Plagiocephaly
This common condition, also known as Flat Head Syndrome, is very treatable using repositioning techniques. In more severe cases, a Talee® cranial helmet will gently correct your baby’s head as your infant grows.
Pediatric Orthotics
Pediatric orthotics is a unique specialty requiring specific skills. Children are constantly growing and changing and present with a variety of special challenges. Our pediatric orthotic solutions allow for care of children with a wide variety of presentations.
Prosthetics
We specialize in providing prosthetic devices for growing children, traumatic amputations, and dysvascular/diabetic amputees. Here at Strive, we pride ourselves in our creativity and we always strive for perfection.
We Take Most Insurance
To be as accessible as possible, we take many insurance plans, including Medicaid. We are continuously working to contract with new providers, and the list is always growing!
Strive OP News
Born Early Flat Early – Does Premature Birth Raise the Risk?
October 15, 2026
It is 2:07 a.m. in Royal Oak, and the only light in the nursery is a phone screen.
The baby finally went down. She came home from the NICU five weeks ago, after a long stretch of beeping monitors, feeding logs, and nurses who learned her moods before her parents did. Now her mom stands over the crib, looking at the back of that tiny head and noticing something she can’t...
AFO, KAFO, HKAFO: Three Sets of Letters, One Leg, and What Every Parent Should Know
October 7, 2026
A parent in Sterling Heights sits in an exam room on a Tuesday afternoon. The appointment has gone well enough. The clinician was kind. Then, in about ninety seconds, three sets of initials go by: AFO, KAFO, HKAFO.
The parent nods. The parents write them down. And the parent drives home on Van Dyke with no clear idea what any of them mean.
That happens every day in Shelby Township, Warren, Royal...
Toe Walking: The Truth Every Parent Deserves to Know
September 30, 2026
Is My Child’s Toe Walking Normal? What an Orthotist Looks For, and What Happens Next
It’s 11:47 p.m. The house in Shelby Township is finally quiet. And a mom is sitting on the edge of the bed, phone glowing, typing the same question she’s typed a dozen times before.
“Is my child’s toe walking normal?”
She’s seen it for months. Her son pads down the hallway on the balls of his feet, heels...
The Hidden Neck Problem Reshaping Your Baby’s Head Right Now
September 23, 2026
She noticed it the way mothers notice everything, which is to say, almost by accident.
It was a Tuesday morning well-baby checkup in Royal Oak. The kind of appointment you pencil in between grocery runs and nap schedules. The kind where you expect to hear that everything looks great, your baby’s gaining weight, see you in two months. But the pediatrician did something that shifted the air in the room. She...
What to expect from Ask the Orthotist, Episode 2: Everyday life in a helmet
September 15, 2026
Your baby’s been prescribed a cranial helmet, and the clinical side makes sense. But now a different set of questions takes over. Will it hurt? Can they sleep in it? What happens at daycare? These are the questions that keep parents up at night, and they deserve straight answers.
That’s exactly what Episode 2 of Ask the Orthotist covers. A credentialed orthotist from Strive Orthotics & Prosthetics walks through the everyday...
