Dr. Blake Miller
Orthopedic Surgery
Grand Rapids, MI
14 years experience male
Locations
Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI
Phone
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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
Doctor Q&A
251 Answers
60 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Blake Milleranswered
Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Knee pain: Sounds like patellofemoral (PF) syndrome. I'd see a physician to rule out if you have a potential meniscus tear or any other internal derangement, but... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Maybe: Depends on your injury. Many times weight-bearing films can be helpful, but not always necessary. There are subtle findings in non-weight-bearing film... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Follow-up: Hip dislocations associated with acetabular fractures are challenging injuries to treat. My assumption is that your surgeon still has you on weight-be... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Ulcerative Colitis: UC is an autoimmune disease and having UC doesn't always mean you need to have an ileostomy. You need to see a GI doctor and get on an anti-inflammato... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Not really: Therapy, injections and surgery are typically the options for back pain and disc disease.
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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No: No, hasn't been shown to be detrimental.
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A 22-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Rotator cuff: Active-assisted and passive range of motion exercises are typically started at home at two weeks post-operatively. Six weeks is when formal physical t... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Varus knee: There are two treatment options and they are based on the amount of arthritis you have. If you have congenital genu varum, with minimal or no arthriti... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Usually: Yes, usually orthopedic surgeons are referred to as orthopedists. There are non-operative orthopedists (for various reasons) that either did an orthop... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Osteophyte: Osteophyte is a fancy word for bone spur. Osteophytes are a result of abnormal mechanics. Osteophyte formation is an early sign of arthritic changes. ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Yes. Fractures can be undetected for a few reasons. Stress fractures, poor images or bone bruises (trabecular fractures) can lead to negative x-rays.
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Not necessarily: Meniscal displacement just means its not in its normal spot. There are several different patterns of meniscal tearing, but it doesn't necessarily mean... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Yes: With your age, yes, i think it is appropriate to have a revision reconstruction. Revision acl reconstruction can be complicated and can sometimes requ... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Steroid: I think the steroid shot would give you faster relief in the si joint, i'm not too sure injecting the pubis would serve much benefit.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Metal allergy: It's pretty rare to be allergic to all metals. Skin testing for metal allergies is inconsistent and does not determine implantable metal allergies. Bl... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Adhesive Capsulitis: Sometimes a steroid shot helps, but frozen shoulders are difficult painful problems. You really have to be aggressive with pt. However, the natural hi... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Rheumatologist: Go see a rheumatologist. There are multiple other tests they can order to narrow it down (rheumatoid factor, anti-ccp, ana, esr, crp, etc.).
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Carbs: To be truly ketogenic, that requires less than 50-60g of carbs per day and less than 1.2-1.5 g/kg/day of protein. Nutritional ketosis will decrease ca... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Yes: Pain in your elbow is normal after a fracture. If the pain extends into the wrist and hand and is worse with passive and active motion in the fingers ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Rheumatological work: I'd see your doctor and ask about a rheumatological work-up. The sooner, the better.
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A female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Knee pain: Knee pain in females, particularly anterior knee pain is a nebulous problem. Commonly this is due to an increased q-angle. The angle from the anatomic... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Blake Milleranswered
Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Not likely: Probably rotator cuff impingement. Rotator cuff strengthening exercises would be helpful before your workout.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Yoga poses: I'd avoid poses that aggregate the knee too much. If the pose hurts, don't do it. It's hard to give too detailed information, i'm not sure exactly wha... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Pain control: I usually tell my patients to take aleve daily, one in the morning, one at night and supplement with tylenol (acetaminophen) as needed. If you feel th... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Blake Milleranswered
Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
No: Your vertebrae are likely not dislocated as this is a result of high-energy trauma and requires surgery for reduction and stabilization. You likely ha... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
It's possible: But the iliolumbar ligament endures little stress compared to the quadratus lumborum and iliopsoas muscles that are in that are. An MRI would show inf... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Blake Milleranswered
Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
No: Osteoathritis can irritate periarticular tendons, but osteoarthritis doesn't target tendons directly. Rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatologic dise... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
MRI: An arthrogram for the knee is not commonly ordered and not extremely accurate in evaluating intra-articular pathology. Mri's provide much better detai... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Autograft: I believe hamstring autograft is an excellent option for this age group. Very low failure rates, no incidence of disease transmission and excellent st... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Triggering: Sounds like you have what's called a trigger finger. Make sure you're moving your fingers a lot to prevent complex regional pain syndrome (aka reflex ... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Bone inflammation?: Like periostitis? Vitamin d plays a significant role in bony and calcium metabolism, but not in "bone inflammation" or periostitis.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Variable: There is no specific length for your coccyx (or tailbone). There are many variations with abnormal fusions and failure of segmentation segments. There... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Possible: Abnormal lower extremity biomechanics can alter function in other joints. I think they are likely isolated, but it's impossible to link the two. The p... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Possibly: Possibly, but you're only two weeks out. I'd give it for to six weeks four you to get considerable recovery. Your scars will be very sore for some tim... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Tenolysis: Potentially this is due to scarring around the tendon. May require either another procedure called an open tenolysis or potentially an injection with ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Not long: The occupational therapist with take a mold of your wrist, then they can either make there in the office or send it out to be made. Probably no longer... Read More
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A 49-year-old male asked:
Dr. Blake Milleranswered
Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Yes: It is possible to have osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. I'd see a rheumatologist for evaluation.
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A 54-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Only a small subset: I watched the video and it's a hybrid procedure between a microfracture surgery and a modified osteochondral autograft procedure. Both of these proced... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Pain control: Pain control is the mainstay for fractured ribs. Only on rare occasions, when patients are polytraumatized, we will operate on them using plates and s... Read More
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A female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Depends: There is a spectrum of disease when it comes to achilles tendinitis/tendinosis. An MRI can identify if it is achilles' tendon disease vs. Inflammation... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Surgery: On a continuum of procedures, an ulnar-shortening osteotomy is not very technically challenging and recovery is usually benign. However, it is surgery... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Hard to tell: It's really hard to tell because the pelvis has three axes of motion and can rotate and translate on these axes. Malunions of a pelvis can be problema... Read More
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A 59-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
No: Bowing of your legs is due, most likely, to arthritis, not to the gastric surgery. Increased weight can cause increased joint wear and changes in your... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Mortality TKR: This is certainly a complication of any surgery. It will be necessary to get medical clearance by your primary doctor and/or pulmonologist or cardiolo... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
A couple options: If no pain, nothing. Live with the a symptomatic nonunion. If it's bothersome, and confirmed that the pain is not from another source, then they can e... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Instability: Typically the sensation you are feeling is a result of flexion or midflexion instability. This can reduce your range of motion; since you're unstable ... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
They can: Yes, depending on the soft-tissue density, some chordomas create a shadowing effect and would indicate that a more eloborate imaging study is necessar... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
Not osteoarthritis: No, osteoarthritis does not increase your fracture risk. People with rheumatoid arthritis may have an increase in fracture risk secondary to the treat... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 14 years experience
?: I'm not sure what you're asking. Orthopedics, including total joint replacement is a team approach. It requires nurses, doctors, therapists, etc. For ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Difficult to tell: Sometimes it's difficult to differentiate. Occasionally burning with urination or blood in the urine will give you a clue. A urinalysis can help diffe... Read More
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Dr. Miller is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Miller is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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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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