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Dr. Robert LaPrade recently contributed to the Vail Daily with an article on common knee injuries. He states that when an individual experiences their knee locking, or, if the knee is unable to straighten out, accompanied with swelling and pain inside the knee, that a meniscus knee injury is likely. Meniscus knee injuries are common among winter sports athletes and is one of the most [...]

"I play goalie and have had hip and groin pain for the past couple weeks at summer camp. What could be the cause?" This question and many, many more are submitted weekly to Let's Play Hockey-a website dedicated to keeping hockey enthusiasts up to date on games, tournaments, schedules and more for ice hockey players across the U.S. Dr. Robert F. LaPrade continues to be [...]

Dr. Robert LaPrade has just been honored with a Patient’s Choice award for 2011. This national award is based on feedback from patients in which they report about their doctors in the categories of bedside manner, the amount of time that doctors spend with their patients, the courtesy of office staff and patient’s overall opinions of their doctors. The Patient’s Choice Award is only given [...]

Robert LaPrade, M.D., orthopedic surgeon and complex knee injury specialist with The Steadman Clinic and director of the biomechanics department of the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., recently developed a comprehensive compilation of measurements of arthroscopically pertinent bony and soft tissue landmarks, which show the ACL and its individual bundle attachment centers on the tibia and femur, according to an article published in The [...]

ISAKOS Ranks Institute Research Paper in the Top 10   The e-poster, Outcomes of Treatment of Acute Grade III Isolated and Combined Posterolateral Knee Injuries: A Prospective Case Series, was awarded as a top 10 e-poster out of more than 1,000 submitted at the eight biennial meeting of The International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) held in Rio de Janeiro, [...]

Dr. Robert LaPrade is an orthopaedic sports medicine specialist and complex knee injury expert at The Steadman Clinic in Vail. He has been practicing sports medicine for 16 years. LaPrade specializes in complex knee injuries and as such, he has a passion for researching new ways to reconstruct knees. He is also very active in Biomechanics Research at the Steadman Philippon Research Institutel. He took the [...]

Dr. Robert LaPrade and his colleagues at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute have developed and scientifically validated a novel reconstruction technique for MCL tears and injuries. The institute claims that while many forms of MCL knee treatment for this specific injury are available today, their technique using an anatomic reconstruction is the most effective for long-term viability.  An anatomic reconstruction replaces torn structures with tissue [...]

Patient Sharon chronicles her experience with knee surgery with Dr. LaPrade at The Steadman Clinic.  Sharon is 48 and prides herself on having never even taken pharmaceutical drugs.  Aggressively and continuously searching for ways to avoid western medicine, both Sharon and her husband were concerned about going down the road of an invasive surgery. One week after the injury, they headed for the Vail Health and The Steadman [...]

Reis first operation was conducted by renowned knee specialists Richard Steadman, MD and Roberto La Prade, MD in Vail in the state of Colorado in the presence of PSV's team doctor Tjaarda Weber. A report on PSV's official website reads that the American doctors have expressed their delight with the work and dedication shown by Reis during his rehabilitation and they're hopeful that the forward [...]