Dr. Blake Miller
Orthopedic Surgery
Grand Rapids, MI
15 years experience male
Locations
Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI
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About
Bio
I have completed residency at St. John Oakland Hospital in the Detroit Metro area and finished an orthopedic trauma fellowship at Rutgers' University Hospital in Newark, NJ.
I have an interest in complex fracture surgery, pelvis and acetabular recontruction and malunion/nonunion treatment and surgery.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Orthopedic Surgery
Trauma Surgery
Licenses
United States: Michigan
Languages spoken
English
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251 Answers
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Pes planus can be a result of genetic factors, joint laxity, anatomic variances and posterior tibial tendon degeneration (adult-acquired flat feet).
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Graduated program: I think a good way to regain your ability to walk again is get up on crutches and put 25% of your weight on your leg for a week, 50% for the next week... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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PF syndrome: This is not uncommon for women. Women's anatomy is such the it often leads to patellofemoral syndrome. Conservative measures to start would be to have... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Dermatologist: Sounds like a cholinergic urticarial response. I'd recommend seeing a dermatologist.
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Vitamin D: Many people are vitamin d deficient and is unrecognized until people break bones. We just recently started evaluating people for this deficiency in an... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Fracture: You may have a fracture, some fractures of the ankle are stable enough to walk on if broken. It's important for you to get it elevated above your hear... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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No: There is no one gene for idiopathic scoliosis. Researchers have found 28 different genes associated with the risk of scoliosis progression in caucasia... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Depends: Wrist sprains can lead to chronic problems and secondary arthritis if not treated appropriately, such as in developmental collapse of a scapholunate l... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Unrelated: This is likely unrelated. Orthotics will help the pronation, but it's hard to say where the shoulder pain is coming from.
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A 66-year-old male asked:
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Follow-up: You'll need to follow-up with your surgeon to determine if the meniscus is retorn.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Not likely: Bone sarcomas or metastatic lesions rarely present in this fashion. A painless bump that moves most likely is not cancer. Especially in the patella, t... Read More
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A male asked:
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Bad idea: I think elective bilateral surgery is a bad idea. For mobility reasons, I think it's better to have staged surgery so you have a "good" or "better" le... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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9 weeks post injury: There was one report in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery regarding driving after ankle fractures and the conclusion was that breaking strength ... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Healing: An infant, if otherwise healthy should heal a rib fracture within 2-3 weeks. You may see some bruising and swelling or pain with palpation. Most rib f... Read More
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CF ligament: Likely 8-12 weeks of rehab.
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A 41-year-old male asked:
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No: Gout is a consequence of Adenosine (a nucleic acid) metabolism. Increased dietary carbohydrate does increase your uric acid levels, which can precipit... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Hard to know: It's hard to determine as we do not know the injury you sustained to get the first fracture. Without knowing the trauma you had, bone density or medic... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Correct treatment: Pilon fractures are devastating injuries to the tibial plafond. These fractures are notorious for wound complications, especially if opened within the... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Instability: You may have lateral ankle instability. I'd be evaluated by an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon.
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Physical exam: Physical exam should be able to be used to differentiate the two, they are pretty distinctly different. A sunrise x-ray is an easy way to tell without... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Depends: Depends on the location and type of osteotomy that is being done. Also it depends if they're playing or nailing the bone after the osteotomy.
