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Dr. Bigler is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon, fellowship trained in sports medicine and arthroscopy. He has been practicing in Las Vegas since 1991. Dr. Bigler was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and attended Brigham Young University on an academic scholarship. He interrupted his studies and traveled to Taiwan for two years to perform a service mission for his church.

The meniscus is a very important "shock absorber" of the knee. It is a semilunar shaped wedge made of a very strong substance called fibrocartilage. Except for the very most peripheral aspect there is very little blood supply. It serves several important functions. First, it protects the cartilage of the joint from wearing out and causing early arthritis.

When the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) has abnormal motion resulting in symptoms or damage, it is said to have instability. Some problems of the shoulder such as impingement or bursitis may actually be the result of instability. Impingement syndrome can range from simple bursitis to a tearing of the rotator cuff.

One of the most commonly injured joints of our body is the ankle. Whether from high-level athletics or simple missteps resulting in a twist or turn, the magnitude of our body weight applied in a forceful manner across the ankle joint can result in a rupture or partial tearing of the important ligaments that stabilize this important weight-bearing joint.

There are many types of arthritis of the hip but they all can result in the damage to and loss of the smooth articular cartilage of the hip joint. The hip is a ball and socket joint and when this cartilage damage begins to occur it can cause very severe pain and disability.

When the cartilage in the hip degenerates to the point at which the bone beneath it is exposed, patients describe a grinding pain resulting from the unprotected bony surfaces rubbing on each other.As a result, our bones respond by growing large bone spurs that can cause pain as well as significantly reduce range of motion.