March 8, 2010

A-Rod and the Quack

From Sam Borden:

Earlier today we learned that the controversial Canadian doctor Anthony Galea told The AP that he did, in fact, treat Alex Rodriguez after A-Rod’s hip surgery last year. A-Rod’s surgeon, Marc Phillipon, told The Times he never authorized Galea to work with Rodriguez and the Yankees are already on record saying they have no knowledge – and, more importantly, gave no permission – for A-Rod to work with Galea.

Galea says he only gave A-Rod anti-inflammatory medication and not human growth hormone, and Rodriguez has continued to stay quiet when asked about when he will meet with FBI officials investigating Galea. A-Rod is one of several athletes connected to Galea (Tiger Woods, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes are among the others).

This doctor is selling snake oil. Why anyone would go him is beyond me, but professional athletes, I keep hearing, are very concerned with everything they put in their bodies. Who is advising these idiots?

1 thought on “A-Rod and the Quack

  1. Moshe Mandel

    One important detail left out of most of these stories. Galea works in the same practice with Dr. Mark Lindsay, the doctor who the Yankees and Phillipon approved to head A-Rod’s rehab. It is far from A-Rod simply pulling the name out of a phonebook- he was almost certainly referred by Lindsay.

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