Environmental adaptations can control posture in strollers, car seats  and swings (using U-shaped neck pillow or blankets to hold neck in neutral position)
Passive cervical rotation (much like stretching when being supported by a pillow, have affected side down)
Position infant in the crib with affected side by the wall so they must turn to the non-affected side to face outPhysical therapists often encourage parents and caregivers of children with torticollis to modify the environment to improve neck movements and position. Modifications may include:

Adding neck supports to the car seat to attain optimal neck alignment
Reducing time spent in a single position
Using toys to encourage the child to look in the direction of limited neck movement
Alternating sides when bottle or breastfeeding
Encouraging prone playtime (tummy time). Although the Back to Sleep campaign promotes infants sleeping on their backs to avoid sudden infant death syndrome during sleep, parents should still ensure that their infants spend some waking hours on their stomachs. Microcurrent therapy
A Korean study has recently introduced an additional treatment called microcurrent therapy that may be effective in treating congenital torticollis. For this therapy to be effective the children should be under three months of age and have torticollis involving the entire sternocleidomastoid muscle with a palpable mass and a muscle thickness over 10 mm. Microcurrent therapy sends minute electrical signals into tissue to restore the normal frequencies in cells.
(2004), using Y-chromosomal DNA binary-marker haplotyping, suggested that a cohort of southern Indian hairy-eared males carried Y chromosomes from many haplogroup. The hypothesis of Y- linkage would require multiple independent mutations within a single population. No significant difference between the Y-haplogroup frequencies of hairy-eared males and those of a geographically matched control sample of unaffected males was established. The study concluded that auricular hypertrichosis is not Y-linked in southern India, though this result may not apply to all to all populations. See also
Ear hair
Hypertrichosis


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