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Red Sox are playing a little medicine ball

Advances in injury treatment, prevention could equal an advantage

The Red Sox are working to be at the leading edge of assessing, treating, preventing, and perhaps even forecasting injuries so effectively that it creates a competitive advantage.

For team doctors,
serving two masters
can be a tight spot

In an age when baseball stars command a king’s ransom and team doctors serve both the players and club owners, their triangular relationship has turned the company physician’s office into an arena ripe for high-stakes conflicts.
Injury mainbar

Information graphics

Major league physicals
Major league physicals
Take a look at the deep medical scrutiny a pro athlete is subject to when he signs a big deal with a team.
DL database
DL database
Check MLB records for players who have been on the disabled list over the last two seasons.
Status report
Status report
Take a look at the Red Sox players returning from injuries and their outlook entering 2011.

Features

The jock doc
The jock doc
Meet Dr. Thomas J. Gill, who is every bit as competitive as the teams he treats, including the Red Sox.
Focus on future
Focus on future
With injury and illness behind him, utility infielder Jed Lowrie is eager to play up to his potential.
An extra edge
An extra edge
A new complex in Fort Myers will give the Red Sox a state-of-the-art rehab and training center they hope equates to a leg up on the competition.

Multimedia

Red Sox trivia quiz
Red Sox trivia quiz
Which Red Sox once hit four homers in a game? Who was a star running back in high school? See how well you know the 2011 Red Sox.
Ranking the Red Sox
Ranking the Red Sox
Before spring training, Chad Finn rated the players from 25 to 1. At the end of the gallery, you can too.
Pick the batting order
Pick the batting order
Everyone's got an opinion on whom should bat where. Here's your chance to play manager.
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Meet the 2011 Red Sox (Getty Images)

Meet the 2011 Red Sox

The Red Sox are loaded for a serious run at the World Series. Here's a portrait gallery and brief bios of the players likely to be on the opening day roster.
Scouting reports
Stats and stuff
Extra bases
Final: Red Sox 5, Twins 1
GAME OVER - Junichi Tazawa put a couple of runners on base but managed to protect the lead as the Red Sox won their fifth...