{"id":661,"date":"2010-04-29T14:48:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T20:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/?p=661"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:26:03","slug":"microcephaly-and-torticollis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2010\/04\/microcephaly-and-torticollis\/","title":{"rendered":"Microcephaly and Torticollis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s another great success story for you to enjoy:<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n

Kansas City Chiropractor and Acupuncturist Helps 8 Month Old Girl with<\/h2>\r\n

Microcephaly and Torticollis<\/h2>\r\nMicrocephaly is a condition in which the head circumference is significantly smaller than normal and can lead to developmental delays, reduced life expectancy, and lower than normal brain function.\r\n\r\nTorticollis is a condition in which the muscles of the neck, specifically the SCM or sternocleidomastoid muscle is spasmed and the head is tilted and rotated. Usually, the person cannot straighten their neck out at all, and if they can it is usually quite painful. In babies, parents notice the child will only want to nurse on one side, lay on one side, or will not turn their head to one side.\r\n\r\nI took care of an 8-month-old baby that had both of these issues last week, and I want to share the miraculous improvements she had!\r\n\r\nFirst of all, her mom drove her to see me all the way from Ohio. The mom was told by her Doctors that there was nothing that could be done for her daughters\u2019 microcephaly and that all she could do was pray. She found me online and was unable to find someone locally that was willing to treat a baby and offered all of the treatment options available at my office.\r\n\r\nDuring the initial exam, I saw that the baby had torticollis, and the mom said the baby had torticollis since she was a month old, and again wasn\u2019t told of anything that could help.\r\n\r\nI used the AcuGraph program to see where the Acupuncture meridians were out of balance. Based upon the results of the exam, I used Laser to treat the Acupuncture points that were indicated.\r\n\r\nI put the baby down on a blanket to relax before I gave her further treatment, and she rolled onto her shoulder. I didn\u2019t think it was significant until her mom said she had NEVER rolled on that shoulder before now. She would always roll on to the other side.\r\n\r\nI then picked her up and gave her a Chiropractic Adjustment and a CranioSacral Therapy treatment. I held her while I worked on her and after I realigned her mid back between her shoulder blades she reached out and put her hand in my mouth. For an 8-month-old, I didn\u2019t think it was anything new. Then the mom said that she had NEVER reached her hand out like that before and that her daughter had been keeping her arms and hands in very close to her body. WOW!\r\n\r\nHer daughter also seemed \u201cout of it\u201d or not very present when I first examined her, but after her first treatment, she seemed much more alert and present.\r\n\r\nWhen she returned for her 2nd visit, the mom said her daughter had improved in the following ways:\r\n