Why do babies get Doc bands?
The DOC Band applies custom corrective pressure to redirect your baby’s natural head growth into a normal head shape. The band is worn 23 hours a day, every day, and can achieve visible improvement in as little as two weeks.
How long does a baby wear a DOC band?
How does the DOC Band® work? The DOC Band applies gentle pressure to safely redirect your baby’s natural head growth into a more normal head shape. The band is worn 23 hours a day, usually for a few short months, and can achieve visible improvement in as little as two weeks.
Does Doc Band affect brain development?
Because the DOC Band relies on natural brain growth—which is rapid during the first 6 months of life, steady from 6 to 18 months, then slows through 24 months of age—starting treatment early has been shown to reduce overall treatment time.
How long does it take for positional plagiocephaly to correct itself?
This condition usually resolves itself by six weeks of age; however, some infants show a preference for sleeping or sitting with their heads turned consistently in the same position, which may lead to positional plagiocephaly.
What is the cost of a DOC band?
Most helmets cost about $2,500 out-of-pocket. It’s expensive. It covers the helmet itself as well as all of the office visits for the growth checks.
How much does the DOC band cost?
How much does a DOC band cost?
How does a Doc band fit a baby?
Most people would probably call it a helmet, though it isn’t closed at the top. It’s actually more like a crown. Each DOC band is individually formed to fit a child’s head based on a number of 3D scans, and applies light pressure to a baby’s skull in specific areas to round or even it out.
How long is the Doc band for plagiocephaly?
The main advantages of the DOC Band® treatment of plagiocephaly with respect to passive bands are: Average treatment period 4 months (range 5 weeks to 6 months). In children aged 3-6 months treatment would normally be 5 to 12 weeks.
How often do you wear the Doc band?
The DOC Band applies custom corrective pressure to redirect your baby’s natural head growth into a normal head shape. The band is worn 23 hours a day, every day, and can achieve visible improvement in as little as two weeks.
Are there any long-term effects of the Doc band?
Applied in more than 600 post-surgery cases. No negative short- or long-term side-effects of any kind have been observed. The main advantages of the DOC Band® treatment of plagiocephaly with respect to passive bands are: Average treatment period 4 months (range 5 weeks to 6 months).