Orthopedics

Greenwood Athletic Club

Increasing your core value: You need more than strong abs to keep your body at its best

by Sally Wadyka

There comes a time when flaunting six-pack abs loses priority, but that’s no excuse to let your stomach muscles go. In fact, it’s more important than ever, as we age, to build a strong core.

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Spine Xray

Back ache a ticket to surgery? Not always, spine experts say

by Scot Kersgaard

Back pain, particularly in baby boomers, can mean many things: 16 candles was a really long time ago. Donuts and nachos have a lot more staying power. And weekend pickup games? There’s a reason there’s more “youth” basketball teams. But one thing back pain generally doesn’t mean, despite...

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Catherine Vrba

Advanced Spine Surgery gets Coloradans Back on Path

by Mary Lemma

Catherine Vrba had been an athletic person all her life, especially devoted to long distance running. But after two car accidents, she started to experience back pain that increased in frequency and severity over several years. Everyday activities such as looking after the house, driving her...

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anterior hip replacement

Replacing parts: Joint surgery can bring back life’s pleasures

by Debra Melani

Ask Jim Rice how bad the pain in his hip was, and he finds no need for contemplation. “It was a 10,” he replies instantly. Yet the tough Colorado outdoorsman is also quick to add that it wasn’t so much the pain, but what the pain took away, that pushed him through his orthopedic surgeon’s door.

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Dr. Laurel Benson, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Rocky Mountain Pediatric Orthopedics (right), spends time with her precious patient, Stella Alden.

HIP TO PREVENTION

by Debra Melani

Detecting Congenital Defects, Such as Hip Dysplasia, Early Boosts Outcomes for Babies

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Presbyterian St. Lukes, Denver

Meet the Doctor: Nel Gerig, MD

by Mary Lemma

Dr. Nel Gerig is a urologist and medical director of the Pelvic Solutions Center in Denver, which she founded. She is also president of the Rocky Mountain Urological Society. Gerig graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine and completed residency in urological surgery at the University of Colorado...

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new hip

A Hip Approach

by Debra Melani

Innovative replacement technique vaults many patients back to their active lifestyles

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woman stretching

Five ways to build muscle without lifting a pound

by Lisa Marshall

Whether you want to look better in a tank top, hoist your suitcase into the car with ease, or burn more calories faster, muscle matters. But, unfortunately, it naturally begins to decline well before we hit the “Big 40.”

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CEO: Chief Exercising Officer

by Lisa Marshall

ReadyTalk CEO Dan King - recently dubbed the “World’s Fittest CEO” - is on the move, headlamp guiding his way as he rides his bike 36 miles from his Boulder home to his sixth-floor office in LODO.

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Michael Mann. By: Brian Walski

Michael Mann Gets Better with Age

by Debra Melani

Michael Mann; Age: 58; Residence: Centennial, Colorado; Occupation: Owner of SwimLabs, where Mann and his staff help swimmers of any age or level improve their stroke by using underwater cameras and comparing client videos to those of expert swimmers’. He is also a masters swim coach at...

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