In 2011 Dr. Cunningham participated in the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race, a 100 mile mountain bike race in Colorado that starts in the town of Leadville at 10,000 feet elevation. During the race, there is 14,000 feet of elevation gained during the the ride which goes over numerous mountain passes. Pro riders, such [...]
Dr. Cunningham recently gave a talk at a health and wellness seminar in Vail called "Living at Your Peak." His talk was titled "Be an Orthopedist for a Day." In this talk Dr. Cunningham showed participants how orthopedic doctors do arthroscopic ACL reconstruction.
Are athletes at greater risk of injury playing on artificial fields? Dr. Cunningham addresses this question in his column in today's Vail Daily News. Full Article: Ask a Sports Medicine Doc column: Turf or grass?
Read Dr. Cunningham's latest column on sports injuries.
Dr. Cunningham debuts his "Ask a Sports Doc" column in the Vail Daily News. Full Article: New Ask a Sports Doc column makes its debut
Read Dr. Cunningham's latest article on New Trends in ACL Tears which was recently published in Vail Daily News. Full Article: New Trends in ACL Tears and How to Prevent a Tear
Vail's Meghan Buchanan broke her femur, then climbed to Everest base camp with Dr. Cunningham's help. Full Article: Vail Valley’s Meghan Buchanan overcomes horrendous injury to climb Seven Summits
Video of Dr. Cunningham on Good Morning Vail, discussing ACL injuries and how to prevent them.
Is Your Knee Stable for the Upcoming Ski Season? Please join Dr. Rick Cunningham, a knee, shoulder, and sports medicine specialist with Vail-Summit Orthopaedics, who will share some tips on how to prevent an ACL tear this season.
Dr. Rick Cunningham, an orthopaedic specialist with Vail-Summit Orthopaedics, checks out the knee of 14-year-old Mary Sweet, who will be playing soccer for Vail Christian this year. The ninth-grader was taking part in a student-athlete physical clinic held at the VSO Edwards office on Aug. 11. The low-cost physicals were offered to all Eagle [...]
A torn meniscus is a common knee injury. In younger people, the meniscus is fairly tough and rubbery. An isolated meniscus tear in a young patient is uncommon. However, young people not uncommonly tear their meniscus in conjunction with ACL tears as a result of a forceful twisting injury. Full Article: Vail doc talks [...]
Dr. Rick Cunningham, a knee and shoulder specialist with Vail Summit Orthopaedics, has been named the team physician for the new semi-pro soccer team based in Edwards called Freedom FC. The team is owned by the Western Eagle County Metropolitan Recreation Department and joined the semi-professional Premier Arena Soccer League as an expansion team [...]
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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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