Can baby with torticollis turn its head freely?

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Many babies sleep with their head tilted to one side after birth, mainly to prevent suffocation caused by occasional vomiting and spilling milk. But over time, the baby's head will sleep more or less, and may lead to baby torticollis symptoms. So judge whether the baby torticollis? How to prevent it? Let's talk about it.

Can baby with torticollis turn its head freely?

Parents want to judge whether the baby torticollis, mainly from several aspects: 1, movement restriction, 2, head tilt, 3, neck bulge package, 4, head, cheek asymmetry. Parents first put the baby's head straight, and touch the muscle behind the earlobe at the same time. If one side of the muscle is hard, there may be torticollis.

So how to alleviate it? The same way to find the back of the neck muscles, massage, try to maintain a direction, do not change back and forth. And to ensure that the baby massage at least 3 times a day, each time at least 15 minutes, and adhere to a month.

After giving the baby a month's massage, be sure to take the baby to the hospital and ask the doctor to check whether the torticollis has disappeared.

matters needing attention

Myogenic torticollis mostly uses kneading, holding, pushing, kneading and other traditional Chinese massage techniques, such as promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, softening and firmness, dispersing knots, hot compress, posture correction, active movement of the affected side, etc; Osteogenic torticollis was treated by bone fusion or reduction according to the diseased bone; Neurogenic torticollis has different surgical methods according to the location and degree of brain or spinal cord lesions. Other types of torticollis should be treated symptomatically according to the primary disease.