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233 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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233 months ago

Sheila Wilson   wrote:

avoiding pressure on the back of the head

My comment:

For a general readership eg parents. For a medical readership I agree with Isabel Ruivo

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233 months ago

   wrote:

I think you are right. Make things simple and easy to read... and you did it!

233 months ago

Sheila Wilson   wrote:

(... a soft support) preventing as well the head from occipital pressure

My references:

voir Occipital Plagiocephaly in http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/occipital.asp

233 months ago

Sheila Wilson   wrote:

keeping the head from resting on the occiput

233 months ago

Sheila Wilson   wrote:

preventing the head from resting on the occipital position

My comment:

"occipital" means the back of the head, and is a medical term.

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233 months ago

   wrote:

You are right Trinh Do and I would simply say "gives both soft and supple head support preventing occipital pressure."

233 months ago

Isabel Ruivo   wrote:

so that the head avoids resting on the occiput

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233 months ago

Isabel Ruivo   wrote:

Better: to avoid the head putting strain on the occipital bone

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