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I am a below the knee amputee but this has not interfered with my adventurous life. A working father of two daughters and a husband to one extraordinary wife, Ralph takes on a huge responsibility in keeping limitations out of my life. From dropping down snowy steeps off of chair 22 at Mammoth, or hiking up to find fresh tracks, scuba diving at the Channel Islands, to quick 5 mile hikes with the family in Yosemite and trekking around Europe with a 60lb backpack. Life is an adventure around every corner! No limitations and a good fitting make my every day go round!!!! Knowing I can count on Ralph to fix me up when I break down helps me to keep charging forward at full speed. When my co-workers have no idea about my disability and we are working side by side it makes it hard for me to realize that I even have a disability. A good fitting and a spicy life keep me on my toes.
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Damion Miller (BK Amputee)
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We have been blessed with two healthy and adorable daughters. The first
to enter our world in
2006 was Emily, our spirited 2 year old. In 2008 came Lauren...sunny
side up! Shortly after
Lauren was born we discovered that the back of her head towards the
right seemed flat. We
took our concerns to our pediatric office and from there saw a
specialist in cranial reformation.
She was diagnosed with deformational plagiocephaly and torticollis. We
did physical therapy to
correct the torticollis and was referred to Nobbe Orthopedics, Inc. in
Santa Barbara for
treatment regarding her deformational plagiocephaly.
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We were told the treatment for her condition would require a laser scan
of her head, and for her
to wear a helmet, called The Star Band, 23 hours a day for approximately
four months with
follow up appointments every two weeks. The laser scan took moments to
complete
and before we knew it we were reviewing the results. The thought of
Lauren wearing a helmet
for an hour made us nervous...let alone 23 hours a day, Oh my! We were
told she would handle it just fine...most babies do. And to our
amazement she did. We not only felt lucky that her adjustment went so
well, but that this treatment is offered to babies with this kind of
condition.
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From
October 2008 to January 2009 we worked with wonderful staff at Nobbe
Orthopedic, Inc. to help
properly shape our daughters head. We could not have asked for nicer,
kinder, more helpful,
generous, or patient people to work with. We have now completed the
treatment process,
which took less time than originally thought, and are thrilled with the
results! Nobbe
Orthopedics, Inc. is so dear to our hearts. Our expectations were met
far and beyond our
imagination. Thanks to Nobbe Orthopedics, Inc. and their team our
daughter now has a beautifully shaped head that we are so grateful for.
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Hethar Winkler, Mom of Lauren
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| Testimonial for Nobbe's Axiobionics Vest |
I fight a constant battle against pain. In this battle, my most trusted ally
is the Axiobionics wearable vest and Empi NMES control unit I purchsed from
Nobbe Orthopedics. It provides a steady, reliable electrical current along
my spine that also mediates pain in my lower abdomen and hips.
I can put on the Axiobionics vest any time of the day either to head off pain from sitting up or intermittently to reduce pain built up in the course of an average day. This allows optimum comfort and functioning, free of the brain-numbing side-effects of the many pain-killers I have tried.
Thanks to the electrodes that can be placed anywhere on the body, I also use the Empi control unit to reduce pain in the glutes and other specific areas in addition to the areas of the spine I control with the vest. |
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In addition to the extremely effective Axiobionics vest and control unit, I am very pleased with the interactions I had with the Nobbe Orthopedics staff in fitting the vest and doing follow-up; they are very professional and caring people. |
David Fishmnan, T-6 partial paraplegic since 1966
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