Can facial deviation recover after adult torticollis operation

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Torticollis is what we often call crooked neck. For young friends who love beauty, they will not have self-confidence after torticollis, because it will affect their image. Now I will share with you whether facial deviation can recover after adult torticollis surgery.

Can facial deviation recover after adult torticollis operation

First, the general can recover, but also to do more functional exercise: encourage patients to start head and neck posture exercise as soon as possible, ask patients to stand in front of the mirror, take the initiative or by the nurse to help put the head in the middle position. In order to prevent the head from tilting to the affected side involuntarily, sandbags or soft pillows should be padded on both sides of the head when lying in bed to fix the head position, and neck support can be used when necessary. Functional exercise is divided into active and passive, which needs to be carried out under the condition of stable mood, good sleep and relatively relaxed muscles.

Second, active functional exercise: guide the patients to stand in front of the mirror, rely on the strength of their head and neck muscles, try to put the head in the middle position, rotate left and right, bend and stretch back and forth, 3-5 times a day, in order to be tolerant. Passive functional exercise: this method is specifically for patients who cannot correct their head posture by themselves. With the deepening of the exercise, the angle of the head moving to the healthy side gradually increases until the patient can control the head in the middle position.

Third, choose a chair with a back, ask the patient to lean back straight on the back of the chair, legs slightly abducted, hands gently on the thighs, sit firmly, and have a mirror in front to see better. Stand behind the patient, gently place both hands on the bilateral temporal part of the patient, move the head to the healthy side or put it in the neutral position as far as possible, and keep this posture until the patient can't tolerate it, 3-5 times a day.

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For patients with torticollis, the more important point is to often massage the neck, the main method is the same as massage, massage from below the neck to the top, you can grip the hand into a fist shape roll up.