Baby Cranial Molding Helmet

If necessary a molded helmet might be used to help shape a baby s head.

Baby cranial molding helmet.

Helmet molding therapy or cranial orthosis is a type of treatment in which a baby is fitted with a special helmet to correct the shape of the skull. Cranial helmet therapy measurements. Brooks contacted the television station fox 46 for their help. With approximately 175 000 babies successfully treated we are the plagiocephaly experts.

Recognizing that your baby has an irregular head shape can be alarming. The helmet is worn at least 23 hours a day during the treatment period often several months or even longer. Helmets will not help after brain growth is done and three fourths of brain growth happens by age 2. The thought of treating him or her with a cranial remolding orthosis cro also known as a cranial band or helmet can feel even more overwhelming.

A misshapen or flattened head is referred to as plagiocephaly. To work molding helmets must be worn during the time when the skull and brain are actively growing. Others may be referred directly to a certified orthotist. Three months after her baby arcturus was denied the 4 000 cranial helmet coverage by their insurance provider mrs.

Plagiocephaly helmets cranial molding helmets plagiocephaly helmets cranial molding helmets o p0308122 jpg. If a baby meets the criteria a doctor may refer him her for an evaluation for helmeting. Cranial technologies is the only company in the world completely dedicated to the research diagnosis and treatment of plagiocephaly commonly called flat head syndrome. In july 2018 a television station helped a mother heather brooks of monroe north carolina get the corrective helmet her baby needed.

Some babies must first go to a craniofacial plastic surgeon for evaluation. If your baby has been diagnosed with plagiocephaly that requires medical intervention to resolve the orthotics prosthetics center at the university of michigan can help. What conditions cause a baby to need a helmet. A baby s skull is malleable.

Helmet molding therapy is not painful or uncomfortable for your baby.