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Does a Broken Collar Bone Mean Broken Dreams?

September 22, 2017

Spotlight on Colorado hockey player Cade Alcock Overcoming injuries is always a challenge in contact sports, and for Regis Jesuit hockey defenseman Cade Alcock, that challenge came in the form of a broken collar bone on a September night in 2016. Playing in a preseason game for the state’s top-ranked Regis Raiders, Cade collided with another player in the corner and knew immediately something was wrong. 19-year-old Alcock had been playing hockey since he was

Seven of Colorado’s Top Private Orthopedic Practices Come Together to Form Orthopedic Centers of Colorado, Now the State’s Largest Practice

August 31, 2017

DENVER – August 31, 2017 – Fifty-six of Colorado’s top orthopedic physicians, across seven practices, have united under a common vision of improving outcomes, efficiency, cost, and quality to form Orthopedic Centers of Colorado, LLC (OCC). With 19 offices across the Denver metro area, the combined practice is the largest provider of orthopedic and musculoskeletal care in the state. The seven practices coming together as Orthopedic Centers of Colorado, LLC are: Advanced Orthopedic & Sports

Is a broken bone casting a shadow on your kid’s summer fun?

August 11, 2017

How to get through summer with a broken bone, such as a fractured arm, broken wrist or leg. Summer is a great time for adventure: swimming, climbing, biking, running, and…sometimes falling. Fractures account for 25-30 percent of children visiting clinics during “fracture season.” A broken arm or broken wrist can feel like a real damper on kids’ summer fun, because healing takes time and typically a change in kids’ busy lifestyle – at least for

Colorado: Hip Pain Keeping You from Being Active?

June 21, 2017

3 Common Causes of Hip Pain and Answers about Treatment Pain in any load-bearing joint, like your hip or knee, can be very debilitating and have a huge impact on day-to-day activities and quality of life. And while minor hip pain can often be resolved with conservative measures such as rest, pain relievers, and ice or heat, more severe hip pain typically indicates damage to the bone, cartilage or supporting muscle and needs proper diagnosis.

Preventing, Diagnosing and Treating Denver Rotator Cuff Tears

June 15, 2017

Across Denver rotator cuff tears are occurring in greater numbers because of baseball and other sports that use overhand movements or mechanics (e.g. tennis, volleyball and track and field). While common in many sports, the mechanics of the movement are actually very unnatural and create stress on the stabilizing elements of the shoulder. Combined with the fact that today’s athletes seem to do year-round training and thus overuse specific muscle types, rotator cuff tears are

Spring Has Sprung! Are your feet sandal-ready? Why you shouldn’t put off bunion treatment.

May 3, 2017

Denver – bunion treatment can be the difference between walking with a spring in your step or nagging bunion pain that has you walking on egg shells. Bunion pain affects approximately one-third of the population and disproportionately impacts those who’s occupation requires long periods of standing or walking. What is a bunion? Bunions – bony bumps that form at the base of the big toe and produce a wider than usual foot profile – are

A meniscus tear can stall your soccer season: when it’s time for meniscus surgery

March 1, 2017

Snow may be covering many area soccer fields right now, but whether it’s club and high school spring soccer or the adult league you’ve been looking forward to all winter, off-season conditioning and indoor sessions have given way to the first days of outdoor cuts on turf and grass. It’s this time of year that, despite smart training, we see more patients for meniscus surgery, whose hard winter work has been quickly undone by a

Avoid the Most Common Skiing Knee Injuries When Hitting the Slopes

January 21, 2017

It’s time to hit the slopes! Crested Butte has gotten 112 inches of snow in January alone, and most of Summit county has at least a 60-inch base. But with all that fresh powder, it’s easy to get bogged down in a turn or just plain worn out. Common skiing knee injuries happen when people overdo it or get into terrain that is beyond their ability. But the good news is that many knee injuries

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