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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2009
10K RUN • 5K RUN • 5K WALK • 1 MILE JR. OCTOBER
Oakwood Annapolis Hospital, 33155 Annapolis St., Wayne, MI 48184
Featuring . . .
- Oakwood Sports Medicine staff will be on hand to answer questions and provide basic services. Stop by and visit!
- Long sleeve shirts
- Unique glass awards in running & walking events by Furnace Design Studio
- Great prize drawing
- Custom pins awarded to all finisher at finish line
- Outstanding refreshements
- New D-Tag disposable chip timing
- Race photographs
- Free kids’ run with extra activities and tee shirt design contest
By Marc Milia, MD
(This article originally appeared in The News Herald on September 22, 2009)
Whether you swing a hammer or a tennis racket, the shoulder can become a source of pain by the end of the day. The majority of complaints involving the shoulder are actually related to the rotator cuff.
Anatomically, the shoulder is a ball and socket that is held together by ligaments and tendons. The rotator cuff tendons are a group of four muscles that come from the wing blade to form a cuff of tendinous tissue that inserts into the humeral bone (the ball). The rotator cuff resides below the acromion bone (from the wing blade).
Overhead athletes and manual laborers can develop irritation below the acromion bone from repetitive use or acute trauma. Consequently, rotator cuff problems can frequently arise.
In most cases, physical therapy or corticosteroid injections can solve the problem. However, on occasion, surgery might be necessary.
A program has been developed where the physician can utilize minimally invasive techniques to arthroscopically repair the rotator cuff in an efficient manner. The recovery phase’s discomforts can be alleviated by local nerve blocks that allow the patient to tolerate pain two to three days into the early postoperative phase.
With the benefit of new technology, the experienced orthopedic surgical team at Oakwood Southshore Surgery Center and physical therapy at Oakwood Southshore Medical Center, we have been fortunate to return many athletes and laborers back to their previous levels of activity.
Contact Dr. Marc Milia at 1-313-277-6700. He is affiliated with the Michigan Bone & Joint Center in Trenton, Oakwood Heritage Hospital in Taylor and Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center in Dearborn.
