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Looking for a shoulder specialist in the Boulder area

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Chad Volk · · Westminster, CO · Joined Apr 2007 · Points: 41

I messed my shoulder up climbing on Sunday and need to go see a shoulder specialist. Anyone have any good recommendations in the Boulder area?

Thanks!

Dave Hurst · · somewhat near Boulder CO · Joined Jun 2010 · Points: 5

Khemarin Seng did a fantastic job repairing my left shoulder after an injury, he's also a nordic and backcountry skier and overall great guy!

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mountainhick · · Black Hawk, CO · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 120

For me after two Boulder orthos it was well worth finding Millet at Steadman clinic in Vail. I would go to him or Hackett in the same clinic.

Kelly Cordes · · Estes Park, CO · Joined Oct 2001 · Points: 95

hey chad, sorry to hear about the shoulder. surely there are plenty of good docs in the boulder area, but i'll add another endorsement of dr tom hackett at the steadman clinic in vail. unfortunately i have a ton of experience with injuries and surgeries, and i've never seen anyone better than him. he's a former climber, friends with lots of climbers (he's fairly renowned for his work on olympians and bona fide professional athletes -- people from around the world fly to vail to see him), and he totally "gets it." great guy on top of it all. i think he sees patients a couple times a week at their frisco clinic, too, which is a shorter drive.

wendy weiss · · boulder, co · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 10

Michael Repine at the BMC repaired my right shoulder a year and a half ago. I had a badly torn rotator cuff, bone chips, and something with my bicep. The surgery was followed by intense PT. I couldn't be happier with the result. He'll be doing my other shoulder this winter.

Mark Hammond · · Eldorado Springs, CO · Joined Oct 2006 · Points: 466

Dr Hackett is the best in my opinion and in the opinion of a lot of long time climbers that I know. Another vote for him.

Chad Volk · · Westminster, CO · Joined Apr 2007 · Points: 41

Thanks for all the replies. There's nothing as "fun" as searching for that special doctor that you'll let cut you open.

Tombo · · Boulder · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 410

Eric McCarty at CU Sports Med. He's CU's footballs main ortho doc and repaired my shoulder years ago.

David Rivers · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2008 · Points: 20

+1 for Eric McCarty. He did a thorough evaluation of my shoulder a few years ago. Basically he told me that he could operate if I wanted, but non-surgical intervention was as likely or more to succeed as surgery. I appreciate an ortho who pauses before cutting.

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