How to treat traumatic torticollis

summary

Children's muscular torticollis, commonly known as crooked neck, refers to children's head tilted to the affected side, face, mandible toward the healthy side, and the affected side of the face and eyes are often accompanied by dysplasia of a congenital neck deformity, is due to dystocia injury sternocleidomastoid muscle, resulting in muscle fiber contracture. The torticollis caused by other organic diseases should be excluded in clinical massage treatment. For example: torticollis caused by skeletal or ocular diseases. How to treat traumatic torticollis.

How to treat traumatic torticollis

First, the patient was in supine position, and the thumb was used to push and rub the sternocleidomastoid muscle on the affected side to promote local blood circulation. In order to prevent skin abrasion, apply lubricant (talcum powder, talcum powder can be).

Second: massage the affected side with the thumb to relax the local, and then knead the middle finger and index finger from top to bottom to relax the tendons and activate blood circulation and relieve spasm.

Third: hold the shoulder of the affected side with one hand and the top of the child's head with the other hand, so that the child's head gradually inclines to the healthy side, and gradually lengthens the sternocleidomastoid muscle of the affected side (avoid violence), so as to relax Qi and blood and separate adhesion.

matters needing attention

1) This disease should be differentiated from bony torticollis, postural torticollis and ocular torticollis. (2) Timely detection and treatment. Generally, it is better to start treatment within 3 months after birth. When the mass disappears, massage should be continued until the neck activity is normal. (3) Relatives or nannies should choose their own position in breast-feeding and sleeping according to different lesion locations. For example, if the child has right torticollis, it is necessary to put the child on your left side when feeding and sleeping, and vice versa. (4) children with torticollis should also pay attention to check whether they are accompanied with other congenital malformations, especially congenital dislocation of hip joint (can go to the hospital to take bilateral hip joint X-ray for diagnosis). (5) Children should not hold straight too early to prevent postural torticollis. (6) Which side of a child's head is tilted is called the torticollis of which side, rather than the side of the child's jaw. For example, a child's head is tilted to the right and his jaw is turned to the left, which is called congenital right muscular torticollis. (7) Congenital muscular torticollis needs timely treatment, if not timely treatment, there will be secondary deformities. For example: cheek asymmetry (commonly known as "big and small face"), cause visual fatigue. Facial asymmetry for a long time, even if the treatment, deformity recovery is more difficult.