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Sponsored content Dr. Sterett: Expert in female ACL reconstruction, and more By Kimberly Nicolet "Utilicing the quadrieps tendon for ACI. oght to you by Val Summit Orthopaedics & Neure nstratikm has become the go-to graft eleice in my practiem." he sail "Since transitioning to this, I moticel a decrease in chronie patellar teknitis ecenbined with a wry knw re-rupture rate in my patients" rgery When JoAnna Coffey tone her keft MI. ski racing at age 12. she met uith more than fear different sungens in and around her hometown of Aspen. "M the time, many sloctoes were very hesi- tant to operate cn me, as I was young and still growing Colley sys. Hamstring tendkens are also saevessfully el in ACL. reconstraction, in the right pu- tient. "Ski racers all kwe hamstring grafts to replace the MCL." said Sterett. "We are hesitant to use hamstring tendons in female athletes that are kse-jinted, or lyper lax, because the tehnkpe my ontribute to even more hypereatensian, a krumn Finally, someone recommended Dr. B Stevett, Head Physician for the US Wotens ontrilutor to MCI. tears" Paients with Alpine Ski Teum and managing parteer at gnital he perlasity have a four times Vail-Summit Orthopardies & Neunsur ry. Due to Colley's yoing age, Sterett useda adaver ligament to nplace her ACL. Ile cautikenel ber that this may cnly last abeat + years as cadaver ligaments have a mach higher retear rate in athketes under age 20, Coffey was racing at a very high kevel, yet this ligament lasted for 12 years, higler rate of tearing an MCL. replaced with a lamstring tenkan than with a patellar tendon, even in the first year. Women are muelh more likely to be bon with kose joints than males. Becase Ster- ett works so closely with female racers on the Workl Cap cireuit, may of his athletie patients neet the criteria for being hy per lax. USA Women's Alpine Team XX Olympic Winter Games tono e Dr. Sterett has been the Head Team Physician for the US Women's Alpine Ski Team since 1997. (Photo courtesy of Voil-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery I had a kat of hanl falls and erashes and a THE FEMALE FACTOR ot of damage oer time, so l'm surprised it lasted that kong" she said. "When I retore my MCL. in 2016, I had no doubts that I wanted Dr. Sterett and his team to repair my knee again." For ener 20 years, Sterett has heen the US Womenis Alpine Ski Teani's head team ketor. Ile manages all kinds of injuries, from sprains to ceneissis. Ile regulaaly receives calls at 4am. (which is mikday in Farope, where mot athketes spenal a good portken of time racing) to help determine whether it's safe for an athlete to compete after an injury. IHe describes his work with NCL. Intenstinghy, in Steret's esperiene, professional athetes hune a higher inci- dence of hy permobility. In one seasn, 15 of 17 athketes on the Workd Cup eirenit net the criteria for byperlaxity. which is tested thruugh five simple flexibility esercises raled a Beighton Score not enodi zescanh esists to specifically quantify impenements. However, Ster- ett predicts that in three to five years, he will be alle to tell patients exactly whut beetits-and the pentages-they can expect with stem cells or PRPas a surgical adjunet, "This time, he suggested emplying her quadricep tendon to repair the torn ACI. "After felkming Dr. Sieret's recovery and nhab plan, I eame back very streeg and luve had eo isses with ny left kne,he e team as a "faveinating, like-kegjoorney said. While many surgoons still use the potellar tendon to replace the ton ACI., Sterett and his team began moving away from this technkque almost 20 years aga. He kand that most ski racers were unhapgy with the graft site pain associated with this tech- nique and up to 12s of patients had to miss includes every thing frem snowboanling an acklitional year of competition doe to dronik patellar tenlonitis. "Hyperlasity may help athktes to ach the nest kevel.," Stentt said. "Unbetunately that abo puts them at higher risk for these season ending injuries In adlition to anatoical risk factors, women esperience performance factors Feom a performance standpoint, ACL. inju- ries ean be lessned ly landing with a flesed stem ells and PRP treatmentsshe has knee rather than in an estended position. Meamwhile, Codfey has relid on Sterett to keep her going Thongh she has stegped racing. Coffy is a sponsorel estreme back- COuntry skier. Last Janary, she tore her right ACLand sulfend a severe menisus tear. After a successful quadriceps tendkn ACL. recnnstruction (with the addition of that's been a lot of fun, but it's als one that has made him an espert in the fickd of female injuries, prevention and nescovery. As reereational skiers, women ane six times mure likely to suffer an ACL tear than men. In most sports, kemake athketes are three to four times moee likehy to tear their MCI. than their male counterparts. This statistie Secondly, as the load is abuted, making been ceared by Sterett to surf in Maui. Tin thankful to bane known Dr. Sterett for sure the athlete's knee doesnt