Our journey with Brachycephaly & Plagiocephaly- Treatment completed 20/10/20

[HLx]

Hahah I am kinda confused about the same thing too !! All I know is the crinal index relates to how flat the back of the head is compared with its width (something like that hahaha ) . Not sure on the asymmetry haha .
We prob got told all this but it’s like information overload !! Either way it’s fantastic news !!

Did you get a graph with the helmet ? That’s what James’s specialist uses when she’s recording his measurements . I’d sssume we get a full report or something at the end of the treatment !

No hun we didn't, but she logs it all on computer then i guess we get a copy when we graduate! Such amazing news from being in the severe bracket to just coming out of the moderate and into the mild x

 

[Babybump87]

Oo I must ask ours to show me her graph cause she does log measurements into the computer !

I just can’t believe the improvement in such a short space of time really . It’s crazy but amazing!

This is the chart we got with his helmet in case you were wondering !

 

[HLx]

Oo I must ask ours to show me her graph cause she does log measurements into the computer !

I just can’t believe the improvement in such a short space of time really . It’s crazy but amazing!

This is the chart we got with his helmet in case you were wondering !

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Ohhh that looks like the one we have, but just on the computer hahaha! I dont even know if I was supposed to take a picture of it, I done it when she left the room hahaha! I really dont think that he will be in the helmet for the time she said at the beginning, he seems to be a serial growth spurter, which is working by the looks!

 

[Babybump87]

Haha I would have taken the picture too! . Your paying for that service so you should be allowed to !

Aww fingers crossed for a early graduation !

 

[HLx]

Present day head shape & pre helmet head shape.

Almost 2 months in!! Its going so quick!

 

[Bevziibubble]

Aww he's doing well

 

[Babybump87]

Ahh handsome little fella !

I can’t believe how fast those two months have gone! He’s making lovely progress !! xx

When’s his next appointment ?

 

[HLx]

Ahh handsome little fella !

I can’t believe how fast those two months have gone! He’s making lovely progress !! xx

When’s his next appointment ?

Hes smashing it hun i really am surprised! He has his next appointment the first week of August, i can't remember exactly but I think its the first Thursday in August haha xx

 

[missielibra]

Wow hun! Such a difference so quickly!
And what a cutiepie he is!

His cranial index is getting good!
Basically its the measure of the length and the width of his head. And when they have the brachio, the length and width end up similar so the % is higher because the cranial index give ya the % of the width to the length.

So if length is 16mm and the width is 15.5 you get near 100% but then thenmore the back rounds out, sticks out, the head is longer and then you get lets say 19mm to 15.5mm and then the % lowers.

Hes really getting in a good range for both conditions so quickly. You really made the right calls mama!

 

[Babybump87]

Hes smashing it hun i really am surprised! He has his next appointment the first week of August, i can't remember exactly but I think its the first Thursday in August haha xx

He’s done amazing ! Watch how quick that comes around !!

 

[Babybump87]

Wow hun! Such a difference so quickly!
And what a cutiepie he is!

His cranial index is getting good!
Basically its the measure of the length and the width of his head. And when they have the brachio, the length and width end up similar so the % is higher because the cranial index give ya the % of the width to the length.

So if length is 16mm and the width is 15.5 you get near 100% but then thenmore the back rounds out, sticks out, the head is longer and then you get lets say 19mm to 15.5mm and then the % lowers.

Hes really getting in a good range for both conditions so quickly. You really made the right calls mama!

Can I just say you explained this so well ! Thanks

 

[missielibra]

Can I just say you explained this so well ! Thanks

Pleasure!

My DS1 was borderline brachyo and 14mm plagio (severe) fortunately, both were caught at 2months, so we avoided the helmet since the head grows daily at that point!

But I kept seeing the physio weekly until he was 6months! So I learned a lot

 

[Babybump87]

They do explain but it kinda goes over your head with all the info you get given ! My head was spinning at our initial appointment

I’m glad your DS didn’t need a helmet!

 

[HLx]

Wow hun! Such a difference so quickly!
And what a cutiepie he is!

His cranial index is getting good!
Basically its the measure of the length and the width of his head. And when they have the brachio, the length and width end up similar so the % is higher because the cranial index give ya the % of the width to the length.

So if length is 16mm and the width is 15.5 you get near 100% but then thenmore the back rounds out, sticks out, the head is longer and then you get lets say 19mm to 15.5mm and then the % lowers.

Hes really getting in a good range for both conditions so quickly. You really made the right calls mama!

Thank you for explaining that to me hun! He really is doing so amazingly im super proud of him! Hope you and your gorgeous family are doing well xx

 

[HLx]

They do explain but it kinda goes over your head with all the info you get given ! My head was spinning at our initial appointment

I’m glad your DS didn’t need a helmet!

The measurments has also made my head spin!

 

[HLx]

His head is looking amazing

 

[Bevziibubble]

So cute!

 

[missielibra]

Oh def! My head was spinning too haha! But the physio was nice, she explained it to me different ways and after many and many apts, I started to understand haha.

HE looks amazing! He is so ADORABLE. And his head does look great! (Did his ear grow too? Looks like it!)

Thanks hun, the family is doing well, thank you for asking. Rafael has a bit of plagio (4mm) so we're working on placement (he had a torticollis, but it's better now).

 

[Babybump87]

His head is looking amazing

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Wow his head has improved so much . His ears are if not aligned , are very very close . If I didn’t know , I wouldn’t even think he wore his helmet ! Amazing ! He’s so cute and I love his little outfit!

 

[HLx]

Oh def! My head was spinning too haha! But the physio was nice, she explained it to me different ways and after many and many apts, I started to understand haha.

HE looks amazing! He is so ADORABLE. And his head does look great! (Did his ear grow too? Looks like it!)

Thanks hun, the family is doing well, thank you for asking. Rafael has a bit of plagio (4mm) so we're working on placement (he had a torticollis, but it's better now).

I think his ear has grown! Its still definatly an odd ear, but i think that's his own little trait now and that wont change haha! Im so glad Raphael is doing well hun, how old is he now?