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Avalox: yes, I would stop taking it and see your physician. Avalox is a fluouroquinolone and can cause tendon irritation and weakness in some individuals lead... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Lateral release: There is little benefit to performing a lateral release. Lateral patellar tilt is an indication, but patellofemoral problems are very difficult to tre... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Clavicle fracture: Are you sure it was healed from original fracture? Sometimes you can have a clavicular nonunion (never healed), but can aggravate the nonunion and wil... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Spondylolysis: Back pain in adolescents is sometimes difficult to find a cause. As a weight lifter, he may have a stress fracture in an area of his spine called the ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Over recent years, we have become more aggressive with operative fixation of clavicle fractures as the rate of them not healing is higher than we had ... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Why not?: I think a steroid shot and physical therapy would be a good option. Labral tears are sometimes subtle and difficult to see on mri. I think if the cort... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Depends: Depends on the size and if there's instability. If the instability is the result of a large humeral head defect, there is a technique of filling the d... Read More
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Discontinue: You may be having a histaminic reaction to the cholestyramine. I'd stop the medication or take Benadryl (diphenhydramine) to see if the itching improv... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Depends.: Depends on the problem. The joint effusion (swelling) indicates either likely a meniscal tear or chondromalacia (cartilage derangement) of the kneecap... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Likely incorrect: They never get long-leg films. Most of the time it's a perceived leg-length discrepancy (lld) over a true lld from a pelvic obliquity. That's a common... Read More
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A 50-year-old female asked:
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Always a risk: There is always a risk of femur fracture with tha, but no greater risk with direct anterior approach, just tougher to fix when they do happen. With yo... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Lots of things: There are many reasons to have left arm pain: neurologic, vascular, musculoskeletal, infectious, etc. There are lots of pain generating structures in ... Read More
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Hard to say: Recovery from a compressive neuropathy can take several months to a year to completely recover depending how much damage to the nerve was caused and t... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Yes: There are likely predisposing factors leading to the cystic changes that possibly need to be addressed. Ruling out keinbock's disease (lack of blood s... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Posture: Sit-ups can place a lot of stress on your intervertebral discs later potentially leading to herniation or bulging. Bad posture can lead to weakening o... Read More
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A 58-year-old female asked:
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I'd recommend NWB: I'm not sure what the fracture looks like. If its truly a medial condyle fracture, i would recommend non-weight-bearing. Without knowing the fracture ... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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MRI finding: There are a few different images that are created when using an mri, the most common being t1-, t2-weighted and stir, images. I'm assuming you're look... Read More
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Discrepancy: Sometimes surgeons and radiologists lack consistency with their diagnoses. Surgeons have the luxury of evaluating patients clinically. The surgeon may... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Muscle pains: Vitamin d deficiency is not associated with muscle pain. It is involved in calcium and bone metabolism. Your muscle pains are likely secondary to some... Read More
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No: Or should I say it's highly unlikely. Vitamin d is involved in calcium metabolism, whereas inflammatory arthritis in an immune phenomenon. Vitamin d h... Read More
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A 44-year-old male asked:
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Hip fracture: It's very difficult to predict. You're young and the amount of displacement of the hip at the time of surgery predicts the chance of femoral head necr... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
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Neuropathy: What did you do for the nerve entrapment? Sounds like similar symptoms. I'd follow-up with an orthopedist for an evaluation.
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Nerve compression: Sounds like a compressive neuropathy of the upper extremity. I think an evaluation by an orthopedic surgeon is reasonable. Sounds like you need an EMG... Read More
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Yes: Dietary modifications can alter your weight in either directions. I have always believed weight is a poor indicator of health, however it is quick and... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Not necessarily: These are general diagnoses that have little description as to the pathology that is occurring. An x-ray can occasionally identify pubic fragmentation... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Keinbock's: Cystic changes in the lunate indicate potentially keinbock's disease, which occurs most commonly when the ulna is slightly shorter than the radius. So... Read More
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Strengthening: Exercising the muscles surrounding a hypermobile joints will help with dynamic stabilization and become less prone to injury.
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Osteopath: Wrist pain can have myriad diagnoses and i think a general osteopath can overlook subtleties of wrist pain as well as physiotherapists. I think having... Read More
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Depends: Metastatic carcinoma portends a poor prognosis, typically. There are a couple of possibilities such as a plasmacytoma/multiple myeloma or metastatic d... Read More
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! Only problem is my left leg keeps breaking n ortho refuses to fix meniscus or debride both knees before tear I was walking wit crutches fine
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! Wheelchair is because I can't full weightbear on left leg n right leg has meniscus tear with arthritis leaving me unable to weightbear
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I decided to go to mtg gp after i read your reasons. Im now in a cast and have an appointment at the fracture clinic next Tuesday. Thank you
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Des Moines University
Graduated 2008MD
Residency
St John Providence Health System
Awards
Top Doctor, First Place, Royal Oak, MI - Winter
2013
Top Orthopedic Surgeon , Second Place, Michigan - Winter
2013
Most Influential, Second Place, Royal Oak Region, MI - Summer
2013
Affiliations
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
AO North America
Orthopaedic Trauma Association
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