Dr. Craig Allan Reigel MD

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Get to know Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Craig Reigel, who serves the population of Culpeper, Virginia. Craig Reigel, MD, FAAOS, is an Orthopedic Surgeon at the Virginia Orthopedic Center, and is affiliated with UVA Culpeper Regional Hospital. Dr. Craig Reigel is a highly experienced and respected surgeon who has been in practice for more than 28 years. His acclaimed career in medicine began in 1989 when he graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. After an internship at Philadelphia’s Graduate Hospital, he completed residencies at Allegheny General Hospital and the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, before returning to Philadelphia to undertake his fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Reigel is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and he provides surgical and non-surgical treatments for a wide range of conditions, and for patients across the age spectrum. Expert procedures undertaken by him include total joint replacement, rotator cuff repair, carpal tunnel release, arthroscopy, shoulder surgery, and anterior cruciate ligament repair. He is especially renowned for his treatment of sports injuries, and he has served as team physician for teams including the Philadelphia Phillies, Flyers, Eagles and Wings. Dr. Reigel has earned the coveted title of Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and he has also won the Donal Cooper Award for Excellence in General Surgery. Orthopaedic surgeons are devoted to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles. Some orthopaedists are generalists, while others specialize in certain areas of the body, others specialty focuses include shoulder and elbow, hand, and spine. Orthopaedic surgeons treat broken bones, and replace painful joints, and also treat patients for sports injuries, back pain, ruptured discs and spinal stenosis, bone tumors, carpal tunnel, hand arthritis and hand injuries, club foot, bow legs and hip dysplasia, orthopaedic trauma, limb lengthening, achilles tendon injuries, bunions and foot and ankle injuries, osteoporosis, and arthritis.

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