cave inwands, which puts the ACLat extreme risk to baskethall, voley bull, fiekd hockey and soer plyers. (Workd Cup racing is albnut the only sport with similar ACI. injuries in femules and makes 1i years and cunting, and he is the only surgron I trust and want to work on my knees." Colley said. "My family and I chne THE FUTURE OF RECOVERY Along with edacating his potients on ren Dr. Sterett for his pefessional, yet friendly, ry and injury preention, Sterett eontins emeanor and expertive on epairing young to explore eutting-nfor medicine. His latest athletes' torn MCla es super frienlly hope lies in bioksgios, h as stem cell and and answers all your questions and speaks to you in regular terms, not doctor terms. Ile has been ising biologies in surgeries for When I go to see him, it's like seing an ol The increased risk stems from a combina- tion of anatontical and performance factors. Anatomically, women are more likely to have been bom "knock-kneed" and loose- jointed. Knock-kneed athktes put the ACL. three sears and has seem success, though n stretch" and are more likel to tear their MCL.than "bow-kggni" athktes. Secced- arily, when athletes jump and land, if their knee cnves inward during landing, they are pulting the ACLat estreme risk, Women's ACLs are typically 20% smaller than men's, for the same height and weight, which also increases risk of tear. Platekt-Rich-Plasuma (PRP) treatments friend." ABOUT DR. BILL STERETT Dr. Bill Sterett is a renowned specialist in Knee, Shoulder and Sports Medicine at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery. He is the Head Team Physician for the US Women's Alpine Ski Team. Dr. Sterett is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. He has also eamed a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine, one of the few physicians to have done so. For more information about Dr. Sterett and Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, visit www.vsortho.com Ikwever, the biggest risk factor imelves kose joints, which affects 8% to 10rs of the population. Athletes with a torn MCI. were 4.5 times moer likely to be kose surgery. (Photo courtesy of JoAnna Coffey) jinted than athketes who had not torn their Dr. Bill Sterett with skier JoAnna Coffey. Sterett has become recognized as an expert in female ACL reconstruction ORTHOPAEDIC URGENT CARE WALK-INS WELCOME ACCIDENTS DON'T WAIT FOR APPOINTMENTS at Edwards & Vail Locations During Hours of Operation Vail | 970.476.7220 K VAIL-SUMMIT Edwards | 970.509.3240 ORTHOPAEDICS& NEUROSURGERY vsortho.com| vourgentcare.com Sponsored content Dr. Sterett: Expert in female ACL reconstruction, and more By Kimberly Nicolet "Utilicing the quadrieps tendon for ACI. oght to you by Val Summit Orthopaedics & Neure nstratikm has become the go-to graft eleice in my practiem." he sail "Since transitioning to this, I moticel a decrease in chronie patellar teknitis ecenbined with a wry knw re-rupture rate in my patients" rgery When JoAnna Coffey tone her keft MI. ski racing at age 12. she met uith more than fear different sungens in and around her hometown of Aspen. "M the time, many sloctoes were very hesi- tant to operate cn me, as I was young and still growing Colley sys. Hamstring tendkens are also saevessfully el in ACL. reconstraction, in the right pu- tient. "Ski racers all kwe hamstring grafts to replace the MCL." said Sterett. "We are hesitant to use hamstring tendons in female athletes that are kse-jinted, or lyper lax, because the tehnkpe my ontribute to even more hypereatensian, a krumn Finally, someone recommended Dr. B Stevett, Head Physician for the US Wotens ontrilutor to MCI. tears" Paients with Alpine Ski Teum and managing parteer at gnital he perlasity have a four times Vail-Summit Orthopardies & Neunsur ry. Due to Colley's yoing age, Sterett useda adaver ligament to nplace her ACL. Ile cautikenel ber that this may cnly last abeat + years as cadaver ligaments have a mach higher retear rate in athketes under age 20, Coffey was racing at a very high kevel, yet this ligament lasted for 12 years, higler rate of tearing an MCL. replaced with a lamstring tenkan than with a patellar tendon, even in the first year. Women are muelh more likely to be bon with kose joints than males. Becase Ster- ett works so closely with female racers on the Workl Cap cireuit, may of his athletie patients neet the criteria for being hy per lax. USA Women's Alpine Team XX Olympic Winter Games tono e Dr. Sterett has been the Head Team Physician for the US Women's Alpine Ski Team since 1997. (Photo courtesy of Voil-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery I had a kat of hanl falls and erashes and a THE FEMALE FACTOR ot of damage oer time, so l'm surprised it lasted that kong" she said. "When I retore my MCL. in 2016, I had no doubts that I wanted Dr. Sterett and his team to repair my knee again." For ener 20 years, Sterett has heen the US Womenis Alpine Ski Teani's head team ketor. Ile manages all kinds of injuries, from sprains to ceneissis. Ile regulaaly receives calls at 4am. (which is mikday in Farope, where