Re: Measurements with Starband

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Every ortho does things a little differently. I would think that

someone who designs and makes the helmet themselves would be able to

eyeball adjustments very easily. We have a DOCBand and Cranial Tech

does everything visually, they only measure the circumference of my

son's head at each visit and do all adjustments by sight, each visit

takes about 15 minutes. They only measure at the beginning and end

of treatment and their new Digital Surface Imaging scanner is only

for the purposes of creating the bands, it has nothing to do with

measurements at all (nothing like the StarScanner, for instance). So

as long as you are seeing improvement and the helmet seems to be

fitting him fine, I really don't think there is any need to be

concerned that she doesn't do a lot with measurements and numbers.

Good luck! And I hope you're feeling better!

Jake-22m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand #2 5 weeks)

Jordan-4

>

> Hi All:

> Firstly, thanks again for all of the advice. My little buddha-boy

> started his band with Dr. Stelnicki in S. FL over a week ago,

> and things seem to be running smoothly. We purchased the Britax

> Marathon (cowmooflage, which is great), and that seems to work

well

> with the helmet. His sleeping issues seem to have resolved now

that

> the house is kept chilly and his crib has a nice foam topper on

the

> mattress (again, thanks for the suggestion!). As I mentioned when

> introducing him, he is quite large - 23 pounds at 6 months and

going

> strong! We had his first helmet adjustment already, and he does

seem

> to have bulging in the back of his head, definitely an improvement

> over the flattened area. My concern is that the tech, Ari, who

> single-handedly runs the banding dept., adjusts the helmet without

> doing any measurements or scans- is this typical??? When I asked

her

> about it, she reminded me that she had designed it after all....

> Unfortunately, I am still out of sorts after an appendectomy and

did

> not want to force the issue- but shouldn't some measurements/

> scanning be done? According to her, the scan is done again at the

> end of treatment- so I am guessing that she jus " eyeballs " her way

> through the entire course of treatment. For $2650.00, I kind of

> though that they would actually use the scanning maching at some

> point, take a more scientific approach to the whole thing???

>

> If this is typical, please let me know (I tend to get too

emotional

> on pain meds as it is). If not, I need to take action quickly, as

> she is away next week...

>

>

> Thanks for endlessly answering questions and offering support! I

> don't think that I would sleep without knowing that I have other

> Moms out there who understand!

>

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