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Good Knee Doctors?

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mmm4twintips
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i am lyinng in bed with my knee swollen as shit from tuesday when i hit it on this rail at a basin
i know i hit my knee but dont know if it bent or twisted it happened so fast all i know is the doctor i went to was not good in my opinion so any good doc recomondations in colorado?
i think its done cus i cant bend it since tuesday
thanks
Nov 11 2005 8:30PM
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eastvailhucker
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Steadman Hawkins!!!
Nov 11 2005 8:32PM
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lyndon
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dont know any
Nov 11 2005 8:33PM
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mmm4twintips
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where are these docs would be sweet to
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Nov 11 2005 8:33PM
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Tha_Grouch
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Hewl yeah... stedman. Best in the state as far as i've heard. Eagle county... ya know the whole Colby thing? yeah, thats who he was seeing for his knee.
Nov 11 2005 8:37PM
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mmm4twintips
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kool
Nov 11 2005 8:38PM
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Tross
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Go to the ER. They will get you an x-ray to see if anything is obviously wrong. If there is something they can't figure it out or see something beyond their abilities they can refer you to an orthopedist. Worked three times for me.
Nov 11 2005 8:38PM
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mmm4twintips
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too swollen for the x rays thats what the doc said
Nov 11 2005 8:50PM
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Tha_Grouch
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^haha which doctor said that? Dr. Nick? look up western orthopeadics or steadman.. make an appt. If its swollen as fuck you def. prolly fucked it up. If you want to check if you F'd you acl... support your upper leg with lower leg bent at 90 deg. and then with both hands slowly pull the proximal aspect of your tibia posteriorly.. do it with your unfucked up knee first. to see how much it moves... which should be like not at all, then try your other one. Don't do it really hard though, at least on the f'd one.
Nov 11 2005 8:54PM
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Tha_Grouch
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^and you can push ventrally too..acutally thats probably gonna give you a better idea... if it sticks out or moves like more than a few cm, its probably torn.
Nov 11 2005 8:56PM
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mooven
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www.steadman-hawkins.com clinic is great

If your looking for one of the best of the best, Giles Scuderi at "Insall Scott Kelly" in NYC is great along with all of the doctors there. In Alabama there is Dr. Brammlet at Orthopedic Sports Medicine Center of Alabama. www.osmcoa.com - they have a bunch of really cool animations about knee and hip injuries.
Nov 11 2005 11:18PM
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Inkblot505
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try dr.Nick
Nov 11 2005 11:32PM
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Ban11
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Drs Rosenberg and Cooley, best knee doctors in the world, a the The Orthopaedic Specialty Clinic (TOSH)
Salt Lake City, UT 801.314.4040
Nov 12 2005 4:14AM
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*T-Hobbs*
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Dr. Boytin- Rutland Vermont- King of ACL surgeries
Nov 12 2005 9:07AM
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R-Bertsch
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will you give me a good deal on your skis since your gonna be out for the season
Nov 12 2005 9:08AM
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mooven
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Dr. Beim in Gunnison is awesome as well
Nov 13 2005 12:16AM
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Rip
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well you have skied so far this season so i dont have that much sympathy for you...
Nov 13 2005 12:26AM
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levistewart
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this is one of the best ortho clincs in the country in vail thats no joke
Nov 13 2005 12:26AM
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ThaHater
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I think the best knee doctor for you is probably the one that excepts your insurance, but that being said, Steadman and Rosenburg do most of the US Ski Team Knees as well as Kobe and Tiger and since you are in CO, you should probably go to steadman. but it all depends on insurance.
Nov 13 2005 10:23AM
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lyndon
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i already answered this
Nov 13 2005 10:43AM
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mooven
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Making sure that you are in network is also a good thing, otherwise your going to be paying a lot more out of pocket.
Nov 13 2005 10:53AM
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