mot athketes spenal a good portken of time racing) to help determine whether it's safe for an athlete to compete after an injury. IHe describes his work with NCL. Intenstinghy, in Steret's esperiene, professional athetes hune a higher inci- dence of hy permobility. In one seasn, 15 of 17 athketes on the Workd Cup eirenit net the criteria for byperlaxity. which is tested thruugh five simple flexibility esercises raled a Beighton Score not enodi zescanh esists to specifically quantify impenements. However, Ster- ett predicts that in three to five years, he will be alle to tell patients exactly whut beetits-and the pentages-they can expect with stem cells or PRPas a surgical adjunet, "This time, he suggested emplying her quadricep tendon to repair the torn ACI. "After felkming Dr. Sieret's recovery and nhab plan, I eame back very streeg and luve had eo isses with ny left kne,he e team as a "faveinating, like-kegjoorney said. While many surgoons still use the potellar tendon to replace the ton ACI., Sterett and his team began moving away from this technkque almost 20 years aga. He kand that most ski racers were unhapgy with the graft site pain associated with this tech- nique and up to 12s of patients had to miss includes every thing frem snowboanling an acklitional year of competition doe to dronik patellar tenlonitis. "Hyperlasity may help athktes to ach the nest kevel.," Stentt said. "Unbetunately that abo puts them at higher risk for these season ending injuries In adlition to anatoical risk factors, women esperience performance factors Feom a performance standpoint, ACL. inju- ries ean be lessned ly landing with a flesed stem ells and PRP treatmentsshe has knee rather than in an estended position. Meamwhile, Codfey has relid on Sterett to keep her going Thongh she has stegped racing. Coffy is a sponsorel estreme back- COuntry skier. Last Janary, she tore her right ACLand sulfend a severe menisus tear. After a successful quadriceps tendkn ACL. recnnstruction (with the addition of that's been a lot of fun, but it's als one that has made him an espert in the fickd of female injuries, prevention and nescovery. As reereational skiers, women ane six times mure likely to suffer an ACL tear than men. In most sports, kemake athketes are three to four times moee likehy to tear their MCI. than their male counterparts. This statistie Secondly, as the load is abuted, making been ceared by Sterett to surf in Maui. Tin thankful to bane known Dr. Sterett for sure the athlete's knee doesnt cave inwands, which puts the ACLat extreme risk to baskethall, voley bull, fiekd hockey and soer plyers. (Workd Cup racing is albnut the only sport with similar ACI. injuries in femules and makes 1i years and cunting, and he is the only surgron I trust and want to work on my knees." Colley said. "My family and I chne THE FUTURE OF RECOVERY Along with edacating his potients on ren Dr. Sterett for his pefessional, yet friendly, ry and injury preention, Sterett eontins emeanor and expertive on epairing young to explore eutting-nfor medicine. His latest athletes' torn MCla es super frienlly hope lies in bioksgios, h as stem cell and and answers all your questions and speaks to you in regular terms, not doctor terms. Ile has been ising biologies in surgeries for When I go to see him, it's like seing an ol The increased risk stems from a combina- tion of anatontical and performance factors. Anatomically, women are more likely to have been bom "knock-kneed" and loose- jointed. Knock-kneed athktes put the ACL. three sears and has seem success, though n stretch" and are more likel to tear their MCL.than "bow-kggni" athktes. Secced- arily, when athletes jump and land, if their knee cnves inward during landing, they are pulting the ACLat estreme risk, Women's ACLs are typically 20% smaller than men's, for the same height and weight, which also increases risk of tear. Platekt-Rich-Plasuma (PRP) treatments friend." ABOUT DR. BILL STERETT Dr. Bill Sterett is a renowned specialist in Knee, Shoulder and Sports Medicine at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery. He is the Head Team Physician for the US Women's Alpine Ski Team. Dr. Sterett is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. He has also eamed a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine, one of the few physicians to have done so. For more information about Dr. Sterett and Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, visit www.vsortho.com Ikwever, the biggest risk factor imelves kose joints, which affects 8% to 10rs of the population. Athletes with a torn MCI. were 4.5 times moer likely to be kose surgery. (Photo courtesy of JoAnna Coffey) jinted than athketes who had not torn their Dr. Bill Sterett with skier JoAnna Coffey. Sterett has become recognized as an expert in female ACL reconstruction ORTHOPAEDIC URGENT CARE WALK-INS WELCOME ACCIDENTS DON'T WAIT FOR APPOINTMENTS at Edwards & Vail Locations During Hours of Operation Vail | 970.476.7220 K VAIL-SUMMIT Edwards | 970.509.3240 ORTHOPAEDICS& NEUROSURGERY vsortho.com| vourgentcare.com