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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