The team is expected to place running back Curtis Adams (shoulder injury) and linebacker Andy Hawkins (groin injury) on injured reserve today and replace them by claiming either Chicago Bears defensive end Tyrone Keys or New York Giants defensive end Dee Hardison off waivers and reclaiming defensive back David Martin, whom the Chargers cut yesterday.…
25 YEARS LATER, A MEDICAL MIRACLE IS COMMONPLACE MGH SURGEON RECALLS YOUTHS SUCCESSFUL LIMB REPLANTATION
“We never considered replantation before, but at the very minute he came into the emergency ward we were discussing the possibility of causing limbs to regenerate,” recalled Dr. Ronald A. Malt, then Massachusetts General Hospital’s chief surgical resident, now a surgeon at MGH and professor at Harvard Medical School. During an eight-hour operation they rejoined…
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— Joe Ryan, president of the American Association, was in stable condition in a High Point, N. C. , hospital after suffering a stroke Friday. “He is talking and alert,” said Rita English, a nursing supervisor at High Point Regional Hospital. “It’s really hard to tell how long he’ll stay here. We just take each…
Soviet basketball star sidelined by injury to Achilles tendon
http://carpaltunnel-cure.com MOSCOW (AP) – Soviet basketball star Arvidas-Romas Sabonis has injured an Achilles tendon and will not play in the European Championships scheduled to begin June 3 in Greece, Tass said yesterday. carpaltunnel-cure.com The 7-foot-3 centre, who leads the Soviet national team in scoring, injured his right tendon during training and in is hospital, the…
PERFORMER MALADIES GAIN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER YEARS OF PAINFUL NEGLECT
What do singer Kenny Rogers, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and pianist Gary Graffman have in common Each of these well-known performing artists has suffered a serious job-related injury. While music and the other performing arts may hold unrivaled powers to soothe, they also can harm. While muscle and tendon problems are particularly common, performing artists also…
Careers Are Over for Green and Harris Injuries on Defense Have Rams Searching for Replacements
[James McDonald], a fourth-year pro who played only basketball at USC, also was cut last year by the Rams. He signed with the Detroit Lions, was cut in midseason and signed back with the Rams. [Lynn Williams] was the Rams’ sixth-round draft choice this year; [John Kamana] a second-year pro. www.carpaltunnel-cure.com The others were rookie…
Drug-testing proposal to go to chancellor
carpaltunnel-cure.com At first, only scholarship athletes and returning athletes would be tested and as the year progresses, all student-athletes would be tested twice, according to [Kaia Hedlund], who is on the drug-testing committee. One potentially controversial aspect of UCI’s drug testing proposal: If a coach comes to the committee and suspects a player is using…
The Debate Over Golf as Game or Sport
As a result of treating golf injuries (often overuse of muscles and tendons) and studying the biomechanics of physical movements in golf, Dr. Frank W. Jobe and Diane R. Moynes of Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood have put together 30 Exercises for Better Golf, a well-researched, extremely easy-to-follow approach to stretching, strengthening and using…
HALLORAN GETS COOL RECEPTION
Troy Stradford and Shawn Dombrowski will have their ribs X-rayed today to make sure nothing is broken. “It’s a precautionary thing,” said trainer Randy Shrout http://carpaltunnel-cure.com. “I’m worried he (Stradford) won’t be able to play next week. If the X-rays are negative, he’ll be cleared to play, but it would be day-to-day based on the…
Kristiansen wants no push for record
Last year Samuelson beat [Ingrid Kristiansen] in AM/C but neither bettered Kristiansen’s world record of 2:21. 06. Samuelson won in 2:21. 21, an American record, while Kristiansen’s 2:23. 05 was the fourth fastest time ever run by a woman. carpaltunnel-cure.com Samuelson, sidelined with Achilles tendon problems, will be at today’s race only as a TV…