06/06/2025
Not every tilt is a flaw.
Not every correction leads to care.
This boy walked into my clinic with a quiet worry.
His twin, as described by his father, was “all normal.”
He was the one who was “different.”
Born with a congenital fourth nerve palsy — likely from birth trauma — he had developed a slight head tilt.
It wasn’t dysfunction. It was adaptation.
His body had solved the problem.
But then came a rushed consultation.
A casual mention of glaucoma.
No evidence. Just a discomfort with difference —
spoken by a doctor, absorbed by a parent, carried by a child.
His father, acting from fear, pulled him from gym and activity.
The boy — once functional — now felt fragile.
All because of a label he never needed.
I’ve seen it before.
A woman surgically “corrected” her squint.
She lost her peripheral vision — and her licence.
She became more “aligned” — and less free.
This is how harm happens:
gently, insidiously, and often in the name of protection.
So I told the father the truth.
His son was safe. Adapted. Capable.
No fixing required.
The boy walked out visibly lighter —
a soft radiance on his face.
It wasn’t reassurance. It was restoration.
—
📍When we honour how the body adapts,
we return people to trust —
in their bodies,
in their difference,
in themselves.
