Word: tendonitis
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...York last week, clinging grimly to their slim, one-game lead, the Dodgers were so nervous that they looked more like candidates for a rest home than for the World Series. They felt even worse before they left. Playing like a team that didn't have a tense tendon to its name, the cellar-dwelling (32½ games behind), happy-go-nowhere New York Mets banged out 25 hits in three days and took three straight games from the Dodgers...
...Whose arm is still on the mend. He can now bend his elbow and make a fist, but faces another tendon operation to give him fuller control of his hand...
...were movable and had a little bounce, so he expected them to be filled with fluid that could be drawn off to hasten recovery. When he cut into the knobs, though, he found cords of pearly white material, and he was afraid that he might have hit a misplaced tendon or nerve. Eventually, he decided that the white strands were an overgrowth of connective tissue, the deeper, fibrous layer between skin and bone. This might be more serious than an overgrowth of the horny layer, but it too will subside if the surfer stays off his board for four...
During his freshman year, Croasdale was hailed as a potential 60' shot-putter, but those hopes were dashed when Art suffered a crippling sprained tendon in his throwing hand. Still unable to give the shot that extra oomph, Art set a University record this spring with a 57' 4" put in the Greater Boston Championships...
...Cheek, a fellow San Franciscan. Dr. Cheek finds that a mere nod or shake of the head during hypnosis is a relatively conscious effort that can cloud what the subject is recalling; finger signals, sometimes so slight that the psychiatrist can perceive them only as the tensing of a tendon on the back of the hand, work at a deep, subconscious level, and do not interfere with communication...