SORE SPORTS TRAINERS KEEPING GOLFERS ON TEE.Byline: Amy Raisin Staff Writer VALENCIA - Professional golfer Bill Rogers knows a good thing when he sees it. The PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Champions Tour player arrived Monday for this weekend's SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Classic, and the 51-year-old has found his way to the traveling fitness trailers for some physical therapy every day. ``I had a pretty nice ankle sprain ankle sprain Orthopedics A stretching of the ankle ligaments and/or muscles with swelling and (my physical therapist) has brought me back to where I can play and not worry about it,'' Rogers said from the therapy table Friday after 18 holes of golf. ``Were a bunch of old guys and we're falling apart. They're putting us back together.'' The HealthSouth Fitness Trailers travel to every stop on the Champions Tour, formerly the PGA Senior Tour. Between the two trailers, the more than 70 players have access to exercise equipment, flexibility machines and, most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , a team of physical therapists and chiropractors. Troy Huseby, a physical therapist who travels full time with the tour, said his team treats about the same percentage of players as do his counterparts on the PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". , but the Champions Tour has a roster half the size. ``We have less guys on this tour, but we keep plenty busy,'' Huseby said. ``We see about 30 (percent) to 40 percent of the field on a daily basis. Most of them are mostly for maintenance, but I'd say we get a substantial injury at least once a week.'' Rogers said he would be crazy not to utilize the medical assistance and the professional staff. ``It's a tremendous luxury and I'm going to take advantage of it,'' Rogers said. ``I've been here every day and I'll keep coming. It's absolutely indispensable. One of my best friends - (golfer) Bobby Watkins Robert Lawrence Watkins (born May 31, 1960 in Cottonwood, Idaho) was a cornerback who played seven seasons for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League. - without these guys he couldn't have kept playing. He had some back problems and without these guys he definitely would have had to seek outside help.'' CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Professional golfers practice their swings at the driving range Friday before the first round of the SBC Classic. (2 -- color) Chiropractor chiropractor a practitioner in chiropractic. chiropractor A health professional trained in chiropractic; chiropractors do not perform surgery or prescribe drugs; of 50,000 licensed chiropractors in the US, many practice 'straight' chiropractic, ie Ted Forcum works with a golfer at the SBC Classic at the Valencia Country Club. (3) Mike McCullough tees off from the first hole Friday during the first round of the SBC Classic at the Valencia Country Club. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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