Meaning of 'torticollis' in Yoruba is: torticollis

torticollis: torticollis

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Noun(1) an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted

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(1) If torticollis is the cause of your baby's flattened head, a course of physical therapy and a home exercise program will usually do the trick.(2) Involvement of the neck musculature produces torticollis or retrocollis.(3) Now, as any neurologist knows, spasmodic torticollis is the bane of a neurologist, a most unrewarding condition to treat; after a few visits, both neurologist and patient end up equally depressed.(4) One patient (a 70-year-old female) with chronic torticollis experienced moderate pain relief with periodic treatments.(5) Because the patient remained extremely psychotic and agitated, IM haloperidol was administered, but this produced a dystonic torticollis .(6) Patients receiving injections into the neck muscles for torticollis may therefore develop dysphagia because of diffusion of the toxin into the oropharynx.(7) The only abnormal physical sign was her torticollis .(8) Radiological review of 13 children admitted with acute torticollis and fever found that just three actually had subluxation.(9) Hetty's form of the condition - spasmodic torticollis - causes the neck muscles to spasm twisting her neck to one side, which also affects the spine.(10) The medical term for such a ‘wry neck’ is torticollis .(11) I had torticollis , a neck condition where my head tilted one way and my chin went the other.(12) We selected these muscles because they were often involved in stress-related disorders such as tension headache, spasmodic torticollis , and fibromyalgia.(13) Currently most of us think it's the standard care for treating essential tremor, Parkinson's Disease and chronic pain, and now we're really starting to think it's good for dystonia and things like torticollis .(14) Exercises to relieve torticollis and positioning the rounded side of the head on the mattress may help correct a flattened head.(15) Risk factors associated with positional head deformity are premature birth, hypotonic muscle disorders, congenital torticollis , and intrauterine constraint (such as in multiple gestation or oligohydramnios).(16) While we were able to deal effectively with his cluster headaches and other acute symptoms such a torticollis and severe numbness, there has been no real improvement in his neck, arm, and hand pain and numbness.