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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.
Torticollis Symptoms In Children. Unlike other diseases or medical conditions that arenât very obvious, torticollis has outward symptoms that are hard to miss. Here are the symptoms you should look out for, to diagnose in a torticollis child. The childâs head is visibly tilted to one side. There is stiffness in the neck, accompanied by pain when your child tries to move his neck. A headache is also a symptom, although not all children complain of it. Swelling in the neck muscles.