Our Practice

Shaping Symmetry, One Child At A Time

Cranial Kids is a small, specialized practice in Colorado Springs — not a chain, not a rotating staff. Kristen Thessing, CPO sees your baby from the first consultation through graduation.

Free consultationsKristen Thessing, CPO — Certified Prosthetist OrthotistColorado Springs, CO & surrounding areas

Why We Do This

Kristen Thessing is a Certified Prosthetist Orthotist and a mother of four young daughters. She knows what it feels like to sit across from a clinician and hear that something about your baby is not quite right — and she built this practice around telling parents the truth, even when the truth is that no helmet is needed.

That is why every consultation is free. Some babies need cranial remolding. Many just need repositioning, tummy time, and a physical therapy referral for a tight neck. We would rather send you home reassured than sell a helmet nobody needed.

When a helmet is the right call, we use radiation-free STARscanner and SmartSoc imaging, custom 3D fabrication, and close follow-up every one to two weeks until the measurements are where they should be.

Fitting room at Cranial Kids in Colorado Springs

What Sets Us Apart

  • Kristen fits every helmet herself

    You see the same certified orthotist at the consultation, the scan, the fitting, and every adjustment — never a rotating staff.

  • We come to you

    Home, daycare, the pediatrician's office, or a physical therapy appointment — we meet families where they already are.

  • Consultations are free, always

    If your baby's head shape is correcting on its own, we will tell you that and send you home without a helmet.

  • Radiation-free 3D scanning

    STARscanner and SmartSoc capture the head shape in seconds, with no X-rays, no sedation, and no plaster casting.

  • A mom of four in the room

    Kristen is raising four young daughters and knows what a helmet decision feels like from the parent's side of it.

Talk to Kristen directly — 719-896-5924.

719-896-5924

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719-896-5924
Free consultationsKristen Thessing, CPO — Certified Prosthetist OrthotistColorado Springs, CO & surrounding areas