03 Nov 😳Have you noticed that your baby seems to be holding their head at a tilt, but everyone is telling you that you’re being paranoid because they can’t see any tilt 🥺Are you starting to feel like you’re going crazy because no one else including your family doctor or paediatrician can see your baby’s head tilt 👶🏻

If you answered yes 🙋‍♀️ to any of the above statements, you are not alone.
Here at My Favourite Physio, our Expert Physiotherapists 🤓see many mums who come in with concerns about baby’s head tilt, head preference or head shape, along with stories of how everyone in the family and their friends have discredited them as being paranoid.

Typically developing babies should not 🙅hold their head at a tilt, if they do, it is often because of a tight neck muscle called the Sternocleidomastoid muscle. Babies with a tight Sternocleidomastoid muscle will often present with a preference to turn to one side more than the other, hold their head at a tilt and eventually develop a mis-shapened head. For some babies,👶🏻 their head tilt or head preference is very obvious, while for some babies, it can be more subtle. It is the subtle cases, where we find mothers will notice but “no one else” would see it.

For the mums who can see their babies subtle head tilt or head preference, the journey to finding someone who will understand what they are seeing or even be willing to listen to their concerns can be very challenging. Luckily, here at My Favourite Physio, our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists 🤓are fully aware of subtle cases of head tilt and head preferences caused by a tight Sternocleidomastoid muscle. This is a condition that can be easily and effectively corrected with Paediatric Physiotherapy.

So if you are concerned about your baby’s head tilt or head preference, instead of feeling overwhelmed by everyone’s well meaning advice, reach out to My Favourite Physio 📱on (02) 9790 4233 or DM us @myfavouritephysio to speak to one of our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists🤓 today! Find out how we can help your baby correct their head tilt and head preference! 💪

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