Peter G. Hanson M.D.

Sports injuries are of dramatic concern to the professional athlete, whose season and even career depend upon prompt healing and minimal side-effects.  But the amateur ”weekend warrior” can have even more problems, often because the patient is not as fit or as young as the professional athlete.  What we are learning about treating professionals is now filtering into the mainstream to give better results to the general public when they have aches, sprains, tears, or fractures.

With the professional, we have long recognized the value of a diverse approach.  An oft quoted maxim applies here: “There is no such thing as expertise, just different areas of ignorance“ !  In the locker rooms of professional teams everywhere this means the treatment team will include orthopedic surgeons, internal medicine specialists, as well as chiropractic treatments done by the trainer.  Additional experts provide  massage, physical therapies, and stretching and weight training expertise to get the player back on form.  In addition, a new use for an old treatment is being seen with Medical Acupuncture. 

Dr. Peter G. Hanson is an M.D. with three decades of experience treating professional athletes.  Starting in Canada, he was the youngest team doctor in North America at the age of 24, with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.  His patients included quarterback Joe Theismann.  Since then he has looked after many Olympians from Canada, the US, and even from Russia.  His first patient in Denver was Bronco quarterback John Elway, whose throwing arm was repaired in time to rejoin the last two games of his 1992 season.  Since then, he has been in the locker rooms treating many NHL teams, including the Colorado Avalanche, as well as the Los Angeles Kings. 

His treatments are unique, in that they incorporate modern computerized stimulation of needles, along with a three-dimentional approach to their placement around the injured anatomy.

This expertise is invaluable to the amateur athlete as well.  Whether the child injuries in a soccer game, or a skiing injury in an octagenarian, medical acupuncture serves them well.  Free from any side effects, it facilitates a powerful pain relief, as well as treating the underlying inflammation and other injury issues that cause the pain. 

Because Dr. Hanson is used to working with the other modalities, he is pleased to communicate with the principle doctor, or other referring therapists as indicated.

For more information, visit www.peterhansonmd.com.