Torticollis is a tight neck muscle that tilts a baby's head to one side; plagiocephaly is the flat spot that can follow. Physiotherapy works on it with gentle stretching, a daily positioning plan, and tummy time. Caught early, it usually settles cleanly over a few weeks.
Slow, sustained holds, never forced. We teach you the exact angles to use at home so the tight neck muscle lengthens through the week, not just in the session.
Adjustments to the crib, car seat, feeding side, and play setup so the head turns evenly through the day and the flat spot is taken off pressure.
We start with five minutes a day and build up to thirty over a few weeks, which strengthens the neck and reduces time the back of the head spends against a surface.
Physiotherapy is the primary care here: Dr. Hyma assesses the neck, teaches you sustained, never-forced stretches at the right angles, sets a positioning plan across crib, car seat, and feeding, and builds tummy time so the head turns and the skull shape evens out over time.
No. The holds are slow and sustained, never forced. We show you the exact angles on the first visit so you can do them gently at home, and we adjust if anything looks uncomfortable.
The positioning plan and tummy time take pressure off the flat area and let the skull even out as the baby grows. We track the change over the weeks rather than promise a timeline on the website.
Earlier is easier. The younger the baby, the more responsive the neck and skull are, so we would rather see a mild tilt now than wait for it to set.
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