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The Fitness Van
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13461 |
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LIFE
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9 / 1987 |
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Nancy Lee Fernas
Nancy Lee Fernas is a free-lance writer and associate editor
of Mercury Magazine, a publication of the Los Angeles Athletic
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There's a new star on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour this year.
Measuring 13 feet 6 inches high by 36 feet long and weighing 47,000 pounds, the Inglewood, California, Centinela Hospital Player Fitness Center made its debut among the lady pros less than four months ago and has since proven itself an invaluable addition to the tour.
Already a part of the PGA Tours, the climate-controlled "clinic on wheels" expands hydraulically from 7 to 22 feet in width in less than 10 minutes, providing more than 500 square feet of carpeted floor space for workouts and therapy. Two physical therapists from Centinela Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) supervise the golfers' use of exercycles, weight equipment, and free weights as well as treat golf-related physical ailments.
Representing the latest in state-of-the-art technology in the sports medicine field, these fitness centers represent much more than posh workout rooms on the professional golf circuits.
The overwhelming acceptance of these centers by the players signals an important philosophical change in the pro golf camps.
As an outgrowth of the data gathered at CHMC's Biomechanics Laboratory, the National Athletic Health Institute, and the Sports Injury Clinic, the centers testify to the fact that keeping in shape is critical for all athletes.
Dr. Frank Jobe, cofounder of Centinela's Biomechanics
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