Presentation
Entire Body System
- Crying
Your baby may move and squirm or cry. But doing them may help the baby get better. If you are unsure how to do the exercises or think you are hurting your baby, talk to your doctor. [myhealth.alberta.ca]
Role of Patient/Parent Preferences: During testing, parents may perceive that the baby experiences discomfort or that testing positions could potentially harm the baby, resulting in requests to stop testing if the baby is crying. [journals.lww.com]
- Soft Tissue Mass
Glasier CM, Seibert JJ, Williamson SL, Corbitt SL, Rodgers AB, Lange TA (1987) High resolution ultrasound characterization of soft tissue masses in children. Pediatr Radiol 17: 233–237 PubMed Google Scholar 10. [link.springer.com]
- Weight Loss
A team approach to your spinal problems may include physical therapy, medication, exercise, weight loss and therapeutic spinal injections. [mendelsonortho.com]
Respiratoric
- Respiratory Insufficiency
An infant with congenital torticollis underwent chiropractic manipulation, and within a few hours had respiratory insufficiency, seizures, and quadriplegia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Musculoskeletal
- Torticollis
The incidence of congenital torticollis in association with plagiocephaly is 1 in 300 newborns, with the torticollis resulting from pathologically sustained contraction of the sternocleidomastoid. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Face, Head & Neck
- Neck Mass
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy, used extensively for evaluating head and neck masses in adults, also provides an excellent minimally invasive means of evaluating infants with neck masses and torticollis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
mass or cyst findings contracted muscle tissue in the case of congenital torticollis cystic or solid mass in the case of a congenital neck mass Differential Congenital neck mass cysts and tumors can be distinguished from a contracted SCM by ultrasound [step1.medbullets.com]
Kraus R, Han BK, Babcock DS, Oestreich AE (1985) Sonography of neck masses in children. AJR 146: 609–613 Google Scholar 9. [link.springer.com]
Neurologic
- Rotary Nystagmus
An 18-month-old infant with torticollis was referred for postural imbalance and observed rotary nystagmus. The infant had undergone physical therapy treatment of left torticollis for nearly 15 months. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]