Sentences with phrase «neck tightness»

Beth had two daughters four years apart, both diagnosed with Torticollis (one - sided neck tightness resulting in a head tilt or turn) around 2 months of age.

Stephen Strasburg's 2015 started rough, but after missing most of July with neck tightness, then coming back in August, he was fantastic.

Head - turning preferences that are more significant or don't resolve in baby's early weeks are a red flag for more significant neck tightness called Torticollis.

But other times these asymmetries are due to more significant neck tightness called Torticollis that often requires short - term therapy to remedy.

Add a slight head tilt from neck tightness and you've got a really easy roll!

Did you know that diaper changes are a great time to encourage your newborn to turn her head both directions to reduce flat spots and the risk of neck tightness?

If you are consistently unable to turn baby's head in one direction, notify your pediatrician ASAP to discuss evaluation and treatment for neck tightness.

It reduces the risk of your baby developing or making worse neck tightness, head turning preferences or Torticollis.

Strengthening the upperback while opening the chest can help to decrease low back pain from the lordosis (sway back) that occurs with weight gain in belly and it can decrease neck tightness by engaging muscles in the mid-back.

I'm a big advocate for using play and proactive positioning to help prevent and treat Positional Plagiocephaly (head flattening) and Torticollis (one - sided neck tightness).

One of the hardest things about helping parents is the guilt that new knowledge inevitably stirs up in our mommy and daddy hearts - regret about what we wish we'd done last week, self - blame that a condition such as Plagiocephaly (flat spots on head) or Torticollis (neck tightness) could have been prevented, or remorse that help wasn't sought sooner.

Even with all my knowledge of how developmentally unhelpful car seat positioning is, how sleeping in a car seat can be a SIDS risk and how the overuse of car seats can contribute to Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly) and neck tightness (Torticollis), I knew that as an exhausted new parent it would be far too easy for me to let perceived convenience rule the day.

The semi-reclined position allows gravity to pull baby into a preferred position (the path of least resistance, you might say), which often exacerbates minor, subtle muscle asymmetries that result from babies» squished womb position - contributing to the dramatic rise in rates of Torticollis (neck tightness) and Plagiocephaly (head flattening) we see in infants today.

A startling number of the babies referred for therapy services for head flattening, neck tightness and motor development issues have spent LOTS of their time sleeping and playing in this piece of baby gear.

Many babies are born with very slight muscle imbalances and some are born with a more noticeable head tilt and neck tightness.

One - sided neck tightness is very common in babies and, untreated, can lead to unequal strength and use of the two arms.

Torticollis, or one - sided neck tightness, not only has developmental implications and usually requires treatment but is also another contributing factor to Flat Head Syndrome.

This helps develop balanced muscle strength, sensory development and reduces your baby's risk of Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly) and Torticollis (one - sided neck tightness).

The position that infant car seat carriers support your baby in isn't great for development, isn't safe for sleep AND can contribute to conditions such as Positional Plagiocephaly (head flattening) and Torticollis (one - sided neck tightness).

AND science shows that less daily time in baby equipment is better for development and reduces baby's risks of Flat Head Syndrome / Positional Plagiocephaly and Torticollis (neck tightness).

Through play like rolling on a ball, you offer your newborn a variety of positions to work on neck strengthening, which helps prevent Torticollis (one - sided neck tightness).

We've discussed in Part 1 how helpful baby stations can be for giving your baby a variety of body positions to experience sensations and movements (as well as to prevent flat spots from developing on the head and neck tightness from developing or worsening) AND how helpful baby stations are for giving you a few minutes break from baby holding!

After working with many babies as an Occupational therapist, I began looking for additional ways to help babies that were referred to me for head preference / torticollis / neck tightness, facial asymmetry, head flattening (plagiocephaly / brachycephaly), postural problems, gastrointestinal disturbances / colic / reflux, difficulty soothing, sensory processing challenges, decreased breastfeeding skills, and other challenges.

With the neck tightness, we would then address everything around it, looking at serratus activity, middle and lower traps, pec minor over recruitment, breathing, etc, etc..

It was an unconscious action, like the neck tightness you get from tight bra straps.

There is a time and place for proper breath holding, like when you are maxing out your deadlift, but if you are suffering from back or neck tightness, hernias, abdominal separation or pelvic floor issues, you really need to take a closer look at how you manage pressure in your core and why that mis - utilization of pressure is causing issues.