All About Kids The Newsletter About Taking Care of the Ones That Matter Most RESOLVING TORTICOLLIS Have You Noticed a Slight Tilt In Your Baby’s Neck?
Torticollis, more commonly referred to as wry neck, is a rather common condition in which a newborn child experiences stiffness of the neck muscles as a result of their position in the womb.This results in the child leaving their head slightly tilted as the muscles form and the tension reduces to allow them to have proper neck functioning. While this is a common health problem that newborns experience, it is still concerning to see your child unable to move their neck to the full capacity, so treatment and therapy options are available to help your newborn overcome this problem. In most cases, torticollis resolves by three months. Understanding torticollis Everyone wakes up from time to time with a stiff neck. Sleeping awkwardly on your pillow or falling asleep in achair insteadof your bedmay leaveyour neck feeling tense and limit your range of motion. This is essentially the problem with infant torticollis. The difference being that as an adult, you know that you have the ability to move your neck and that the stiffness is a result of awkward positioning. For newborns, the stiffness in their neck is all they ever know, and so while they experience pain and discomfort from the stiffness, they are not starting to naturally move their neck in the same way that a child born without this condition would. This can be concerning for a parent, but it is important to recognize that there are therapeutic options to support infants who experience this problem, and the best way to help your child overcome the concern is to be proactive.
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