The baby’s pathologic crooked neck is clinically known as a strabismus, and there are two main types of strabismus: muscular strabismus and osseous strabismus, which are treated with tui na massage and surgical treatment according to the situation.
1. Tui na massage: mainly for muscular strabismus, muscular strabismus is caused by contracture of one side of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, in the neck under the touch of hard lumps or neck ultrasound shows the muscle fiber thickening, hard knots, every day many times and gently massage and pulling the head to the healthy side.
In addition, if the child is less than half a year old with bony cervical inclination, massage can also be carried out according to the cervical spine X-ray or CT examination.
2. Surgery: Children over half a year old with bony cervical strabismus need to undergo surgery, which may include sternocleidomastoid myotomy or partial sternocleidomastoidectomy, depending on the situation.
If you find that your baby has a strabismus, you should bring him to the hospital in time to avoid delays.