The National Football League is no place for guys who don’t want to get hurt No NFL veteran comes away unscathed
And that means there is always plenty of work for team physicians. From 1983 to 1990, Dr. Robert Huizenga was team internist for the Los Angeles Raiders.
Huizenga saw everything from bruises and pulled muscle to dislocated fingers, concussions and compound fractures.
And a lot of steroid abuse.
A few years after leaving the Raiders, Huizenga wrote about his experience in the NFL in a book he called You’re Okay, It’s Only a Bruise. I talked with him when he was on a book tour.
So here now, from 1994, Dr. Robert Huizenga.
Today Dr. Robert Huizenga continues to be active in professional sports, and is often seen on television.
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