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What causes the tightness or shortening of the neck muscle? Some times a traumatic birth injury causes stretching and scaring of the neck muscle. Congenital infant torticollis can also be caused by babyâs position in the womb. Torticollis is more common in situations where there is lack of space in the womb. For example with multiple births or when there is little amniotic fluid.
What is torticollis? When a baby is born, one of the exams that the doctor may perform in the hospital is to check for torticollis (which means âtwisted neckâ in Latin). Congenital torticollis is a muscular problem that is present in an infant at birth. The muscle on one side of the neck is tight and causes the head to tilt to that side. You may also feel a lump on the tight muscle as well.