Colorado Orthopedic News is your source for orthopedic information. Brought to you by the surgeons from OCC – Advanced Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists in Denver, Parker and Aurora, Colorado. Here you can find information about specific orthopedic conditions, common treatments and procedures and general information on how to stay active.
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
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,
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:
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
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
Denver – bunion treatment can be the difference between walking with a spring in your step or nagging bunion pain that has you walking on
Walgreens has announced the launch of permanent prescription medication disposal sites, located throughout Colorado. Walgreens’ medication disposal kiosks are free to use, and will help
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
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
Did you know there are 28 bones in your foot and ankle? That’s a full quarter of all your bones in your feet! Not to
As we outlined in our first knee arthritis post in this three-part series, there is no cure for knee arthritis, so beware of ‘miracle cures’
Did you know that in the past 60 years, it has snowed on either Halloween or November 1st a whopping 41 times? While it looks
