Word: thighed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Yale plays differently, though, and so we knew what to expect. They run Mercein off Lawrence a lot. But as Thursday's practice started, it looked like I wouldn't get my wish. Joe Jurek, our starting right tackle, was still limping from a thigh bruise. If Jurek didn't start, I would shift from left tackle to right, leaving Steve Diamond, the sophomore, in the position he was accustomed...
...painful as his original injury. But Namath gamely kept trying. No matter how much it hurts, he will have to repeat that exercise scores of times a day. Hundreds of times a day he will have to contract the big quadriceps muscle that runs down the front of the thigh, tying together the femur, kneecap and tibia. With knee bent and also extended, he will lift weights on his right foot. By July, if all goes well, he should be ready for practice, and for the rigors of professional football...
...side of his knee. But at Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery, X rays taken after air and dye had been injected into the joint showed that the main trouble was on the inside. The medial meniscus, one of the two pads of cartilage that lie between the thigh and shinbone (see diagram), was torn and rolled back in a tight wad. This explained why Namath had not been able to straighten his leg completely: just as a folded newspaper stuck between a door and its jamb will keep the door ajar, so the ball of cartilage kept...
...bolder types and colder climes, there are versions that don't quit at the garter (those that do, tame enough when standing, reveal flashes of thigh beneath the new short skirts that make sitting down as much a pleasure for male onlookers as it is a comfort for their girls). Mary Grey has textured tights in stretch nylon, Beautiful Bryans in nanny-white lace, and Kayser-Roth promises some misty spring numbers abloom with flowers from tippytoe to waist. The ultimate extension, of course, is the jumpsuit; Capezio has one in white ribbed stretch nylon ($33), Bewitching in sheer...
...injured limb is not only painful; in addition, it atrophies from lack of use and, weakened and vulnerable can easily be reinjured. Fadden estimated that it would take at least a month for the swelling in Mercein's thigh to subside, but even more time would be necessary for the Yale star to recondition himself for another sport. Fadden's own system is to build up the damaged leg until it is stronger than the healthy one, before pronouncing the player recovered...