New Mobile App for Runners

Have you already abandoned your New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, get in shape and become more fit? If so, the Detroit Medical Center's (DMC) new running app can help you get back on track.

Whether you’re taking a jog or running a marathon, “Run with DMC” is the perfect training companion. Brought to you by the DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and DMC’s Sports Medicine experts, the app is available on iPhone and Android platforms.

The FREE app features a Running Log to record all the details of your run and offers expert advice from the physical therapists of the DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, including videos and info about shoe selection, warm-up exercises and stretching to help enhance your running performance. Run with DMC also contains helpful info from DMC Sports Medicine medical experts on causes, symptoms and treatments for various running injuries. You can also use the app to track other forms of exercise, including walking, biking, etc.

Give it a try – just search for “Run with DMC” in your smartphone’s marketplace!

World Renowned Spinal Cord Injury Researcher, Dr. Wise Young , to Speak at RIM Symposium

Dr. Wise Young will be the keynote speaker at DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan’s 4^th Annual Rehabilitation Symposium on Thursday, May 31, 2012, from 8:00 am to 3:15 pm, at the MGM Grand-Detroit.

Dr. Young is the director of the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience and a professor at Rutgers. He is recognized as one of the world's outstanding neuroscientists and is a leader in spinal cord injury research.

Dr. Young was part of the team that discovered and established high-dose methylprednisolone (MP) as the first effective therapy for spinal cord injuries. This 1990 work upended concepts that spinal cord injuries were permanent, refocused research, and opened new vistas of hope. In addition, Dr. Young developed the first standardized rat spinal cord injury model used worldwide for testing therapies, formed the first consortium funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test promising therapies, and helped establish several widely accepted clinical outcome measures in spinal cord injury research.

In August 2001, TIME Magazine named Dr. Young as ‘America’s Best’ in the field of spinal cord injury research. In 2005 he was the first researcher elected to the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame.

For more information on the symposium, please visit www.RIMrehab.org/symposium. Registration opens on April 2, 2012.