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The State of the US Health Care System for Skiers & Riders | $2,000 PRP & Hyaluronic Acid Injections Into The Knee

Report from February 9, 2022 Today I went to a new orthopedic surgeon in Park City, UT where I got PRP and hyaluronic acid injections for my bad left knee. The injections + doctor visit + x-rays cost me $2,000 and were not covered by my insurance. To get this appointment, I needed an MRI and MRI analysis which I […]

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Miles Clark | February 11, 2022
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Collision At Whistler Mountain Resort, BC Leaves 11-Year-Old Girl Injured

Collision Injury

Carolyn Bachler was skiing with her friends on a multi-use trail at Whistler, BC, when a man slammed into her, skiing over her face. The 11-year-old and her friends stated there was plenty of room on the trail for the man to avoid them. The trail the incident occurred on is often used by skiers going to and from their cabins. […]

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Nick Retterer | March 5, 2021
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High Altitude Pulmonary Edema | Know What it is and What to Do

According to the Mayo Clinic high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), not to be confused with pneumonia, is caused when the vessels in the lungs constrict, eventually making fluid leak to the lung tissues and into air sacs. Despite how uninviting and scary this sounds, especially to those who play or live in higher elevations it’s quite an important condition to […]

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Mitchell Milbauer | February 1, 2020
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How to Cope with Injury

Pre-season injury

I’ve always been jealous of people who love sports that aren’t dependent on season. Baseball, for example, might have a season, but enthusiasts can still throw a ball around in the winter. Snowboarding and skiing are over once the snow is. It is precious. And it is a burden. My life during the snowboarding season is different to my life […]

Helena Guglielmino | September 27, 2017
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Stem Cells to Replace Surgery for ACL Tears:

In the past 6 months or so I have heard allot about the newly emerging method for ACL repairs that involves no traditional orthopedic surgery and thus makes for a faster and easier recovery as well as a stronger more durable repair. Being that I am a 70 day plus a year skier, hockey player, mountain biker, skateboarder etc, I have seen and heard […]

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Ryan Mulcahy | June 11, 2014
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