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Arthritis is not a single problem. In Denver clinics you will see two broad patterns: the slow, sandpaper wear of osteoarthritis that often follows decades of loading, surgery, or injury, and the hotter, systemic forms like rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis where the immune system fans the flames. Active Coloradans meet both. Skiers with past ACL reconstructions feel stiffness on the first cold runs at Loveland. Cyclists develop patellofemoral pain after years of hills

The Front Range draws people who want to keep moving. Ski season shifts to hiking season, then to cyclocross and long trail runs. That rhythm is a gift, but it also loads the same joints year after year. By the time someone in Denver hears a surgeon say total knee or hip replacement, it is often after years of grinding through swelling, injections, and lost weekends on the couch. Regenerative medicine has carved out a practical middle path for many of these p