The baseball pitch has been extensively studied and can be divided into several stages: windup, early cocking, late cocking, acceleration, deceleration and follow-through. During throwing, there is a transmission of forces from the lower extremities and core to the upper extremity. The transition point between the late cocking and acceleration phase is the most [...]
The snow has already melted off many of the trails down valley, and with that comes motocross for some and mountain biking, hiking, and trail running for others. Motocross is a very strenuous sport. Motocross is gaining in popularity with more dirt tracks being made. Although motocross athletes wear protective gear, injuries are not [...]
Golf is a great sport and people of all ages play the game. In 2009, it is reported that around 25 million people participated in golf in the U.S. In one study, there were 0.5 injuries per 1,000 hours of golf played per person. The most commonly injured site is the low back, followed [...]
March is Athletic Training Month, a great time to focus on the important role of Athletic Trainers in an orthopedic practice. Our ATs are a vital part of our care team in helping our patients rehab and get back to doing what they love as soon as possible. [...]
Illustration showing the anatomy of the elbow The biceps muscle of your arm has two tendons that come off the top end of the muscle and attach to different parts of the scapula and then then one tendon at the bottom end that attaches down near the elbow onto the radius bone [...]
Studies show osteoarthritis is the most frequent cause of physical disability among older adults, affecting more than 20 million Americans. In osteoarthritis, there is a gradual loss of the coating or articular cartilage in our joints. Although there is a mechanical wear and tear component (such as obesity and meniscus tears), it is now known [...]
If you’re a sports fan like me, you have seen the number of knee dislocations rise over the last couple of years in all sports. Knee dislocations often occur from direct impact from an opposing object to the knee. In sports such as football, contact with the knee from opposing objects or player, is [...]
The physician assistant (PA) profession first began in 1965, and has flourished, and growing every year since. Physician assistants are medical professionals trained in general medicine with the option for working and specializing in a specific field. Often, people have a misunderstanding about what exactly we do. A common question we receive is “So [...]
Life of an Athletic Trainer in the NFL by Richard Williams, ATC, OTC Richard Williams is an athletic trainer who recently joined my team at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics. He works with me both in the office and in surgery and we are happy to have him. Pretty cool that he has a Super Bowl Ring [...]
I recently saw a 32 year old male patient in the office who said he was weight lifting when he felt a tearing sensation and had immediate pain and later bruising and swelling in his chest wall and arm pit area. Furthermore, when he flexed his chest musculature, there was an obvious deformity. He [...]
Residents and visitors to the Vail Valley like to play hard, whether it be tracking one's vertical feet on a powder day or participating in the Vail Hill Climb. I think it is great to be active and push one's limits beyond what we might have thought ourselves capable of. As we get older, [...]
With summer here, patients are out enjoying activities such as golf, paddling on the river, tennis and fly fishing. I often see patients in the office who present with shoulder pain after participating in these sorts of overhead activities. Typically patients do not report a particular injury but just notice that the shoulder pain [...]
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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.”
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