When you’re a parent, nothing feels more important-or more daunting—than making the right medical decisions for your child. And when a pediatrician first mentions the word “helmet,” the emotional weight can be overwhelming. For many families in New Jersey, that pivotal decision brought them to the Cranial Center, with locations in Morristown, Hackensack, and Hazlet. What started with anxiety, doubt,…
Cranial deformities—terms like plagiocephaly, brachycephaly, and scaphocephaly often pop up here—aren’t exactly rare in infants. These conditions, broadly lumped under “cranial asymmetries” or, more casually, “flat head syndrome,” arise because of external pressures on a baby’s still-malleable skull during those delicate first months. It’s a period where everything feels precarious. Early action matters, and pediatricians are at the forefront of…
Every week, the Cranial Center of New Jersey receives email and social media questions about cranial helmets, “flat-head syndrome,” and other questions. Today, cranial orthosis questions were answered by Cranial Center staff members. So here we go. What is deformational Plagiocephaly? Deformational Plagiocephaly is characterized by unusual flattening of an infant’s head, and a prominent or flattened forehead is often…
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