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Sports Medicine Center Patient Stories

We care for patients’ growing muscles, joints and bones through sports medicine, surgery, rehabilitation and research.

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Athletes who turn to our sports medicine experts aren’t defined by their injuries. They’re runners logging early-morning miles, gymnasts absorbing hard landings, soccer players battling for one more play and flag footballers sprinting for the next down. They’re also students, teammates and kids who simply want to move through life without sports-related pain. From the first injury to a full comeback, we support every step of an athlete’s growth, strength and performance. Read about their journeys.

Meet the families we've helped

Carolyn: A Soccer Star Shares Her Story from ACL Tear to Recovery

Carolyn is back on the soccer field after overcoming an ACL tear. Watch as she shares her ACL surgery journey with Erin, a soccer athlete who recently tore her ACL.

Soccer player shows ACL surgery scar to another teen who will have ACL surgery.

Meghan: Overcoming Scoliosis and Phenylketonuria to Break Boundaries in Flag Football

After an infancy diagnosis of phenylketonuria and childhood scoliosis, Meghan never let anything stop her from being a force on the flag football field.

Jeremiah: Overcoming Osteosarcoma and Long Odds as a Baseball Star

After receiving a bone cancer diagnosis in his right throwing arm, Jeremiah wasn’t sure how he would continue to play baseball. Learn about the cancer journey that got Jeremiah back on the field.

A teenager and his mother standing on a baseball field smiling, one wearing a "DCA" t-shirt and the other in a striped baseball uniform with "Eagles 22" on the front.

Aidan: From Hip Pain to Healing

After leg pain sidelined Aidan, he came to Children’s Hospital Colorado for expert care for his hip impingement diagnosis. With surgery and rehab, he’s back mentally and physically stronger than ever.