Here are some pictures of me with Elva, the senior physical therapist at Dell Children's Medical Center who I work with twice a week. Since I was born with really tight, shortened muscles on the right side of my neck, for awhile I didn't even know I had a left side. Elva has been working with me not only on stretching, range of motion, and balance, but also on things that people might not realize - such as sensory integration, vision, learning what it means to be straight, and making sure I don't fall behind in developmental milestones. I must be getting better because I'm learning how to roll, sit up, and try to scoot in a circle (a precursor to crawling).Today she started me on a TOT collar. It's a training orthosis for torticollis. Basically, it's an annoying plastic tube thing that I have to wear for ten minutes a day (gradually working up to an hour). Every time I try to tilt my head to the right it rubs my cheek and "provides me with a noxious stimuli" to remind me to hold my head up straight. Obviously, I'm not a big fan of it, but at least it's not as heavy as the DOC band was.
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