Orthopedics
Keeping Up With Mark Schlereth
Bronco's Super Bowl Champion Stays Active, Willfully Keeps Osteoarthritis Pain At Bay
Peak Dreams
Golden resident Jeff Glasbrenner was in a precarious situation. He was in the final stages of a 12-hour push to summit the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest. For every step forward, Glasbrenner needed three breaths to recover. A storm had socked in his team for an extra day in the area...
Expanding treatment
South Denver Spine adds outpatient room for compression-correcting spine surgery
Ask the Orthopedist
Dear Dr. Kinder; What is a total joint revision surgery, and how do I know if I need it?
Ask An Orthopedist
Dear Dr. Assini: What are the benefits of an anterior approach to hip replacement?
Movement as Medicine
Maintaining whole-body function and balance keeps Coloradans active, on their feet
One-on-one with Colorado Avalanche captain, #92, Gabriel Landeskog
NHL’s youngest captain says both he and Avalanche team have grown
Taming the pain: Dietician uses diet and exercise for arthritis Rx
As a longtime registered dietician nutritionist (RDN), Susan Piergeorge knows more than just the basics of good health. But even her background didn’t stop Piergeorge, who built her career in Colorado, from developing osteoarthritis, the most common form of the potentially debilitating disease....
Meet warzone doctor, now civilian orthopedic surgeon: Dr. Eric Porritt
Dr. Porritt brings a rare background to the NSMC orthopedic department. After serving in the Army National Guard in college, he took an active-duty scholarship for medical school. He was then stationed in Germany for three years, where he treated trauma patients at a major military medical center....
Dr. David Hahn and the Taylor Spatial Frame
Years ago, even the best of orthopedic surgeons couldn’t lengthen someone’s leg or fix a crooked bone, leaving patients disabled or sometimes requiring amputation. Today, P/SL’s Dr. David Hahn does both, sometimes at the same time, with the use of an advanced “fixator” called a Taylor...