Sep 12, 2026 · 50 min · 13 segments
Paediatric Chiropractor Dr Paul Chamberlain joins Lily and Lia again, this time to explain what plagio is and how it can be treated in babies. To learn more about Paul's practice check out…
You were sort of talking about sides that babies prefer to sleep on.
Is it just the, not the pillow, is it the cot, is it the mattress, is it just literally that that causes it sometimes? Yeah.
You ask great questions because the questions are meaningful in a deep way.
I've met people who have been, it's not been in my person, but I've been touched by it indirectly.
And there was this really awesome thing called the Back to Sleep Program and the Back to Sleep Program was fantastic.
25 30 years ago whatever and a lot of babies that used to sleep on their tummy were told to sleep on their back and that in that saved lives and it increased the risk of plagiocephaly because more babies sleeping on their backs more babies were turning one way and when they turn one way and sleep in the back for long periods of time they the head is at an increased risk of getting flatter before the back to sleep program when babies were sleeping on their tummies way more because babies sleep way better on their tummies normally than on their backs the incidence of plagiocephaly was much lower.
And I should know, but I don't know exactly, but there was a percentage increase in plagiocephaly whilst there was this percentage decrease in babies' deaths.
And the other side effect of the back to sleep program is that babies didn't sleep as well.
And so that's one of the reasons that plagiocephaly is more common these days.
And does that cause sleep issues for babies? No.
No, not at all.
They don't know.
If a baby has got a stiff neck, right, and say they prefer to turn that way and it hurts them to turn that way, they'll just turn that way.
right.
You were sort of talking about sides that babies prefer to sleep on.
Is it just the, not the pillow, is it the cot, is it the mattress, is it just literally that that causes it sometimes? Yeah.
You ask great questions because the questions are meaningful in a deep way.
I've met people who have been, it's not been in my person, but I've been touched by it indirectly.
And there was this really awesome thing called the Back to Sleep Program and the Back to Sleep Program was fantastic.
25 30 years ago whatever and a lot of babies that used to sleep on their tummy were told to sleep on their back and that in that saved lives and it increased the risk of plagiocephaly because more babies sleeping on their backs more babies were turning one way and when they turn one way and sleep in the back for long periods of time they the head is at an increased risk of getting flatter before the back to sleep program when babies were sleeping on their tummies way more because babies sleep way better on their tummies normally than on their backs the incidence of plagiocephaly was much lower.
And I should know, but I don't know exactly, but there was a percentage increase in plagiocephaly whilst there was this percentage decrease in babies' deaths.
And the other side effect of the back to sleep program is that babies didn't sleep as well.
And so that's one of the reasons that plagiocephaly is more common these days.
And does that cause sleep issues for babies? No.
No, not at all.
They don't know.
If a baby has got a stiff neck, right, and say they prefer to turn that way and it hurts them to turn that way, they'll just turn that way.
right.
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