What is torticollis

Children with torticollis also known as \"crooked neck\", reason is not very clear. Is a cause of congenital muscular torticollis and vertebral development. Acquired due to a cold air attacks, infections and injuries caused by acute torticollis, ocular torticollis due to eye strabismus, there is also a spasmodic torticollis. The most common is congenital muscular torticollis.

Congenital muscular torticollis is mostly because the birth, the baby\'s neck muscles caused by damage, non-normal delivery of breech birth, Caesarean section and other high incidence in children. The fetal position not is now more injuries and cases of obstetric forceps stretch. Stretch injury to the muscles of the neck, hematoma occurs, last hematoma fibrosis, muscle Contracture is shorter. This injury is on one side, which makes both sides of the neck meat with unequal length, unequal power, resulting in one side of the neck in favour of children with muscle shortening.

Such children within one month after birth, can be found on one side and neck long, cartilage-like circular Pack is of solid blocks. One side of the head deviation in mass, Chin points to the side, slightly restricted the activities of the head. Neck mass can be gradually reduced to subside. But this side of the neck can still touch the hard section of rope-like, head deviation even more pronounced. Due to the children in a period of strong growth, various organs have kept growth changes, this deflection if sustained over 3-4 week, can result in facial development imbalances. Specific performance to deflect lateral facial and skull were smaller than on the side, eyes on both sides are not on the same horizontal line, that is deflected side low, on the high side, mouth and nose are different degrees of deflection. And as children grow older, this facial asymmetry will become increasingly serious, until irreparable.

If you can before age 2 corrected torticollis, also not a significant deflection facial deformities, facial features deflection can be corrected with development gradually. Older torticollis in children, even if you do the surgery, deflection malformation in but are difficult to correct. This not only affects the appearance of children and affecting their career and life choices in the future. In addition, such children vulnerable to peer\'s teasing, lonely, inferiority, will seriously affect the physical and mental health. Therefore, torticollis in children it is important to early treatment.

Torticollis in children of 2 years, to take Chinese massage and massage treatment. If the effect disappeared within half a year, early surgery. Surgical treatment in children over the age of 2 are required.