Torticollis: Wry neck ( torticollis ) is

Wry neck ( torticollis ) is a tilted and twisted neck that can be congenital or result from muscle injury, swollen lymph nodes, ear infection, or other causes. Torticollis is a common condition when your neck muscles spasm, causing pain on one side and difficulty straightening your neck. Babies are sometimes born with torticollis . Torticollis or twisted neck (tortum collum) of Italian origin "torti colli" is a vicious attitude of the head and neck, typically presenting with abnormal slope and rotation. There may be several presenting positions, including flexion, extension, right or left tilt. These have names such as horizontal torticollis , vertical, oblique, or torsion. Torticollis is the common term for various conditions of head and neck dystonia, which display specific variations in head movements (phasic components) characterized by the direction of movement (horizontal, as if to say