Osteoarthritis of the Big Toe
Osteoarthritis is a disease that can affect every joint of the body, it leads to a breakdown of the cartilage cushioning in the joint. This wear and tear can cause chronic pain, stiffness and swelling, eventually causing those affected to stop doing the things that they love for fear of making the pain worse. When … read more
Lapiplasty: A New Treatment Option for Bunions
If you have painful bunions, there is a new, patented treatment option that aims to fix the root cause of the bunion and can often times have patients walking again within days of the surgery. Lapiplasty 3D bunion correction is the newest way to address and repair bunions. Dr Desai is offering this exciting, new treatment … read more
Ankle Replacement Surgery
Ankle replacement is a very unique procedure and is not commonly performed. Panorama Orthopedics is a center of excellence for ankle replacement. Foot and ankle doctors here perform more total ankle replacements than anywhere else in the Rocky Mountain Region. In fact, our doctors perform, four-times more ankle replacements than anywhere else in Colorado. Ankle arthritis does … read more
The Rise of Pickleball Injuries & How to Avoid Them
An interview with Sports Medicine Surgeon, Dr. James Johnson The Journal of Emergency Medicine published a study in 2019, stating that pickleball injuries were rapidly on the rise, reporting an estimated 19,000 pickleball injuries per year. We interviewed Dr. James Johnson, Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon at Panorama, to explore why there’s been such a significant … read more
Are we sacrificing injury prevention for performance? Footwear has a role to play.
By Colin Ditsworth In recent years, it seems midfoot and forefoot injuries have become more and more prevalent in cleated athletes (Foot injury prevalence estimated to approx. 15 per 10,000). Players in college and in the NFL are routinely missing extended time due to forefoot and midfoot injuries such as turf toe and Lisfranc complex … read more