Lisa,
An excellent diet by one person's standards may not be an excellent diet by another's, but even an excellent diet can account for reflux, with dairy and gluten intolerance and zinc deficiency being the biggest culprits  in my experience. The body recovers when it is well-nourished, but less so when it is not. I would bet that treating the gut issues would lead to a resolution of the structural issues. 
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, USA & France
Intuitive Parenting Network, LLC


Date:    Fri, 23 Jan 2015 04:44:15 +0000
From:    Lisa Marasco IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Torticollis

Following this thread with interest. I just graduated a mom and baby whom I saw 
12 times, starting at a few weeks of age; baby is now almost 4 months. Initial 
presentation was for painful and ineffective feeds. Baby had posterior tongue 
restriction and some lip restriction, with problematic reflux. They were 
referred to a chiro/CST person who started working with him.  Baby's posture 
looked fine in the beginning, but one day a few visits later I weighed him and 
he was curved like a "C" on the scale. I wondered how I could have missed that! 
(I hadn't) We got him back in quickly and mother says that after the treatment, 
the baby's body started straightening out and looked great in less than 24 hrs. 
Miracle cure, right?  He was good for a couple of weeks, then it happened again. 
I googled more on torticollis and learned that it can show up later, as his did, 
and that it can come and go. There is even a syndrome (Sandifer's) that includes 
intermittent torticollis and reflux. So interesting.  This has been a very tough 
case. Tongue and lip were released and the suck problem improved, with support 
of CST. Only meds soothed the reflux-- mom's diet was already great. While he is 
now sustaining on his own, breastfeeding is more of a necessity and not so much 
something to enjoy. 

~Lisa


 



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