Marc Philippon
Marc Philippon
Dr. 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. They have observed that these injuries, the majority caused by strenuous twisting, rotating and over-use, can start at a young age and most often end with debilitating damage. 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. In fact, The Steadman Clinic office has a display of jerseys worn by no less than the most popular hockey players worldwide. Paul Kariya, Mario Lemieux, and more sports professionals visit Dr. Marc Philippon for a common reason to have the hip injury that they, and a lot of others like them, experience be treated.
Leading surgeons alongside Dr. Marc Philippon believe a common hip injury happens when hockey players are still growing. Arthritis is often caused by the condition called femoroacetabular impingement. A research is being conducted by Dr. Philippon and his fellow doctors at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute to identify the age this kind of hip injury is most likely to manifest. Their research aims to find a preventive measure relating to hip injury.
Since almost all hockey players share the goal of making a name in that field some day, they start to train while they are still young. Experts fear that these young players might turn into a generation that will face the dilemma of broken hips in the future. Being exposed to the same sport everyday for years poses a higher chance of having a long-term injury.
Dr. Marc Philippon said, the local hockey players went through M.R.I. and a physical examinations including hip strength tests. 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 want to look at the risk patterns so we can modify them and understand when the problems start, he said. He hopes the research can lead to guidelines on training, how many games kids should play without upping the injury risk and how to detect hip problems earlier.











