Orthopedic care

Our orthopedists exhaust all noninvasive methods before pursuing surgical treatments including:

• Ice therapy, elevation and compression
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
• Physical therapy and rehabilitation services
• Support devices (such as a splint, walking boot or cast)

Our hospitals offer advanced technology and experienced care teams if your condition requires orthopedic surgery. Minimally invasive procedures are the first option of treatment depending on your condition.

Minimally invasive robot-assisted surgery

We specialize in minimally invasive robotic surgery for orthopedic procedures, including everything from joint replacements to partial knee resurfacing. These advanced techniques mean a quicker recovery time for you and typically result in reduced scarring and postsurgical pain. We'll use these techniques whenever we can for you, so you can get back to living your life as quickly and fully as possible.

Foot and ankle pain disorders can affect your mobility, making it uncomfortable to do normal, everyday tasks. Our physicians can help by providing comprehensive foot and ankle care for conditions ranging from toe deformities to fractured ankles. We take time to diagnose your condition and provide you with effective treatment options including casting, Achilles tendon repair and ankle replacement.

Your arms and hands are complex structures made of many joints, bones, muscles and tendons. Because of this complexity, an injury or disorder of the arm or hand requires expert treatment to restore function and relieve pain. We offer specialized hand and upper extremity treatments for a wide range of conditions affecting the wrists, hands, elbows and shoulders. Your treatment options may include carpal tunnel surgery, rotator cuff repairs and elbow surgery.

We can treat a broad spectrum of joint conditions, including arthritis and fractures. Education and rehabilitation are critical components of your joint replacement recovery process. So, our hospitals offer dedicated joint replacement patient care teams, preoperative education classes and rehabilitative services.

We offer the following joint replacement surgeries:

• Ankle replacement
• Hip replacement
• Knee replacement
• Shoulder replacement

If you're at risk for amputation, we do everything we can to preserve as much functionality as possible for you. Our teams of specialists also collaborate to minimize your risk of losing an extremity.

Our limb preservation programs include:

• Avascular necrosis program
• Upper extremity replantation program
• Mangled extremity program
• Pelvic stabilization program
• Bone tumor and sarcoma program
• If amputation becomes imminent, we help you prepare through post-operative rehabilitation and educational services.

Care for limb pain after amputation

We also provide access to an advanced procedure called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) to minimize pain after amputation.

TMR involves orthopedic and vascular surgeons who meticulously connect each cut nerve to a nearby muscle nerve. The procedure gives cut nerves a place to transmit their signals. In addition to reduced pain, you may also have better control of your prostheses.

We offer sports medicine services, including concussion care, for kids and adults. Not only do our sports medicine specialists provide expert treatments, but they also take the time to educate each patient on the safest ways to perform their sport. Our goal: prevent injuries and get athletes back to the activities they love as soon as possible.

Traumatic injuries require multidisciplinary care to ensure proper healing and to prevent future complications in the affected area. This type of comprehensive, specialty care is exactly what you will find at our hospitals. In fact, traumatic injuries require multidisciplinary care to ensure proper healing and to prevent future complications in the affected area. This type of comprehensive, specialty care is exactly what you will find at our hospitals. In fact, Swedish Medical Center is one of only a few facilities in the country with a team that specializes in pelvic trauma. is one of only a few facilities in the country with a team that specializes in pelvic trauma.

Our spine doctors have experience treating a variety of neck and spine conditions, including chronic back pain and scoliosis. Our goal is to alleviate your pain and restore your mobility through comprehensive spine care.

We use conservative approaches whenever possible. However, if spine surgery becomes necessary, our first choice is minimally invasive techniques including robot-assisted spine surgery that can increase precision and accuracy in placing hardware. We also help patients recover post-surgery with rehabilitative services.

We also offer a pediatric orthopedic program at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, which focuses on returning kids to their active, normal lives. Here, board-certified pediatric orthopedic doctors treat broken bones, growth plate disorders, movement disorders and other orthopedic conditions in children. Our bone doctors are known for expert medical care as well as their sensitivity to children's needs and feelings.