Real Help For Babies with Flat Heads!

My Child is between 5 and 18 months of age Infants older than five months of age up to 18 months, with moderate to severe plagiocephaly will NOT be made better with simple repositioning and neck exercises. Orthotic management should be instituted. Orthotic treatment is most effective during the first year of life while the brain growth is rapid.  Satisfactory results have been documented in infants treated as late as 18 months of age. [see Littlefield TR, Pomatto JK, Kelly KM (2000) Dynamic Orthotic Cranioplasty: Treatment of the 'older' infant. Report of four cases. [article online] Neurosurgical Focus 9(3): Article 5.] Related Topics Neck Dysfunction Repositioning Tummy Time! Orthotic Cranioplasty Recommended Physicians

Based in part on guidelines developed by Cranial Technologies, Inc. with the assistance of SP Beals, MD;  EF Jorganic, MD; KM Manwaring, MD; & HL Rekate, MD. Used with permission.  [A note from the Cranial Tech Guidelines.] Last updated: 01-Mar-2008

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