Torticollis- pt consult

7Lucky7 · April 2011

My DS has a consult with a physical therapist tomorrow for Torticollis. The lady said it would take about 2 hours. Anyone mind sharing their experiences of their initial consult appointment? I'm just wondering what to expect for tomorrow. Thanks!

wife1014 · April 2011

Ours was an hour long. She just felt her neck and head, then tried some "exercises" with her. Gave me her opinion and diagnosis and suggested things to do at home. We now go once a month.

LW2410 · April 2011

PT just did some stretches and showed me how to do them at home. A goes every two weeks, since she was 4 weeks old. They'll evaluate if she needs a helmet at 6mo.

jpsen · April 2011

The P/T came to our house and stayed for about an hour. She then came once a week starting when LO was 2 months and she stopped coming as of last week b/c her neck and head had gotten soooo much better. I do have "exercises" that I have to continue to do at home.

If your LO has a flat spot I would highly recommend getting a boppy noggin nest - I used ours when LO was in the swing/car seat/stroller and I really believe that it helped a lot.

Good Luck!

islelily · April 2011

The PT came to our house along with a Developmental Specialist and they evaluated DS by doing some exercises/stretches with him and asking DH and I questions about what we observe. The PT comes to our house twice a month to teach me additional exercises and observes DS. He's had it since he was 2 months old. The PT said we could look into a helmet, but didn't think he would need it since his head turning has improved (which will eventually mean he'll give equal time to both sides and even out his flat head!).

7Lucky7 · April 2011

Thanks for sharing your stories. I'm a little bummed that we seem to getting a late start on therapy, but our pedi just said something about this at our last appointment.

jastl32 · April 2011

I don't remember ours being that long, but it could have been. Really, she looked at DD, tried a few different things with her to look at how she tilted her head, how she responded when we'd try to turn her head, etc.

Then she showed us different exercises to do with her. We were to do them over the next 2 weeks and then come back.

It was hard for our PT to do a lot with her because DD had stranger danger at the time so we had to hold her instead. I loved our PT.

Good luck!

jastl32 · April 2011

7Lucky7:
Thanks for sharing your stories. I'm a little bummed that we seem to getting a late start on therapy, but our pedi just said something about this at our last appointment.

Don't worry - our DD was 4 months at initial appt. We only had to go back 1 more time as she'd improved that month. We got her head shape evaluated at about 5.5 mos, was in a helmet a week later and we're seeing significant improvements in only a month in the helmet.

I was really worried we'd caught it "too late" but this is still good timing.

LW2410 · April 2011

7Lucky7:
Thanks for sharing your stories. I'm a little bummed that we seem to getting a late start on therapy, but our pedi just said something about this at our last appointment.

Our PT said that most babies make it in at 4 mo, 2 at the earliest. We were exceptionally early because Annabel's torticollis was from in utero. It's pretty pronounced but just doing the stretches has helped a lot.

Babies' heads are supposed to be pliable for quite some time. I think the PT said at least until 9 mo. So, even if your LO needed the helmet, it would still have plenty of time to have an effect.

7Lucky7 · April 2011

I feel better now! I haven't noticed any flat spots, but I could be missing something. I guess we'll see how his appointment goes tomorrow!

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