Torticollis
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2023 Articles
“Are You Hurting My Baby?”
If a super-tight baby presents for therapy, mom can have a rough time during the first session. She must bridge…
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2023 Articles
Infant Team Management is Critical
This is my viewpoint on how infants should be managed with many providers involved. First-time parents can easily become lost…
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2022 Articles
Sustained Fetal Compression
A mother recently asked a great question, “How do you know that my baby’s strain is from fetal life?” I…
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2021 Articles
Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight
A 14-week-old low-weight infant presented recently with plagiocephaly, torticollis, and failed tie revisions. This is a hypothetical progression of events…
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Forceps
In 1980 I saw clinically that the misuse of forceps could be devastating. A retired nurse had forceps with her…
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Adult Torticollis
I have often wondered when working on babies with torticollis, what does an untreated baby look like as an adult?…
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Respiratory Compression at Birth
A four-year-old girl presents with continual bouts of pneumonia. After four bronchoscopies during her lifetime, her doctor diagnosed her with…
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Our Role in Pediatrics
Sometimes parents ask me questions meant for a pediatrician. As a therapist, I just stay in my lane of how…
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The Cranial Remolding Helmet and the Brain Cycle
Many parents choose to use a cranial remolding helmet to help correct their baby’s plagiocephaly or flat spot. The theory…
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Birth Trauma Possibly Led to Rotated Molar
Today, a 12-year-old boy with ALF (alternative lightwire function) orthodontics presented with a rotated lower molar. In the conventional dental…
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