Strive OP News

It is 2:14 a.m. in Sterling Heights and the baby monitor is glowing green on the nightstand. The house is quiet. The furnace has cycled off. And a mother is lying flat on her back with her eyes open, doing the thing that nobody warned her about, which is listening.

Not for crying. For breathing.

Her son is eleven weeks into cranial helmet therapy for plagiocephaly, and the helmet has been on...

Lacey Hoffman remembers the exact appointment. Her daughter Margot was eight weeks old, and the pediatrician in their Romeo office ran through the usual checklist: weight, length, reflexes, head circumference. Then came the line that would echo for the next six months.

“It’s cosmetic. It’ll round out on its own.”

Lacey nodded. She wanted to believe it. Most parents do.

But the flattening on the...

Michigan’s only pediatric-specialized O&P clinic adopts the advanced 3D-printed cranial remolding system for babies with plagiocephaly and brachycephaly

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. – June 16, 2026 – Strive Orthotics & Prosthetics, the only pediatric-specialized orthotics and prosthetics clinic in Michigan, today announced it has selected Talee® as its new cranial orthotic device for infants. The transition is effective immediately, with Talee now available to families across metro Detroit who are seeking treatment...