Monday, January 18, 2010

Calisthenics Recommended

During Dylan's 4 month wellness visit, Mom mentioned that he favors his right side. Dylan has always slept with his head to the right, so now it takes some effort for him to turn his head to the left. Anyway, he was *diagnosed* with torticollis -- translation: stiff neck.

Our pediatrician, who we like, did recommend a few physical therapists in the area who could fix the minor issue. We set up an evaluation appointment, and now we are on to two sessions a week to stretch him out a bit.

I went to the evaluation last week, where they pretty much laid him on the ground in a play room and shook toys on his left side -- to see how much he could voluntarily turn his head to the left -- and then they showed me some exercises for us to do at home on him. Both of which we had already begun prior to the session. I remember Madison having issues turning her head at this age as well, we ended up (unknowingly) fixing her stiff neck ourselves before an official diagnosis could be made. Nonetheless, we will be headed to PT twice a week until he has his full range of motion. He's made a lot of progress in the past few days, and I suspect his stiff neck will be gone within a couple of weeks.

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