Alpine Athletic Medicine

Conditions

Common conditions that we frequently image, diagnose, and treat

Read about the following injuries, conditions, and interventions that we specialize in:

Injuries and conditions that we commonly treat:

Spine injuries and pain of the neck (cervical spine), low back (lumbar spine), strained ligaments, herniated discs, spondylosis, & spinal facet joints.
Radicular nerve root pain, thoracic outlet syndrome, spinal stenosis, & degenerative disc disease.
Failed back surgery and complications from failed spine and orthopedic surgeries.
Neuropathy, nerve entrapment, nerve impingement, neuralgia, & nerve tunnel syndromes (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, radial tunnel, tarsal tunnel, ischiofemoral, etc).
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and autonomic sympathetic pain syndromes (stellate ganglion, sphenopalatine ganglion, trigeminal gasserian ganglion neuralgia, etc.)
Osteoarthritis, joint pain, joint instability, synovitis, joint effusions, & rheumatic diseases.
Post-traumatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, neuropathic arthritis (Charcot's joint), spondyloarthropathies, & other forms of rheumatoid and autoimmune arthritis.
Tendonitis, tendinosis, tendinopathies, enthesitis, & tenosynovitis.
Strains, sprains, ruptures, or tears of tendons, ligaments, labrum, rotator cuff, meniscus, joints, pulleys, & other connective tissues.
Arthritis and other arthropathies of the spine, knee, hip, sacroiliac, ankle, shoulder, elbow, hand, finger, and temporomandibular joints.
Labral tears, meniscus tears, and dislocations of hip, shoulder, knee, elbow, etc.
Rotator cuff tears, adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder), shoulder labrum tears (SLAP/Bankart/etc), bursitis, & many other shoulder pathologies.
Forearm lateral epicondyle pathologies (tennis elbow).
Forearm medial epicondyle pathologies (golfer's elbow).
Ganglion cysts, Dupuytren's contractures, Heberden's nodes, Bouchard nodes, stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger), tophi, synovial cysts, & fibromatosis.
Pulley ruptures, volar plate avulsions, checkrein ligament strains, lumbrical tears, jersey finger, & related injuries.
Injuries of the hip, thigh, knee, ankle, foot, and toe in runners and other competitive athletes.
Sacroiliac (SI joint), piriformis syndrome, greater trochanteric syndrome, & deep gluteal syndromes.
Iliotibial IT band syndrome, pes anserine bursitis, and other bursitis at the hip & knee.
Hamstring tears of muscle and tendon (hip origin & knee insertion).
Pathologies of biceps femoris, semitendinosus, & semimembranosus.
Hip flexor and femoral quadriceps pathologies (proximal and distal).
Impingement syndromes of shoulder & hip (FAI-S).
Patellar tendinosis & plica syndrome.
Gastrocnemius & soleus pathologies.
Pathologies of peroneus & tibialis anterior/posterior muscles.
Medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints and stress fractures).
Plantar fasciitis.
Turf toe, capsuloligamentous tears, & Morton's neuroma.
Achilles tendinosis and achillodynia.
Bursitis of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, etc.
Muscle tears, ligament tears, tendon tears, tightness, strains, myofascial syndrome, & trigger points.
Joint instability, impingement, subluxation, & joint laxity.
Adaptive muscle shortening, spasticity, hypertrophic scar tissue formation.
Endocrine disorders & Hormone deficiencies/imbalances.
Relative Energy Deficiency Syndrome (RED-S) & Overtraining Syndrome (OTS).
Cancer complications & tumor imaging.
Nutritional deficiencies, electrolyte imbalances, anemia, bone marrow function, & metabolic disorders.
And many more not listed here!

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