Colorado's rapid development of orthopedic centers can be attributed in part to the Baby Boomers, BizWest reports.
According to Pew Research, 10,000 boomers turn 65-years-old everyday.
Here are five key thoughts.
1. As young and old generations flock to Colorado for its active lifestyle, orthopedic centers are opening and expanding to meet the population's needs.
2. President of Front Range Orthopedics and Spine Center Timothy Pater said that most of the state's active population is going to "at some point require our services."
The center is constructing a 32,000 square-foot facility in South Longmont, Colo. It's expected to open in 2017.
The center already has three locations, and is expecting to see continued demand from patients.
3. CEO of Orthopedic & Spine Center of the Rockies Mike Bergerson said when he started working there in 2006, the center had 12 physicians on staff. That number has grown to 29.
Hip scopes have become one of the 13 special procedures performed at the clinic.
The center's Loveland medical building is adding a two-story, 60,000 square foot addition to its current property, adding a surgery center and 20-bed overnight facility, which is what the group has in Fort Collins, Colo.
The center opened another clinic this year as well.
4. BoulderCentre for Orthopedics expanded its market share through a merger with Mapleton Hill Orthopedics. It now operates in a 22,000 square-foot space and features 13 physicians, seven physician assistants, six physical therapists and one occupational therapist on staff.
CEO Cathy Higgins said the center is considering expanding in sometime over the next decade.
5. Another center Boulder Bone and Joint added an orthopedic urgent-care service. It is staffed by a physician assistant and has an orthopedic surgeon on call.
Clinic manager Jeff Buck said if the service is successful, the group plans to offer the service at two more locations.
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