I. What are the symptoms of a baby with squint neck? About 2 weeks after birth, prismatic swelling can be found on one side of the neck, its direction is consistent with the sternocleidomastoid muscle, hard, clear border, no redness, swelling and heat pain. As time passes, the sternocleidomastoid muscle on the affected side becomes contracted and tense, protruding like cords, resulting in oblique neck deformity and limited neck movement due to pulling, especially rotation to the affected side and lateral flexion to the healthy side are more obvious. It may also appear that the face is full on the healthy side and the affected side is smaller than the opposite side, and the development is poor. Beijing Children’s Hospital Pediatric Rehabilitation Department Jingjie Yu Second, home massage and care methods Chinese medicine believes that this evidence belongs to the category of paralysis, tendon shrinkage. Massage and tui-na techniques can consolidate the root and remove the evil, disperse the stasis and open the meridians, so as to achieve the purpose of relaxing the tendons and activating the blood, softening and dispersing the knots. The earlier the treatment, the higher the cure rate. (A) Massage techniques 1.Mainly finger kneading and plucking method: baby lying on his back, parents fix the head with one hand, and press the lump and contracture with the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the other hand, the technique is light and heavy. 2.Rubbing method: rubbing the affected side to promote blood circulation and relieve facial deformity. 3.Neck function training: one person fixes the baby’s body, the other person holds both hands on both sides of the baby’s head, taking the cervical vertebrae as the longitudinal axis, slowly rotating the face to the affected side. Later, one hand holds the baby’s neck, the other hand holds the jaw, the baby’s head to the healthy side of the shoulder side, so that the healthy side of the ear and cheek as far as possible to contact the healthy side of the shoulder, gradually elongate the affected side of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Note: The above techniques should be gentle and moderate, not violent force to prevent damage to the baby’s cervical spine! (B) care methods 1, breastfeeding on the affected side, with attractive patterns or sounds, so that their heads turn to the affected side. 2, if the baby cries when massage does not cooperate, massage massage massage during sleep to correct the posture of the head and neck, so that the occiput to the healthy side, the lower jaw to the affected side, correct sleeping posture. If the deformity is obvious after 1 year old and the massage treatment is not obvious, surgery should be considered, but postoperative treatment is also needed to correct the posture. C. Precautions If the early stage of strabismus is not treated timely and effectively, the facial and cranial deformity will gradually aggravate, which will not only cause facial deformity, neck and shoulder asymmetry, restricted spine and neck activities, but also form a certain habit of head and neck distortion, which can lead to spinal curvature, thoracic involvement, strabismus in serious cases, and the fixation and habit correction after surgery, and the recovery of deformed face are tricky problems, which even affect the baby’s appearance and future life and work, bringing a heavy mental burden to the baby and family. Therefore, early and proper massage therapy and functional training of the neck is very necessary. Massage and massage therapy requires parents’ long-term patience and cooperation. We hope all babies with squint can successfully pass the treatment stage and recover soon.