Dystonia is neurological involuntary movement disorder, in which a muscle (focal dystonia) or group of muscles contract (segmental dystonia), causing twisting body motions, tremors and repetitive abnormal postures or movements. Sometimes this disorder causes pain and affects any part of the body including the arms, trunk, neck, eyelids, face and vocal cards. In 1911, Herman ...
Torticollis, which means twisted neck in Latin, is a condition affecting children from birth to around age two in which their neck muscles become shortened causing excessive head and chin tilting. Although torticollis can develop in the womb, incidents of newborns developing the disorder after birth have become increasingly common in recent years. Back to ...
Having a newborn with torticollis isn’t easy. Of course if this is the worst thing that we had to go through, I’m glad. We had a perfectly healthy 2 month old little girl. All her tests were great, she was growing nicely – we had nothing to worry about. Or so we thought. At least ...
Torticollis – the name sounds like a terrible disease for turtles, but it’s not. Sometimes called “wryneck,” babies with torticollis have a limited range of motion in their neck. You may notice a baby tends to favor looking in one direction over the other or is completely incapable of looking in the other direction at ...
Because of the worries associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), doctors and other childcare experts recommend that parents put their babies to sleep on their backs. This helps keep the airway open and prevents the baby from suffocating him- or herself. Unfortunately, this practice often results in a flat spot on the back of ...
Cervical dystonia is a movement disorder affecting the nervous system that causes severe pain as the neck is forcibly twisted to one side of the body. In some cases, the head can be forcibly tilted to the back or front of the body as well. Also referred to as spasmodic torticollis, this condition is incurable ...
What is spasmodic torticollis? Spasmodic torticollis (ST) is characterized by contractions of the neck muscles that control the movement and position of the head. ST is also referred to its shortened name “torticollis”, and also “cervical dystonia”. ST is caused by a dysfunction in the brain, which causes the head to be pulled backward or ...
Torticollis is a condition which affects the neck and spine in many infants. A common name for Torticollis is “wry neck”. The literal translation is “crooked neck”. It is a very treatable condition, but should be taken seriously and treated by your child’s pediatrician. The first signs of Torticollis may not appear until the infant ...
In 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics initiated the “Back to Sleep” campaign recommending that infants be placed to sleep in the supine position to reduce the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Although there was a significant decrease of approximately 40% in the occurrence of SIDS, the practice creates a condition of flattening ...
Hypertonia is classified as having a rigid muscle tone. You may not even notice it on your baby until you bring her to the doctor’s office. After seeing thousands and thousands of babies in their office, your doctor knows what is normal and not. Unlike babies who have hypotonia, or “floppy baby syndrome,” a baby ...