Technology in Motion has been providing plagiocephaly treatment since 2003. Plagiocephaly and brachycephaly are two of the words used to describe an unusual head shape. We usually have over 100 infants in plagiocephaly treatment at any one time and we are widely regarded as the leading clinical team managing flat head syndrome.

Plagiocephaly is the word that is used to describe a diagonal asymmetry across the head shape. This word particularly describes a flattening which is to one side at the back of the head and there is often some facial asymmetry. Brachycephaly describes a very wide head shape with a flattening across the whole back of the head. We usually see babies who have a combination of these two problems. This infographic explains plagiocephaly and how it can be corrected. At the bottom of the page, there is further information and links to the Channel 4 Embarassing Bodies video of one of the babies that we have treated. ''

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Parents usually notice that their baby has an irregular shaped head at about 8 weeks old and are usually told that it will correct itself naturally and that it is just cosmetic. Our advice is that as soon as flattening is noticed parents should immediately start to reposition their baby and we regard repositioning as a form of plagiocephaly treatment which should be used early. You can find information about this in our repositioning guide. Repositioning can assist in preventing the condition worsening and hopefully start to see early improvement. If natural improvement of plagiocephaly available it will happen in these first early few weeks of life.

For an infant under four months of age we recommend repositioning as at this age, thhere is good opportunity for natural change to occr. Our experience is that if the plagiocephaly or brachycephaly is not improving on its own by five months of age then it probably will not improve greatly without some assistance.

The plagiocephaly treatment that we use to correct flat head syndrome is TiMband treatment which rapidly improves the head shape towards normal. Treatment time for plagiocephaly depends on a baby’s age and takes between three to six months. The image below shows before and after images in a typical case of plagiocephaly with a brachycephaly. This little boy achieved this result after only nine weeks of plagiocephaly treatment.

Technology in Motion's Plagiocephaly treatment has also been featured on Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies Kids. You can see video here.

Plagiocephaly Treatment