Steamboat surgeon excels in implanting matching artificial spinal discs to keep patients mobile, active

Steamboat surgeon excels in implanting matching artificial spinal discs to keep patients mobile, active

After not being able to lift her saddle onto her horse or sleep without difficulty, Routt County resident Joan Romick is now back to horseback riding, Alpine skiing and lifting weights without pain. After months of not being able to hold his head up to look straight ahead due to compressed vertebrae pinching his nerves, former U.S. Olympic Nordic skiing coach Steven Gaskill is back to bike riding and skinning up mountains. Both of the active, ol…