Truisms And Consequences
July, 1982
Like Dirty Harry Callahan squeezing off rounds from his .44 Magnum, sports medicine is blowing away a lot of worn-out ideas and getting ready to blast a few more. Old wives are finding they can no longer peddle their maxims to athletes, since the hottest corner in the field of medicine has replaced castor oil with computer readouts. So, in consultation with Dr. Gabe Mirkin, a prominent sports physician, we have re-examined some major myths that have proved to be about as worth while as the rhyth...
