What is low muscle tone? Muscle tone is the tension/tightness provided by your muscles when they are relaxed. It can also be thought of as the amount of resistance to movement a muscle has. Muscle tone helps muscles contract and work to move the body. Low muscle tone (also known as hypotonia) means that there is decreased tension and resistance to movement provided by the muscles in the body. Babies and children with low muscle tone require more effort to activate their muscl

What is Plagiocephaly? Plagiocephaly is when a flat spot develops on part of the head due to the skull changing shape. In a typical plagiocephaly presentation, there is flattening on one side of the occiput (back of head) and bossing (bulging) on the opposite side of the occiput. A child with moderate or severe plagiocephaly may develop a head shape that resembles a parallelogram. Plagiocephaly occurs due to intrauterine positioning, positional preference during infancy, or s