They are evaluated the same day. Personal service and attention is given so whether they continue with Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic for treatment or not, patients leave with an understanding of their injury and can return to their home physician a step ahead in the treatment and rehabilitation process. Ski and snowboard injuries requiring immediate surgical intervention are performed at a community hospital with nationally recognized orthopaedic surgeons. Patients at Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic are viewed as athletes in a sport. Because VOC is a clinic with the resources of a community hospital, clinic physicians are much more in control of their patients' outcome than larger institutions.
Physicians combine innovative surgery techniques with rehabilitation.
Physical therapy protocols are adapted individually to the patient. In turn, typically patients return to sports more quickly than if they have utilized conventional methods. Due to the high volume of skier and snowboarder traffic at Killington Ski Resort and other major Vermont resorts, Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic's sports medicine physicians and orthopaedic surgeons are collectively one of the most experienced acute care physician teams in the country. Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic physicians, including the two acute care physicians at the Killington Medical Clinic, are collectively one of the most experienced acute care physician teams in thecountry. The acute care sports medicine physicians at the Killington Medical Clinic see, on average, more than 2,000 patients in one season.