The Foundation
A Warrior's Legacy
IronLimb Foundation was founded by Jason Stridiron, US Navy Retired and Disabled Veteran, in memory of a dear friend — a civilian amputee who carried more than most will ever understand. He lived daily with phantom limb syndrome: the relentless, invisible sensation of a limb that is no longer there. He faced it with iron will.
He was not a soldier. He was a brother. And like too many amputees, when the pain became unbearable, opioid medication was what the system offered. That medication became its own war — one he ultimately did not win. His loss is not a footnote. It is the reason this foundation exists.
Jason brings his own lived experience of disability and military service to this work. The foundation honors a brother who was not a veteran — but whose suffering reflects what too many amputees endure every day, in silence, without adequate answers.
"He carried more than most will ever know — and he never put it down. This foundation is his."
— Jason Stridiron, Founder · IronLimb FoundationThe Problem We Fight
Phantom Limb Syndrome
Phantom limb syndrome affects the overwhelming majority of amputees — a condition where the nervous system continues to send pain signals from a limb that no longer exists. It is chronic, debilitating, poorly understood, and drastically underfunded.
When the primary treatment offered is opioid pain medication, the inadequacy of the system is not an inconvenience — it is a crisis. Too many amputees are losing their battle not to phantom pain, but to the treatment pipeline that was supposed to help them. That changes now.