Now that McKinley has been in physical therapy for six weeks for her torticollis and plagiocephaly, I thought I would update with her progress. She is slowly improving. Her head tilt is less and her flat spot isn't getting worse so that is good. She is sitting up on her own now and rolling everywhere. She is so quick. I will put her down on the floor, turn my back for a few seconds and she will be in another room. She is tolerating 4 hours of tummy time a day and that is helping to strengthen her weak neck muscles. That was a chore to get her to like being on her tummy so much. She was not happy in the beginning. She now moves her head to different positions while she is sleeping, which is a huge improvement, and now she prefers to sleep on her left side which is great because it keeps the pressure off of the back of her head.
Next week, they will remeasure her head and determine if she needs to be referred for a helmet. They are almost certain that she will need one but we should know for sure after we have a consultation at Cranial Technologies. We are hoping to continue to see progress and that she will be able to have a normal head shape after her treatment.
Sitting up. Yay!!
Sleeping on her left side which is good for her head shape.
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