Sports Medicine

Leading Sports Medicine Provider on the Western Slope

Colorado’s Western Slope provides many opportunities to engage in your favorite athletic activities. The mountains provide great hiking and biking trails, as well as great climbing surfaces. In the winter, you can stay active on the ski slopes. These outdoor activities, combined with the opportunities to participate in organized team sports, give you virtually limitless ways to maintain an active lifestyle.

Athletics are a great way to stay fit and healthy, and they provide a wide range of fun activities to fill your time. While the benefits of participating in sports are extremely worthwhile, it’s important to remember that in order to achieve peak performance, you’ll often be pushing your body to its limits. This increases the risk of injury.

Colorado Advanced Orthopedics is the leading sports medicine provider on the Western Slope. Our highly trained, board-certified orthopedic surgeons can diagnose and treat your injury, delivering the exceptional results you need to resume your active lifestyle at peak performance. Our team has the experience necessary to treat just about any sports-related injury you may have.

Common Knee Injuries Caused by Sports

Some of the most common sports injuries involving the knee include:

• Fractures – Fractures can occur in any of the bones surrounding the knee, including the kneecap, shinbone and thighbone. Often, fractures are caused by high-energy trauma to the region.
• Dislocations – The knee can become dislocated when the surrounding bones get shifted out of alignment.
• ACL injuries – The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) runs down the front side of the patella bone (kneecap), providing stability to the knee. This ligament can tear from changing direction quickly, jumping incorrectly, or when another part of the knee sustains in an injury. Due to the important function performed by this ligament, a torn ACL is very serious.
• MCL injuries – The medial collateral ligament (MCL) provides stability to the inner knee. This ligament can be stretched or torn from a blow to the outer side of the knee. While these injuries are typically less serious than an ACL tear, they still result in significant damage to the knee.
• Meniscal tears – The meniscus provides cushioning between the shinbone and thighbone. It can tear from cutting, pivoting, twisting, or being tackled on the field.
• Tendon tears – The quadriceps tendon connects the thigh muscle to the patella. The patellar tendons connect the patella to the shinbone. Both of these tendons can tear from running, falling, or landing awkwardly from a jump.

Knee Procedures Performed by Our Sports Medicine/Orthopedic Surgeons

At Colorado Advanced Orthopedics, we perform a wide range of treatments for knee injuries occurring from sports, including:

• Knee Meniscectomy – Arthroscopic meniscectomy is an outpatient, minimally invasive surgical procedure used to treat a torn meniscus cartilage in the knee. Only the torn segment of the meniscus is removed.
• ACL Surgery – ACL surgery is performed to reconstruct or repair a torn ACL. ACL reconstruction surgery uses a graft to replace the ligament.
• Knee Scopes – Knee arthroscopy is a surgical technique that can diagnose and treat problems in the knee joint.

In addition, our team treats a wide range of injuries associated with sports trauma, including:

• Stress injuries/stress fractures
• Exertional compartment syndrome
• Concussion diagnosis and management
• Back pain
• Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis

Our team also treats complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), a chronic pain condition that most often affects one limb. CRPS usually occurs after an injury and is believed to be caused by damage to or malfunction of the peripheral and central nervous system.

Preventing Sports Injuries

At Colorado Advanced Orthopedics, we believe in providing the education necessary to help you avoid serious sports injuries. We offer a variety of programs to help you maintain a healthy body, including:

• Generalized fitness, strength and conditioning programming
• Sports-specific strength and conditioning programming
• Injury prevention programming
• Injury recovery programming
• Exercise in pregnancy advice and programming
• Exercise in postpartum advice and programming
• Performance/sports psychology
• Nutrition
• Supplements
• Body movement and mechanics
• Weight loss
• The “geriatric athlete” trying to maintain/prolong independence

First-Class Experience

You’ll benefit from a first-class experience provided by our caring staff. We offer flexible hours to accommodate your busy schedule, and we work hard to minimize the wait times while you’re at your appointments. You’ll also receive detailed communications from our team throughout every stage of your treatment, ensuring you have the information necessary to make informed decisions.

We understand that dealing with your insurance company can be a hassle. In order to make that part of the process go as smoothly as possible, our team is always available to assist you with the filing of insurance paperwork. We are here to make sure your procedure goes smoothly, from your initial consultation through the conclusion of your follow-up care.