When baby has torticollis (baby’s neck becomes stiff or tight, which causes baby’s head to tilt to one side), the main goals are to reduce stiffness in the neck while decreasing the head tilt and the head turn preference. If you suspect baby may have stiffness on one side of their neck, try these activities to help them stretch out and work those muscles! | Pathways.org

The most common cause of torticollis➰ and plagiocephaly is birth trauma⚒️. The amount of physical strain, tension, and pulling placed on a baby’s head and neck during birth is significant. Interventions such as forceps delivery, vacuum extraction, and c-sections are sometimes necessary to get baby out, but the lasting effects on the child’s nervous system🧠 are critical and lead to subluxation or stress😖. Simply put, the more severe and apparent the torticollis➰ is, the more severe the stress p

Left Sided Torticollis - these babies prefer to look towards their right side and tilt their head towards their left side. This is due to a muscle imbalance or tightness of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) on the left side •🔹This neck position preference can usually be seen from birth but sometimes only noticed by parents or doctors months later • 🔹Torticollis has many causes including: baby position in utero, trauma during birth, position of baby after birth, Plagiocephaly (flat head) • �

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