Torticollis

 

Joey Broadwater, DPT, CHT

 

       

      What a

  pretty

     baby! 

 Why is his head

  crooked?

 

  

 

   Baby Therapy, Inc .

    3537 North Crossing Circle

    Valdosta, GA 31602

    (Center for Physical Rehabilitation )   

     229-333-0661

     229-333-0756 fax

     cpr3537@gmail.com  

       

    

Does your child always look in one direction? 

 

Does he have problems nursing or eating on one side?

 

Are his ears crooked or one eye smaller than the other?

 

He may have TORTICOLLIS.

    Torticollis is the shortening of a muscle, the sternocleidomastoid (SCM), on the side of the neck which is responsible for leaning the head in the direction of the tight muscle—head leaning to the left, tight muscle on the left.  This muscle also rotates the head to the opposite direction—head rotated to the left, tight muscle on the right.  This one muscle produces motion in two directions.

 

     Torticollis leads to Plagiocephaly.

 

What is PLAGIOCEPHALY?

   Plagiocephaly is the medical term for a misshapen head.  It is the asymmetrical shape that the skull and face acquire when the baby is placed on his back for too long.   It is usually characterized by a visible, mild flattening of the back of the head on one side and the forehead on the opposite side.

 

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