Friday, March 21, 2014

Torticollis Pictures: 7 months of PT

It's crazy to think that Kellyn has been doing physical therapy for her torticollis for almost seven months.  That's equates to almost half of her life considering she'll be 14 months in a little over a week.  I feel like her torticollis progress has plateaued over the past few months.  In my opinion, the head tilt doesn't look more pronounced, but it also doesn't look much better than it did a few months ago.  That's a little frustrating to me since I dedicate a good chunk of time daily to her torticollis exercises.  I just want to know that the hard work I'm putting in is actually making a difference.  On a positive note, her motor skills are continually progressing.  Over the past few weeks, she went from taking a couple steps to taking several steps. We still have tons of spills and I would not officially qualify her as a walker yet, but she's certainly on her way.  Anyways, check out her progress pictures below.

Happy baby with slight right torticollis playing with cup
Pretty accurate representation of her current head tilt. Happy about her great progress
since the beginning, but frustrated that progress plateaued in the past few months


Baby with right torticollis really tilting her head.
Caught her head tilt at its worst in the picture.

The head tilt of this baby with right torticollis looking pretty minimal.
Head tilt looking better a moment later.

Baby with right torticollis barely showing any evidence of a head tilt.
Torticollis looking pretty much non-existent here.
Amazing how much her head tilt can change within a few seconds.

Baby with a minor case of right torticollis.
I'm probably the only one who regularly notices that she tilts her head.

Baby with right torticollis chewing on a book.
When she's really focusing on something (like chowing down on a book),
she's more likely to tilt her head.

Baby with a minor case of right torticollis playing with spoons.
Looking pretty midline here.

Baby with slight right torticollis chewing on spoons
So grateful that her facial symmetry has dramatically improved since the beginning of treatment.

Baby with right torticollis in a supported stand.
"Look mom, no hands!" Well almost no hands :)