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Jeff Stieb鈥檚 youngest patient so far is a 7-yearold skier, his oldest a man of about 90 who still climbs 14ers.
It鈥檚 been nearly a century since there was a hospital on the CU-Boulder campus, but the university is again providing community medicine, with a focus on athletes.
鈥淲e鈥檝e had everyone from Frisbee golf players to stunt men to elite marathon runners,鈥 said Stieb, director of physical therapy at the 麻豆免费版下载Sports Medicine and Performance Center, which opened last August in Folsom Field鈥檚 new Champions Center.
A joint operation of Boulder Community Health, the 麻豆免费版下载Anschutz School of Medicine and 麻豆免费版下载Athletics, the 25,000-square-foot center is open to the public and aims to become an international destination for elite athletes, while also serving active people of all ages and abilities, said executive director Eric Medved.
The center offers physical therapy, orthopedics, sports nutrition, pain management, performance assessment, physiological and metabolic testing and other services.
Medical director Dr. Jason Glowney recalled an early success, a once-avid cyclist sidelined by artery scarring and related ailments. Today she鈥檚 back on her bike.
鈥淲e saved her limb,鈥 he said. 鈥淎nd we saved her lifestyle.鈥
In Brief:
1. Opened August 2015
2. Open to the public
3. Biomechanist to help with custom bike fittings
4. Current pool for improving swim strokes
5. Plasma-rich platelet injections
6. Concussion care
7. On-site MRI machine and other imaging services
Photo by Cliff Grassmick/Daily Camera