Re: [Plagio] Had evaluation today at Cranial Tech... what do you think?

Wednesday 16 January 2008      0 comments

I say follow your gut.  If deep down you think you should band then do - none of these other people are your sons parent.  It really is up to you.

Personally I say go for it - but that is from the point of view where we had to fight to get our drs to admit the problem and give us a script. 

Jen and Luli - 24 months
Left tort - Right Plagio - Hanger Band Grad - CA
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/jens5th/


-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle <Mitchandjim@aol.com>
To: Plagiocephaly@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 8:40 pm
Subject: [Plagio] Had evaluation today at Cranial Tech... what do you think?

Hi everyone,
Well...Andrew had his evaluation done today at Cranial Tech and I
thought it went really well. They were SUPER nice there, and although
I thought that they would be trying to "push" their product, it was
the farthest thing from that. The clinician said he has "mild to
moderate" plagio with tort. She said that there is some facial
asymetry as well. She said that he is a good candidate for the DOC
Band. But she also said that in his case, if we didnt band, it would
prob continue to improve somewhat (as long as we kept up the PT for
his Torticollis and repositioning), but may not improve all the way.
She said it would prob not be extrememly noticable, especially with
hair covering it. Interesting that she was giving me a not so bad
outlook if we didnt band.....

She measured him, and I do not have the paper yet since she is
mailing it, but the circled numbers I remember, in the order they
were on the paper were 6, 8 and 2. Then she said the overall was 1.8,
but they round up, so its 2 and that is just at what insurance would
need to cover it if they will. Forgive me for not knowing what these
numbers correspond to, I know the first one (6) was "Traditional
something" and the last number that she left to figure out the
measurement for was the 1.8. Does anyone know what these numbers
mean?

I was very impressed with her and everyone there. I have to say I
left with the impression that she would not think I was making a huge
mistake if we decided not to band. I asked her what she would do if
it were her child, and she took a second, kinda made that "hmmm"
face, and then said that with all her experience as a PT and sorts,
that she would prob do it because it would still help him.

So I'm not sure what to do... but I feel good for getting the
evaluation. Any thoughts or advice??? The chiro and osteopath that
see Andrew both say he doesnt need a band and that he will improve
with their help. He sees them for the Torticollis as well as the
Plagio...so now I need to decide what to do...

Thanks,
Michelle


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