Success Stories - Orthopädie-Technik Scharpenberg

Successfully active despite limitations

Positive stories from customers

With our success stories, we would like to show you that even with a medical aid like a prosthesis, you can continue your life without restrictions. From the smallest to the Paralympic athlete – our customers master everyday life, hobbies and sports!

For us, it is always the greatest reward when we are able to help improve a person’s mobility and quality of life.

The success stories of our customers

Nataliia Mandryk and two of our technicians pose in front of our headquarters in Rostock

Paralympics athlete Nataliia Mandryk

The 2020 Paralympic silver medallist in wheelchair fencing Nataliia Mandryk visited us. During her visit, we took plaster casts of her legs and then sat down for a coffee.

A family consisting of a man, woman and child standing in a doorway

The Romera family

A visit from the south. The Romera family regularly comes to us from Kempten and has prostheses fitted here!Maria Romera had to have her left forearm amputated just 3 weeks […]

Jan-Christoph Ihrens – a triple amputee plays table tennis

As a triple amputee, Jan-Christoph Ihrens presented us with a special challenge. He is currently fitted with a transfemoral prosthesis with C-Leg, a transtibial prosthesis with the Harmony system and […]

Boy sitting on an orange bench and holding a green Plusch frog in one prosthetic hand.

Darian – A high-tech hand for the three-cheeked kid

Little Darian from Rostock was born with dysmelia. He received his first arm prosthesis at the age of 2. Ralph Scharpenberg built him a myoelectronically controlled arm prosthesis so that […]

A man with a prosthetic leg and walking sticks on the beach

Henry Kaminski – As a peer he helps those affected

Henry Kaminski, 50, has been a left thigh amputee up to the middle of the thigh since his accident in 1989 by a landmine. As a peer counsellor, he provides […]

Vanessa Low – Double amputee world champion and Paralympic winner

The athlete Vanessa Low has been a satisfied customer of Orthopädie-Technik Scharpenberg since the beginning of 2016. At the head office in Rostock, the disabled athlete is optimally looked after […]

Our former apprentice Paul Schmitt

At the age of 20, Paul Schmidt developed bone cancer in his right leg. He initially received a tumour endoprosthesis, but it became inflamed. This led to an amputation in […]