Technology in Motion has been providing treatment for plagiocephaly and brachycephaly, conditions which describe a head shape deformation since 2003. We usually have over 100 infants in 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.

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, then a parent should immediately start to reposition their baby. You can find information on this on our repositioning guide. This can assist in preventing the condition worsening and hopefully start to see improvement starting. If natural improvement of the plagiocephaly available it will happen in these first early few weeks of life.

For an infant under four months of age we recommend repositioning. Our experience is that if the plagiocephaly or brachycephaly is not improving on its own by five months of age then it probably won’t improve greatly without some assistance.

The treatment that we use to correct flat head syndrome is a PlagioCare treatment which rapidly accelerates return to a normal head shape. 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 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