At Philip’s two month check-up last week, I commented on a flat spot on his head. I thought it was getting worse and was different because instead of being on the back of his head like Jackson’s was, it was on the side.
Dr. Jimerson looked him over and agreed something was off. She noticed he has difficulty turning to the left. She referred us to a physical therapist and we had our first appointment with Cindy on Tuesday.
Her diagnosis was left torticollis. He has trouble rotating his neck to the left because the muscles on the left side of his neck are short.
To help strengthen those muscles, Cindy gave me some stretches to do with Philip at home. Also, she showed me a new way to carry him, encouraged more tummy time, and suggested a new way for him to sleep.
In addition to those changes, we are to start approaching Philip from the left to force him to look that way, and we are placing all his toys on the left side so he will turn towards them. I have enlisted Jackson’s help with the treatment. He stands on Philip’s left side and makes funny faces. Sometimes, it works and Philip turns towards the noise!
We traveled back to the therapist again this morning and she can already see improvement. She did some additional stretching and with the stuff we are doing at home and what she will do at the office, she believes he will be all better soon.
YEAH!
I will keep everyone posted as he continues to improve.
Hey Leanne-
ReplyDeleteVery cute pics of your boys. Rachel had the same problem looking to the left. She came out looking to the right and kept doing it. She had a flat spot on the back of her head too, and I had to do stretches with her. I think they helped too! Good luck!
Susan Harris