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Richard Cunningham, MD, is an orthopedic sports medicine physician and surgeon at Vail (Colo.) Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery. He is a knee and shoulder orthopedic specialist and is also a team physician for U.S. Ski & Snowboard.He recently connected with Becker's on the impact of different ACL knee surgeries on athletes' returning [...]

Dr. Richard Cunningham is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in knee and shoulder sports medicine at Vail-Summit Orthopedics & Neurosurgery. Knee cartilage damage is a prevalent issue that can cause persistent pain and severely hinder one’s active lifestyle. Over the last 20 years of his career, Dr. Cunningham has cared for [...]

Question: How have you updated your strategy for success in ASC/outpatient care recently?Richard Cunningham, MD. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Physician and Surgeon at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery (Frisco, Colo.):1. It is so critical to my success to work with an experienced physician assistant, athletic trainer and scrub tech in surgery. Although insurance often [...]

I'm Dr. Richard Cunningham, a Knee and Shoulder Sports Medicine Physician at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery. I specialize in the treatment of ACL injuries. Today I want to shed some light on a crucial aspect of sports-related injuries and surgeries: ACL graft failure after ACL surgery. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is [...]

Richard Cunningham, MD – a top rated, board certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery has a clinical focus on the treatment of shoulder injuries. Dr. Cunningham has over 20-years of experience returning patients back to the activities they love. He has a surgical focus of repairing [...]

Richard Cunningham, MD, of Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist. He has a clinical focus on conditions of the shoulder including shoulder dislocations. Patients with shoulder instability, particularly recurrent dislocations, often require surgical treatment. This surgery often consists of an arthroscopic Bankart repair with or without [...]

Hippocrates said long ago “Let food be thy medicine.” Unfortunately, the standard American diet consists of highly processed, addictive foods high in saturated fat, cholesterol, and refined sugar. This diet is greatly contributing to disease and death in America today. The two biggest killers in America, heart disease and cancer, can be [...]

Richard Cunningham, MD is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery. Dr. Cunningham has advanced training in the treatment of ACL injuries, and he has performed many thousand ACL surgeries over the last 20 years. Dr. Cunningham was one of the first surgeons in Rocky Mountain region [...]

Richard Cunningham, MD, a board certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist has a clinical focus on injuries, conditions and treatment of the knee and shoulder. When a patient presents with knee cartilage damage, the Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System Procedure (OATS) may be indicated. Dr. Cunningham specializes in cartilage damage treatment and [...]

Richard Cunningham, MD, is a board certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist with a clinical focus on treatment of shoulder conditions. Patients diagnosed with a history of recurrent shoulder dislocations, or repeat failed shoulder surgeries to stabilize the shoulder, may be a candidate for Dr. Cunningham’s distal tibial allograft (DTA) for [...]

Richard Cuningham, MD, a board certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist, has a clinical focus on treatment of a variety of shoulder conditions. Dr. Cunningham’s expert care includes glenoid bone loss treatment. Glenoid bone loss typically occurs as a result of recurrent shoulder dislocations. Glenoid bone loss is challenging to accurately [...]