RUB DOWNS AND MASSAGES are part of the therapy treatments of the
trainers. Here, Chuck Medlar, head trainer, is working on tackle Stu Barber.
A FAMILIAR SIGHT to anyone active in athletics is the whirl
pool bath. The bath is a combination of heat and rapidly moving
'. at er that applies a massage to the affected area. Trainer is
'Willie Meyers, the players are Stu Barber and Dick Hoak.
Trainers Keep Busy
The Jack Hulme Training Room, a little knoWn place to all but athletes and sportswriters,
is located under the West stands of Beaver Field. Head Trainer Chuck Medlar and his staff of
three, Eddie Sulkowski, Willie Meyers, and Ray Ulinski, are busy during all of the sport sea
sons to keep the athletes in good condition..
In the course of a week of the football season they go through more than three miles of
adhesive tape as well as fhany other supplies. Names such as Hydrocolator, Medcolator, Dia
thermy, and Whirlpool are common there. They are the machines used in the treatments.
Although football season is the busiest for the trainers they are kept active throughout
the year. Baseball, basketball, soccer, lscrosse,•and tennis comprise much of their work dur
ing other seasons.
A SHELF OF 'TRAINING MATERIAL' from which all of the necessary supplies disseminate.
Such things as adhesive, and Tuf-skin are kept here. - ‘ - '
Collegian Photo Feature by Marty Scherr
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EDDIE SULKOWSKI is applying a diathermy treatment to Stu Barber, tackle. The diathermy
is a heat treatment that gets right down to the 'base' of the injury.
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'DROCOLATOR IS the name for the wet heat treatment being given this
player. The trainer applying the treatment is Ray Ulinski.
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THE WEIGHTED foot is a method of rehabilitation for
injured leg and. foot muscles through the use of weights
attached to the foot with a special boot.
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