8 Things about Cranial Helmets
Imagine you're walking around Walmart or the park and you see an infant with a cranial helmet on their head and you wonder why they are wearing it. I was this person. I never could figure out why an infant would need a cranial helmet and I always assumed it was something that had to do with the brain which isn't true. So why do some babies wear cranial helmets? Typically a baby will wear a cranial helmet if they have some sort of flat spot on their head that is larger than normal (because no one's head is perfectly shaped) which is called Plagiocephaly, or because there is an abnormal fusion of the skull bones which result in a misshapen skull that restricts brain growth which is called Craniosynostosis. Plagiocephaly is much more common out of the two. My son's pediatrician noticed my son's flat spot at around two months old, but he wanted to try and correct it naturally before referring me to an Orthotist to get fitted for a cranial helmet. Fixing it n...