Osteopathy for Babies – KiSS Syndrome
Crying children, sleep problems, head tilt – what now?
The term "KiSS syndrome" is increasingly heard in our society when referring to children who cry a lot, turn their heads only to one side, overextend themselves, and don't sleep through the night. Breastfeeding difficulties and digestive problems also frequently occur. In kindergarten- and school-age children, so-called "KiSS syndrome" is observed to have concentration problems and hyperactivity.
Among the conventional medical practitioners and representatives of the Osteopathy Opinions on KiSS syndrome sometimes differ greatly.
The conventional medical community does not have a unified position on this. Dr. H. Biedermann coined the term KiSS (craniocervical symmetry disorder) for children with the symptoms described above.
Prof. Dr. R. Stücker, chief physician at the Altona Children's Hospital and one of the leading pediatric orthopedists in Northern Germany, takes a different view. He questions the very existence of this diagnosis.
The sometimes synonymous use of various terms by different authors leads to inconsistent terminology. Some authors use the term "torticollis" or "infant asymmetry." Other terms used in the nomenclature include "wry neck," "strickneck," "stiff neck," "cervical dystonia," "head tilt," "caput obstipum," "twisted neck," "crooked neck," and "collum distortum," which are sometimes used synonymously with "torticollis" and "muscular torticollis."
