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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard trainers also benefit by comparison with English trainers, known for their "magic sponge" treatments, English athletes say. "At home they bring out a bucket of cold water, and whatever's wrong, they wipe the spot with a sponge," soccer player Nick Gates '91 says...
...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...
...make athletes comfortable, the trainers maintain a relaxed atmosphere in the training room. "Emo kept a friendly relationship with all the players," says football player Tony M. Consigli '89. When students talk about their social lives, Emerson joins in, Consigli says. "They start talking about the night before, and he rags on kids for it. I wait for the day when we find out something about...
...Hockey player John C. Weisbrod '91 had a similar experience during rehabilitation. "Emo'd drive all the way over late at night, with his little daughter and a box of doughnuts," Weisbrod says...
Each year between 1980 and 1985, varsity and freshman football accounted for 175 "time loss" injuries, which force a player to miss a day of practice, while men's lacrosse, the most accident prone spring sport, averaged only 39 a year Coughlin says...