Strobel & Associates Prosthetics and Orthotics, Inc

02/14/2023

Strobel & Associates Prosthetics and Orthotics is permanently closed.

04/14/2022

One of our favorite patients, sharing her story 😊

🎧Today on the Raising Joy podcast🎧

Ashley Igo was just 8 years old when her world changed forever. She was riding in an Amtrak train car when a semi-truck tried to speed through the crossing. She lost her mother, two friends, a niece and her right foot in the traumatic accident.

For years, Ashley suffered from severe anxiety and was later diagnosed with PTSD. Today, she is a licensed professional counselor and registered play therapist, and is passionate about early intervention after childhood trauma.

Ashley is the latest guest on the Raising Joy podcast and truly embodies the word 'resilience.' You can listen to her episode now on all major podcast platforms, including Apple, Google and Spotify.

Learn more about this episode on Checkup Newsroom: https://bit.ly/3E6XkJy

04/01/2022

April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. The Amputee Coalition of America’s (ACA) mission is reach out to and empower people affected by limb loss to achieve their full potential through education, support and advocacy, and to promote limb loss prevention.

03/11/2022

Our therapy dogs help our patients everyday.

Mable was born to help and received an award from Texas Health Presbyterian in recognition for her service to the hospital for going above and beyond. Presby’s Caring Canines is a great program.

Mable received this award because so many patients wrote into the hospital to say how much she helped them. 🐶❤️‍🩹

This research doesn’t surprise us a bit 💙

Therapy dogs can help relieve pain in the emergency room -

They have offered comfort at nursing homes, schools — even disaster sites. Now, a study shows that a 10-minute visit from therapy dogs can help relieve emergency room patients' pain.

03/10/2022

The All Pro foot has been a game changer. Our patients rave about the difference and their abilities to do things they never could before.

Excited to see another improvement and continued development. 🖤💙🖤💙

More torsion in a lower profile. It’s the Fillauer performance you have come to expect with an even smoother rollover and forgiveness on rough terrain or around town. The IP67 waterproof XTS unit provides adjustable torsion and vertical shock reduction without sacrificing build height. This field-serviceable unit is built with an active lifestyle in mind.

03/04/2022

Paralympics starts today!!

02/25/2022

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Actress Zyra Gorecki is the first amputee to play a leading role as an amputee in a network...

02/15/2022

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For Black History Month, we remember Mama Cax who broke down barriers in high fashion being one of the first amputees to work with a designer brand and walk at New York Fashion Week. Cax broke down barriers in the fashion industry and helped pave the way for more opportunities.

02/02/2022

Strobel & Associates will be closed Thursday 2/3 and Friday 2/4 due to inclement weather. Please be safe out their folks and stay home if you can. Texas ice is no joke.

01/14/2022

This is the same patient’s socket 3 months apart. A patient’s first prosthetic socket will only fit for a short amount of time as the residual limb (stump) changes rapidly for these reasons: • compression is applied via a shrinker and liner
• the limb is inside a rigid container (the socket) so the volume is reduced
• the patient becomes more and more active so this pumps the edema (swelling) up and out which is good, normal and expected.
• the further from amputation then the slower the process but a residual limb with continue to atrophy forever because the muscles that were cut during amputation are functionally out of a job so they shrink (atrophy) and the tissue becomes softer.

This is why it is so important that you see your prosthetist regularly as this occurs so the socket can be adjusted to maintain a proper fit.

This is also why sock management is so important to understand.

01/09/2022

Thanks AOPA (American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association) for an educational and safe leadership conference 👏 So good to see people in person again and to get on the golf course after 15 years.