10mm). My wife and I had predetermined that we would move forward with treatment even before seeing the Doctor if indeed she needed it. We live just outside of Sacramento and had to go to Santa Clara to see the specialist from Kaiser. Luckily we were able to go to the Orthotist (Trish at CIRS) in Oakland the same day as our Doctor's appointment so we had Ainsley scanned for a STARband that afternoon. We are still very comfortable with our decision to band but now that I have had more time to research it sounds like the expertise of the Orthotist is the key to success. Has anyone out there had their child treated by Trish/CIRS in Oakland? I am not looking to slander neither Trish nor CIRS here, more or less a " thumbs up " or " thumbs down " . However, if you would like to provide more detailed information please feel free to e-mail me directly. Thank you in advance for your reply and Happy New Year! Dean Father of Ainsley, 6.5 months, STARband to start 1/9/07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Hi Dean I will be going to Santa Clara Kaiser for our 1st visit and class on Jan 24th. How was it? I am very nervous about banding or not. Our 4 month old soon has mild plagio but we have decided to look more into it and go with it. I am very anxious to hear how the visit went with you. Thanks Evan 4 months > > I am new to the group and received the diagnosis that my daughter is > at the threshold for Plagio (10mm). My wife and I had predetermined > that we would move forward with treatment even before seeing the > Doctor if indeed she needed it. We live just outside of Sacramento > and had to go to Santa Clara to see the specialist from Kaiser. > Luckily we were able to go to the Orthotist (Trish at CIRS) in > Oakland the same day as our Doctor's appointment so we had Ainsley > scanned for a STARband that afternoon. We are still very > comfortable with our decision to band but now that I have had more > time to research it sounds like the expertise of the Orthotist is > the key to success. > > Has anyone out there had their child treated by Trish/CIRS in > Oakland? I am not looking to slander neither Trish nor CIRS here, > more or less a " thumbs up " or " thumbs down " . However, if you would > like to provide more detailed information please feel free to e- mail > me directly. > > Thank you in advance for your reply and Happy New Year! > > Dean > Father of Ainsley, 6.5 months, STARband to start 1/9/07 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 We saw Dr. Menard at Kaiser in Santa Clara last March and I can't say enough good things about him! We had seen Dr. Le in Richmond originally and then we went to see Dr. Menard for a second opinion the difference between the two was night and day. Dr. Menard took measurements and explained to us that while our measurements were on the borderline of mild/moderate (10mm at the time), given our son's torticollis it wasn't bound to get any better on it's own since despite our repo efforts he was still sleeping on his flat side. I also liked his viewpoint that what rounding out Mother Nature might take to accomplish in 2-3 years could easily be taken care of by a few months in the band so why not speed the process along. I also know several people who have seen him and in their cases he did not recommend banding. That made me feel confident that he didn't automatically recommend banding every child with plagio. Hope this helps! Good luck with your appointment. Feel free to contact me offline if you have any further questions - mafoley@.... Molly Novato, California Nicolas, 14.5 months, tort & plagio, STARband 4/25/06-9/12/06, Graduate! , 3.75 , 7 Re: Orthotist Experience Hi Dean I will be going to Santa Clara Kaiser for our 1st visit and class on Jan 24th. How was it? I am very nervous about banding or not. Our 4 month old soon has mild plagio but we have decided to look more into it and go with it. I am very anxious to hear how the visit went with you. Thanks Evan 4 months > > I am new to the group and received the diagnosis that my daughter is > at the threshold for Plagio (10mm). My wife and I had predetermined > that we would move forward with treatment even before seeing the > Doctor if indeed she needed it. We live just outside of Sacramento > and had to go to Santa Clara to see the specialist from Kaiser. > Luckily we were able to go to the Orthotist (Trish at CIRS) in > Oakland the same day as our Doctor's appointment so we had Ainsley > scanned for a STARband that afternoon. We are still very > comfortable with our decision to band but now that I have had more > time to research it sounds like the expertise of the Orthotist is > the key to success. > > Has anyone out there had their child treated by Trish/CIRS in > Oakland? I am not looking to slander neither Trish nor CIRS here, > more or less a " thumbs up " or " thumbs down " . However, if you would > like to provide more detailed information please feel free to e- mail > me directly. > > Thank you in advance for your reply and Happy New Year! > > Dean > Father of Ainsley, 6.5 months, STARband to start 1/9/07 > For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 My son got his STARband from CIRS/Trish and we got great results and had a good experience there. Nicolas went from 12.2 mm of asymmetry down to 4.6 mm and looks great. Trish was always quick to respond to my phone calls or e-mails. When our band started fitting poorly after 8 weeks Trish took the initiative to order us a new band (at no charge to us!) rather than try to fix something that couldn't be fixed. Good luck with your new band! Molly Novato, California Nicolas, 14.5 months, tort & plagio, STARband 4/25/06-9/12/06, Graduate! , 3.75 , 7 Orthotist Experience I am new to the group and received the diagnosis that my daughter is at the threshold for Plagio (10mm). My wife and I had predetermined that we would move forward with treatment even before seeing the Doctor if indeed she needed it. We live just outside of Sacramento and had to go to Santa Clara to see the specialist from Kaiser. Luckily we were able to go to the Orthotist (Trish at CIRS) in Oakland the same day as our Doctor's appointment so we had Ainsley scanned for a STARband that afternoon. We are still very comfortable with our decision to band but now that I have had more time to research it sounds like the expertise of the Orthotist is the key to success. Has anyone out there had their child treated by Trish/CIRS in Oakland? I am not looking to slander neither Trish nor CIRS here, more or less a " thumbs up " or " thumbs down " . However, if you would like to provide more detailed information please feel free to e-mail me directly. Thank you in advance for your reply and Happy New Year! Dean Father of Ainsley, 6.5 months, STARband to start 1/9/07 For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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