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“We’re going to get you back for Paris.” On May 23, those words calmly escaped from the mouth of Dr. Matthew Provencher, experienced and renowned shoulder and knee orthopedic surgeon specialist at the Steadman Clinic...

Val Constien wasn’t gunning for a second Fracture Friday story on purpose. A week after announcing her new Nike deal — and chronicling her substantial comeback from a post-Tokyo Olympics injury — Constien lined up...

On February 7, 2021, I was skiing in the trees in one of my favorite places headed across and going to another section. I came around a tree, wiped my goggles off – there was…

“What is your name? Who is the President? Where are you?“

Editor’s Note: Six weeks after Team USA alpine skier Nina O’Brien broke her left tibia and fibula in a high-speed crash during the women’s giant slalom event in Beijing, she returned to the Vail Valley…

I had escaped most of my career free of knee injury.

Injuries are a common topic in mountain communities. We tend to push ourselves to the point of having them. If you have an on-mountain or sports-related injury, we want you to share the story of your injury, recovery, and redemption (and if you’re currently injured, we want to hear your plans for the last two).…

The metal rod in my left thigh will stand the test of time better than anything else in my body. It simply won’t let me forget December 4, 2016.