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Boston Red Sox Pitcher Ramon Martinez Makes Remarkable Comeback From Shoulder Injury to Help Team Progress Through American League Playoff Drive.


BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999--

SportsTrac Systems Inc.'s Rehabilitation Technology

Aids Recovery

SportsTrac Inc. (www.sportstrac.com), a high-tech firm specializing in athletic performance enhancement with offices in Boulder, Colo., and Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. , Calif., today announced positive results with the SportsRAC(TM) system, the company's new computer-based injury rehabilitation system.

SportsRAC is believed to have been a major factor in the unexpectedly fast recovery by Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park.  pitcher Ramon Martinez Ramon Martinez is the name of several people:
  • Ramon Martinez (fencing instructor), a fencing instructor in New York City
  • Ramón Martínez (baseball infielder)
  • Ramón Martínez (baseball pitcher), brother of Pedro Martinez
 from open repair surgery to his right rotator cuff rotator cuff
n.
A set of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and permits rotation of the arm. Also called musculotendinous cuff.
.

Martinez has made a remarkable recovery from a serious shoulder injury sustained last season. Martinez was signed this season by the Boston Red Sox while recovering from surgery. Martinez is now an integral member of the Boston Red Sox pitching staff, and has had several strong performances during this season's pennant race and American League American League (AL)

One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL).
 playoffs. Martinez attributes much of his success to incorporating a new rehabilitation technology called the SportsRAC system into his daily routine.

The SportsRAC system allows athletes to maintain their delicate sense of control over the injured limb during the early stages of rehabilitation, thereby accelerating recovery times. The SportsRAC system is manufactured by SportsTrac Systems in Boulder. SportsTrac Systems applies high-technology solutions to help athletes and health & fitness enthusiasts perform at their peak.

SportsTrac (www.sportstrac.com) brings together sports medicine sports medicine, branch of medicine concerned with physical fitness and with the treatment and prevention of injuries and other disorders related to sports. Knee, leg, back, and shoulder injuries; stiffness and pain in joints; tendinitis; "tennis elbow"; and  expertise, technology savvy and decades of experience in professional sports competition, coaching and management. These elements are integrated and applied to raise the limits of human performance. SportsTrac can be reached at 800/862-8656.
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