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What is torticollis?

What is torticollis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A medical condition in which the neck muscles contract causing the neck to twist or jerk
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Exercises to relieve torticollis and positioning the rounded side of the head on the mattress may help correct a flattened head.
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.
Congenital muscular torticollis, also called wryneck, is usually discovered in the first 6 to 8 weeks of life.
I had torticollis, a neck condition where my head tilted one way and my chin went the other.
Radiological review of 13 children admitted with acute torticollis and fever found that just three actually had subluxation.
It was used for a condition known as wry neck, better known today as torticollis, in which the head is held in a tilted or twisted position.

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