Top Orthopedic Hip Surgeon – Dr. Marc Philippon
Monday, March 26th, 2012Marc PhilipponDr. Marc Philippon and his fellow orthopedic hip surgeons from The Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO believe that most hockey players and other sports professionals are very prone to having scourge, long-term hip injuries. Based on their studies, these injuries can manifest at a very young age and can result to devastating effects when triggered by strenuous activities such as twisting and rotating. At present, they are conducting further research to figure out what age these injuries begin to form and how such can be prevented from causing long-term damage. One after the other, professional hockey stars from the National Hockey League have come from afar to see world renowned orthopedic hip surgeon Dr. Marc Philippon. Featured in The Steadman Clinic office is a wide collection of the jerseys owned by the famous hockey players in the world. Some of the most popular sports professionals that found themselves in the office of hip surgeon Dr. Marc Philippon to treat the hip injury shared by most professionals in the same field are Paul Kariya and Mario Lemieux. Top surgeons work hand in hand with Dr. Marc Philippon with the belief that a particular hip injury happens while the hockey players are growing. The condition, called femoroacetabular impingement, can lead to arthritis later in life. As such, the doctors at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, led by Dr. Philippon, are doing their best to determine the age that this particular hip injury mostly occurs. Their research aims to find a preventive measure relating to hip injury. Because so many hockey players have the dream of turning professional one day, they begin their training at a very early age. Specialists are becoming keenly worried that these early players will become a generation of kids who will ultimately face hip arthritis. Injuries become more enduring as the same sport is played day by day throughout many years. According to Dr. Marc Philippon, the local hockey players had M.R.I.s taken and a full physical exam including tests of their hip strength. To ascertain if skating stride could possibly be causing the problem, we will have them run through the same tests in the next two and four years. We will be closely observing the risk patterns so we can identify the starting point of the issue and adjust accordingly, he added. With his research, he is expecting to promote early detection and remedy of hip problems as well as training guidelines and the number of games tolerable for kids to prevent hip injuries.