Steadman Hawkins Research Foundation

 Vail     Colorado

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The SteadmanHawkins Research Foundation is known throughout the world for its research into the causes, prevention and treatment of orthopaedic disorders. The SteadmanHawkins Research Foundation is committed to solving orthopaedic problems that limit an individual's ability to maintain an active life.

The Foundation has profoundly influenced the practice of orthopaedics - from diagnosis to rehabilitation. Recognizing that the body's innate healing powers can be harnessed and manipulated to improve the healing process has led to exciting advances in surgical techniques that are used today by orthopaedists everywhere. The micofracture technique, for example, is now accepted as a treatment that may make it possible to postpone or even eliminate the need for knee-replacement surgery.

One of the largest independent orthopaedic research institutes in the world, the SteadmanHawkins Research Foundation, previously known as the SteadmanHawkins Sports Medicine Foundation, is also one of the most productive and innovative organizations of its kind. Since its inception, the foundation has helped people of all ages remain physically active through orthopaedic research and education. It continues to purse its goals of:

Understanding and enlisting the body's innate ability to heal, Designing and validating surgical and rehabilitation techniques, as well as non-operative treatments for arthritis, and Producing and publishing scientifically validated research in leading medical and scientific journals.