What is a Shoulder Fracture? A shoulder fracture is a break of one of the bones that make up the shoulder. Fractures are almost always due to an acute, traumatic injury. Most often, a shoulder fracture is caused by a fall, with someone landing directly on the shoulder or landing on one’s outstretched [...]
What is Shoulder Instability? The shoulder is comprised of three bones; the humerus (upper arm bone), scapula (shoulder blade), and the clavicle (collarbone). The top of the humerus bone (humeral head) joins the shoulder socket (the glenoid, which is part of the scapula) to form the shoulder joint (glenohumeral joint). The glenoid is [...]
What is a Broken Collarbone? A broken collarbone--or fractured clavicle--is an injury to the front (anterior) bone of the shoulder complex. Clavicle fractures are common, accounting for 5% of all bone fractures. Most breaks occur in the middle section of the clavicle bone. Occasionally, a fracture can occur at the end of the [...]
What is a Complex Knee Injury? The knee has four main ligaments that stabilize the knee: Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL), Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL), Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), and Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL). These ligaments work together to allow normal knee range of motion while also providing knee joint stability. A complex knee [...]
Patient Sunny pictured with her family. Sunny Carrington-Hahn is the Director of Imaging and Nurse Supervisors at Vail Health Hospital. She has lived in Vail, Colorado with her husband Erik and two children – Samantha and Nicolas – for two years. Prior to that, she grew up in Texas and lived in many other [...]
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by TV8’s Good Morning Vail at the 2019 GoPro Mountain Games. Watch my full interview- here
I was recently featured on Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery's podcast where I discussed shoulders, knees, and the importance of good nutrition. Be sure to give the podcast a listen- here
Jeremiah’s 1stPost-Surgery“14er”— Quandary’s Peak Jeremiah Couch is a hiking enthusiast and dude ranch (horse breeding farm) worker in Durango, CO. He was born to missionary parents in Ghana, South Africa and was raised in Ohio, before moving to Colorado. In the spring of 2018, Jeremiah was working for Vail Resorts. As an employee, he [...]
Jeanne pictured here with her family. Jeanne Nedrelow, originally from Minnesota, moved to Vail in 1979. Vail is the perfect place for this garden designer who has skied 67,000 vertical in a day as well as 2 million vertical in a year and averages 1,250,000 vertical annually. And, this is after having two knee [...]
Cooler late summer weather in the valley makes for perfect conditions to hit the links or local courts. This time of year is host to some of the most prestigious tennis and golf tournaments in the world including the US Open Tennis Championship, PGA Championship and Ryder Cup. Golf and tennis enthusiasts will be [...]
Shoulder (glenohumeral joint) osteoarthritis is less common than arthritis affecting the knee or hip, which are weight bearing joints. Shoulder arthritis is classified as being either primary or secondary. What Causes Shoulder Arthritis? Primary arthritis tends to be seen in adults over the age of 60 as a result of “wear and tear.” Patients [...]
Stand up paddle boarding, or SUPing, has exploded in popularity recently, and more and more people in the Vail Valley are getting into it. SUPing can be a wonderful form of exercise that focuses on core and upper body strength, and it’s accessible to everyone from Class IV whitewater adrenaline junkies to those looking [...]
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“If you suffer this sort of injury Dr. Cunningham and his team are the people you want to see. They have preformed 1,000s of knee and shoulder surgeries, it’s what they do. The whole time they were supportive, realistic with recovery expectations and did phenomenal work. I hope to be just a one time customer but I can’t recommend them enough for those who suffer an injury like I did. Dr. Cunningham is one of the best knee and shoulder doctors in Vail.”
– Ryan B.
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