A couple of months ago I noticed that Liam's head was beginning to flatten on the back on his right side. Then a friend mentioned to me that Liam's head always seemed to be leaning to the right. She thought he had Torticollis. We took him to the doctor and sure enough he does have it. In short torticollis is a shortening of the neck muscle on one side that pulls the head toward that shoulder and can be caused by a wide variety of things. We have had Liam's neck looked at with ultrasound and x-ray to rule out any problems with his spine. Thankfully those all came back totally normal. It's just a problem with his muscles which can be fixed with some physical therapy which he has once a week at this point. Our next test is to have his vision checked to make sure his eyes are equal in strength. Apparently an inequality can also cause this condition.
Below are a couple of pictures of Liam with his head leaning. The physical therapy is working well and he really holds it up straight for the most part unless he is really tired or not feeling well. We are optimistic that everything will be cleared up quickly.
There is one other thing that concerns Liam's physical therapists, but we are not too worried about it because it seems to be a trait that runs in my family. The picture below is of Liam "arching".
It's a perfect wrestler's bridge. He uses this to scoot around the house. One of my uncles and a cousin of mine also did this and they turned out totally fine and both are athletic healthy people now. The physical therapists worry about it because they are afraid his core muscles are underdeveloped. He is trying to sit up and he pushes up on his hands and pulls his knees under him in attempts to crawl, so we're not stressing.
This poor kid has been to have ultrasounds, x-rays, physical therapy and eye exams all before he's even 6 months old. What a start for a little guy.
2 comments:
I am sure there's absolutely nothing wrong with him for arching like that. Kids just do funny things! It's easy to get really worried over so many things that your kids do... I do it all the time! But 95% of the time, there's nothing really to worry about! Someday I'll stop worrying... no, probably not.
Love that cute Liam!, and I am so excited to watch him wrestle later in life. I tried his little stunt the other night, and my core muscles are still screaming! Cassie I think you are the best Mom to worry about your children enough to make sure that they are on track. Love Ya!
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