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Shoulder Injuries Treated impossible. Understandably, shoulder injuries used to be among easier, including surgical improvements and better post-operative

With Arthroscopy Heal Faster the most dreaded by weekend warriors and professional athletes pain management.
alike. In fact, a rotator cuff injury was often a career-ending
According to Evans, sutures today use new materials that do
With Less Pain incident in sports. not require intra-operative knots. Overall, the procedures are less
“Shoulder patients can experience much quicker recovery abrasive to the tissue. New, long-acting pain medications used
New surgical techniques and better pain management enable and much less pain using the arthroscopic techniques developed following surgery last for 72 to 96 hours. Often patients need
easier recovery. Remember Operation, that electronic board in recent years,” said Peter J. Evans, M.D., Ph.D., chair of little or no pain medication after their initial recovery due to the
game in which one wayward movement causes other body parts the Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute in Florida and new techniques.
to spasm and a loud buzzer to sound? orthopaedic surgeon with subspecialty training in shoulder, hand A painful shoulder condition or injury can impede writing,
Just like in the board game, an injured rotator cuff can wreak and upper extremity surgery. “Today, my patients return to their eating, dressing, hair brushing and other activities of daily
havoc with other body parts – and everyday activities like writing preferred activities quickly.” living. With newer techniques and appropriate rehabilitation,
and eating – because it’s the rotator cuff that allows us to lift and Instead of a large incision circumventing the shoulder, Dr. arthroscopic surgery can fully restore movement in the shoulder.
rotate the arm. The rotator cuff is composed of four muscles plus Evans uses an arthroscope, a pencil-sized instrument with a tiny “Prior to arthroscopy, rotator cuff repair required months
attached tendons and other tissue in the shoulder. It holds the arm camera at the tip, to examine and repair the tissues in the joint. of post-operative rehabilitation and many patients avoided
in the joint and helps attach the humerus (long bone in the upper Recovery is quicker and less painful when compared to an open the surgery,” said Evans. “Using arthroscopy, we can help our
arm) to the elbow, neck and torso. procedure. patients return to a fuller life without constant pain.”
Rotator cuff tendons can tear from age, overuse, traumatic Using arthroscopy also minimizes swelling and allows To make an appointment with an orthopaedic specialist at
injury or a fall. When it is injured, even reaching for a book can patients to begin their post-operative rehabilitation sooner. In the Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, call (844) 630-4968 or visit
be painful, and a tennis match or golf outing would be nearly last few years, other innovations have made the recovery process ClevelandClinicFlorida.org/Access today.

fundrAising event

Two May Fundraisers Benefit On May 1, National Honor
Society students from Clark
CWH Advanced Learning Center
in Stuart assisted members
By Jackie Holfelder of CWH in organizing and
Catch the Wave of Hope volunteering at Race the
(CWH) benefited from Wave of Hope on the IRSC
two active and outdoor Salerno Road Campus.
fundraisers during the Participants of all ages
month of May, raising not took part in the one-mile
only much-needed funds run/walk.
for its mission to prevent Then, from May 1 to Clark Advanced Learning Center National Honor Society organized and volunteered at Race
the sex trafficking of 8, a statewide fishing the Wave of Hope.
children through awareness, tournament called
education, restoration, and U.S. Congre sswoman FISH4HOPE:HOPE4FISH drew scores of fishing and trout), as well as Lucky Angler of the Day and Lucky Kid
legislation, but adding to Stephanie Murphy enthusiasts of all ages. Fish of the Day prize drawings added to the fun.
the number of people who participated in the fishing Prizes for anglers who caught the longest fish and the angler Over the course of the eight-day tournament, more than
support the nonprofit. tournament. who had a grand slam (total longest combined-snook, redfish, $50,000 was raised from sponsorships and participants.
Both events are being planned for 2022, with the possibility
that the fishing tournament be a monthlong event.
Beloved BBBS Volunteer Retires Catch the Wave of Hope was founded in 2016. To find out
more about the 501(c)(3) or to learn how you can help, visit
www.catchthewaveofhope.org.
Photos by Catch the Wave of Hope
By Jackie Holfelder

Big Brothers Big Sisters
(BBBS) of Palm Beach and
Martin Counties recently
honored beloved, long-time
volunteer, Theodora (Thea)
Valen Lacey.
Thea joined the nonprofit
in 1997 and shared her
expertise and passion Adalynn Mercado, winner
generously. of the Lucky Kids of the
She served as board chair Annie Laurine participated Day division of the fishing
for many years and was in the fishing tournament. tournament
instrumental in recruiting
both Bill Bee and Yvette
Flores Acevedo to serve as
Chief Executive Officers,
both of whom she worked Thea Lacey (seated on far left) with Ken Ringe, Mark Kieslor, Little
with to bring the nonprofit Sisters mentees Monica and Carmen, Big Sister mentor Sandra
to an unprecedented level of Kanter, Richard Levine, Bill Bee, Glenn Hasell, and Bob Schafer
success.
Her hard work and support of Big Brothers Once again, Thea Lacey’s leadership skills
Big Sisters’ executive team helped move the and knowledge helped ensure a successful
local agency from the bottom two percent of outcome for the project. Gary Oster, CWH Board member and fishing tournament
agencies in the country to the top eight percent Although Theodora Valen Lacey will no chair participated in the fishing tournament.
within two years of her becoming board chair. longer be volunteering at Big Brothers Big
In 2010, at the request of the national Sisters of Palm Beach and Martin Counties,
leadership of BBBS, the Martin County the fruits of her labors and benefits of her
operation added Palm Beach County to its unwavering support will enhance the nonprofit
youth service area. Thea was the first to pitch for years to come.
in when someone needed help.
For years, she generously assisted Bob Photo provided by BBBS of Palm Beach and
Howell in running a Christmas event in Martin Counties
Indiantown for economically challenged Karissa Bolden, CWH executive director; Dr. Kimberlie
children of the village. Massnick, CWH Board member and race organizer; and
Kelly Laurine, CWH Board chair