Tucson, Ariz. – A story with Hanger practitioner Liz Chabot and her triplet patients (Colton, Hunter, and Ethan Bunch) was featured on the front page of yesterday’s Arizona Daily Star. The article raises awareness about an increasingly common condition among infants called plagiocephaly (a.k.a. flathead syndrome).
The incidence of plagiocephaly has been on the rise, increasing by 600 percent since 1992 when the American Academy of Pediatrics started its “Back to Sleep” program which encourages parents to position infants on their backs while sleeping. The successful program reduced the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by nearly 40 percent, but also resulted in the climbing incidence of plagiocephaly.
Custom-designed cranial helmets, a successful treatment for plagiocephaly, are pain-free and do not require surgery or medication, but can be intimidating to new parents. Designed using Insignia, a 3D laser scanning technology, cranial helmets were designed for and fitted on each of the Bunch triplets.
Read the Bunch’s story and full article in the Arizona Daily Star here.
Read the Bunch family’s blog here.
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Jennifer Bittner, Hanger Orthopedic Group
904-249-4210, jbittner@hanger.com
Krisita Burket, Hanger Orthopedic Group
904-249-0314, kburket@hanger.com
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