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These machines have allowed trainers an active role in rehabilitating injuries which once could only be treated with rest and ice. The trainers and Arthur L. Boland, the Athletic Department's head surgeon, discuss students' injuries and decide how the training room can best treat them...
...football trainer Dick Emerson] worked closely with Dr. Boland, consulting to put together a rehabilitation program," says football player Bryan D. Gescuk '88. Gescuk has spent about two hours a day stretching and strengthening his right knee since he tore several ligaments in October...
Athletes also complain that it is difficult to get an appointment with a physician. In the fall, Boland comes to the training room every day, but in the spring he only sees athletes on Wednesdays. Smith says this is because the fall sports produce more injuries. "Contact sports have to take more attention," she says. "That's where the liabilities demand...
Whatever the numbers, the policy frustrates some athletes. One athlete, who asked not to be identified, says "I was supposed to see Dr. Boland this spring to get final clearance, but I never did because the line was quite long. It sometimes takes two or three hours...
...last week's roll call drew near, Congress's exasperation with the whole issue was palpable. Since December 1982, lawmakers have voted on the contras 15 times. Whether the immediate question was the mining of Nicaraguan harbors or the many permutations of the Boland amendment, which blocked military aid to the contras, each vote sparked ugly, divisive battles. Last year's Iran- contra scandal has only added to the bitterness. In the past, Reagan was able to win over key swing votes in White House arm-twisting sessions. Last week, however, many undecided Congressmen refused even to meet with...