01/16/2022
Let’s talk about our TORTICOLLIS story 🧐
If you’re new here 👋🏼 hi! Let me give a little background.
Tripp was LOW and head down for the majority of my pregnancy. We had a vaginal, unmedicated birth with a relatively short labor, he was set up for success in my mind.
As a pediatric occupational therapy assistant, I was hyper- aware of his development, even though infants were never my area of expertise.
He was a few weeks old when I noticed his narrow head shape and about 6 weeks old when I really noticed his head turning preference.
The first two pictures show his severe head tilt to the left and his pediatrician said he would grow out of it and not to be concerned. I of course knew better than that!
Torticollis is tightening of the neck muscles causing a tilt / twisting of the head, and was honestly outside of my comfort zone as I had never worked with a client with torticollis.
I reached out to and Jennifer gave us some stretches and positional changes to try. We did them consistently and you can see in just two months (swipe) how much better he was!
It’s so easy to feel guilty when your child struggles, I know I did at first. But it wasn’t due to lack of tummy time or awareness, it was related to his position in the womb, Scaphocephaly (narrow head shape) and likely his tethered oral tissues.
Everything is connected!! 🤯
I just want to share my story with you all to remind you to listen to your gut, advocate for your babes when you know something isn’t right, and get early intervention if possible!
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Did / does your babe have torticollis??
