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Petersburg Times - Online Tampa Bay
John Huston, PGA - professional golfer
You have to hole a lot of putts to get to 20 under par,
John Huston's winning score Sunday at the Southern Farm
Bureau Classic.
To be in position to make those putts, however, you
have to hit the ball close, something Huston said would
likely not have been possible if not for a visit with
a trainer whose efforts were "pretty miraculous."
Huston, 43, had been bothered by a sore left elbow and
shoulder most of the year, and while they did not cause
excruciating pain, they affected his swing. After missing
the cut at the PGA Championship, Huston, who lives in
Clearwater, decided to take a prolonged break.
He also sought the help of Hap
Hudson, a physical trainer in the area who has worked with the Philadelphia Phillies
and came highly recommended by Scott Rolen, now with
the St. Louis Cardinals.
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St
Petersburg Times - Match made in therapy sprouts
growth - New business model
Waz started in October as Ewing and Thomas' new chief
executive and immediately began crafting his vision.
He's leading the company through an $800,000 expansion
that will take the practice into fast-growing Trinity
and Oldsmar.
Thomas said she likes Waz because he's a visionary,
not a yes man.
"I think when you look for a successor, outward
appearance isn't important," Thomas said. "We
are as different as night and day, physically, in gender
and in age. And yet if you talk to Jason for even a short
time, the core values of what we want for the business
are the same. Isn't that just the neatest thing to find
such a match in values? That's the beauty of a small
town."
Waz recruited David "Hap" Hudson, a former
athletic trainer with the St. Louis Cardinals and the
Philadelphia Phillies. Hudson now spends a lot of time
training local high school athletes and helping them
recover from injuries and surgeries.
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News Scott Rolen, MLB St. Louis
Cardinals - professional baseball player, third
baseman
How in the world were the St.
Louis Cardinals able to pull off one of the most underappreciated
feats in baseball last summer, winning 100 games while
playing most of the season without their star third baseman?
...
... "I'm
feeling good now, like a normal shoulder. I can't tell
you how much respect I have for Dr. Kremchek, and Hap
Hudson (the long-time trainer and physical therapist
who rehabbed Rolen). There's no better man than
Hap Hudson.
"I can't thank both of them enough. Doc put me
back together and Hap got me playing
baseball again."
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St
Petersburg Times - Online Tampa Bay New
Port Richey - High School Steriod Abuse
NEW PORT RICHEY - Mike DeGennaro was concerned.
The River Ridge High School football coach has read
stories of steroid use in professional sports. He has
seen reports of professional athletes failing drug tests.
He has seen the ads for athletic supplements in bodybuilding
magazines.
He knows his kids have seen the same things.
That's why Hap Hudson, a trainer
for 20 years in Major League Baseball, was at the River Ridge gym on Tuesday
lecturing football players about the risks of using so-called
performance-enhancing steroids and supplements.
But, Hudson asked the more than 50 football players
assembled, what are they really enhancing?
"How is bigger going to help me?" Hudson said. "Because
it doesn't guarantee better.
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MLB.com
Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals, Scott Rolen rehabs with
Hap Hudson
Eckstein, Pujols, Rolen and Carpenter have
all been to the All-Star Game before, so the event doesn't
necessarily carry much in the way of novelty for the
Cards.
But for Rolen, getting to this stage in '06, just a year
removed from major shoulder surgery, was an achievement
worth savoring.
"This is a special All-Star Game for me," he
said. "You know, [the Mets'] David Wright was voted
in and certainly earned that. I kind of had to earn my
way on this one, which is great."
When he went under the knife, Rolen had no guarantee
that his career would ever be the same. But a season
in which he's hit .331 with 14 homers and 57 RBIs has
again established him as one of the game's premier third
basemen.
"I had a pretty extensive surgery on my left shoulder,
and you never know what's going to happen the following
year," Rolen said. "All I can say is that
I have thanks that I need to hand out to people -- Dr.
[Timothy] Kremchek in Cincinnati and [athletic trainer
and physical therapist Hap] Hudson, who was training
me for a lot of years. They helped me from the beginning
and did an unbelievable job. They worked as hard or harder
than I did and gave me an opportunity to be here today."
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St
Petersburg Times - Online Tampa Bay -
Professional trainer helps local youth
Hap Hudson wants to help.
That's what David Kelly "Hap" Hudson is all
about. The 43-year-old has spent 20 years helping injured
athletes from Venezuela to Japan using what he learned
as an athletic trainer with the
St.Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies.
During his time in the major leagues, Hudson worked
with - or worked on - Willie McGee, Terry Pendleton,
Ozzie Smith, Curt Schilling and Darren Daulton.
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