My nephew had a very mild case of congenital torticollis, and, although I am
a P.T., I hadn't seen this condition in babies until my nephew's case.  In
his case breastfeeding was not affected, however he did undergo a few
physical therapy treatments for the torticollis.  Basically the parents were
shown some simple exercises that they could do by themselves to the baby.
Apparently  this problem  has to do with the baby's position in utero,
usually corrects itself as the baby grows, but can be assisted by physical
therapy.  My P.T. logic about how this  can effect breastfeeding would be
that there is a constant pull to one side, which could cause the sore
nipples. It may be difficult to position the baby so that he could both
latch correctly and not still have some sort of pull to the side of the
torticollis.
Has this baby been seen by a physical therapist yet? If not, that may be a
good idea.

Yael Wyshogrod IBCLC
Rechovot, Israel

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