Welcome to zapfortho.com, the online home for Dr. Matthew Zapf, MD, MSc. Dr. Zapf and the entire team at Zapf Ortho are dedicated to providing exemplary orthopedic care to athletes in Palm Springs and throughout Southern California. As a member of the Institute of Clinical
Chronic joint pain is not something that anyone wants to deal with, and for older athletes, joint pain in the knees, caused by arthritis or fracture, can lead to a loss of function that can put a halt to all activity, competitive or otherwise. As
Athletes are always confronted with the possibility of injury, and certain sports carry a higher incidence of risk. When it comes to the shoulder, swimmers, tennis players, and baseball players are often faced with rotator cuff issues. The rotator cuff is a group of tendons