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NEW YoRN - JoDa6 Biolkú! stands outside a $om of the là*er Meridsn hotét andleani agàl$t a wll I'rsDcercà gdbtàvone lfiocf,Bon the door a[d lr told tb cometoclr tri 20 nin-ú€s. ndael fadrl @d lds now bsou8 ltft lneel&y dr the noor.

the hdlw!}, outdds the rodm is llke an anteohamber. wiere thEe ofthe be8t hlrDil pbyer! 11tùe rcorld ari€it th& h.m s'tth the nrgfc wrfid ofPb! &ecesco Parira.

Wth allthe ache!, !€iflÀ t€ars ald EBnerúl ltl'lsrúadon a!'sodated {'ith the sulrmer h8rd'coult s€dso!" ?gnah rcomls ole ofthè most iÌtr_poúant places lD aI of tenis, br tbb b wherePalÎa hss been uaing hjs r€volutiomry bser beahappsstus to heaf 30 odd pwerq iÀcludhgNadal tJre No. tplqlet ln túD mrld.

Knov,rlr qr ÎÀe.FIl, sy6!em, Pslrat ilventionseeros lmpÈrsh€ etrd Dr$be eveh a Uttle magical

f the te6tiEronials ole to be bouev€d. It b satd tosp€ed up the healng proceos olno€t tbl€e tlmegar bst as nahlrt. and lD soÌI€ c€8ea hrg bee1aklos! to help plsoers a\dd 3lrrgw alt4gBtùel,

"nve ]rars alp I wa8 told I wolld !€id sll'g!!y oú tr\y shouldar," !ryE vetaatr Paola suÙea"l q,€ot to ltaly for tlÉ bèatment fbf 10 d$5, aDdt bave nev€f had thjs problen agajD lt's It anar-jng Aeodng,"

Ahd drople, too,Wtth lttlè fttt&ie or trEírta o& Perra pa8$B

bir dx.inch ],8er stlc& over tle afllcted areÈ -usus[y È shoulder, wùt or kùee - peÉses q fewhution!, arÌd that's it It tala6 23 secoDals p€I ap-pncadoa ond on average plqvt$ m€d two 3e3-Niori6 a dty hr thr€e da$, or one a dry fol lved4r, wbich explaj!.g the tnffrc outdde fu hoteltootl)"

lllltù esch success stolT more and more pW-€rs arc hesring ebout hls pmcedue, and they arecomiDg €ù ùlgsse to Pallg fot whaì th€y c@sidel

tús nagicrl cúe. He laugh&"Nq it 16 lot Èl!etc," he sqvs h bja tùtck ltal-

lllt ac&lDt, 'lhatb vhat everyole aqys to me.Ttley aaÍ ne fir. Gu!u, Íhe lragidrn €otle plqy-e$ thay ooúe sld \r9[t ee to the them e $ow€fwtth the bser r[ over theh boÙ. But Oir 16 not snrgic wnd. It b sderÉe,"

In 1988 Púa" a g€neral sulgpoa ibveDted the IdscU[e by blullibg ùe plerceE lght of a lulgt- Ical lrse be€rD- Ibstead of e 8halp, d€rclrlg Xghtto cut dlsue, he cbangEd the focus 0f the hset t0us€ a 60ft€r moe obture Í8ht thst achdly l$flu-latas healDg.

the c,and conl,ajDs tblle se!€rate bearú4$tfcì, ìe ws, èllbrJ]qe heaxng by goÍlotittgblood fow, aud stimulating l,be gowtà of bothsuperldal 8nd de€P tlssue.

'"Ilds." he boasta matt4t-of-hcw, "l! 6one-tbings!€ciaf" . Igis initisl machide \reighed about 250 powds,

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but jn 109? Dr. Pana mày havechanged the teruù world fuleverby inve$ing a portabL t'$sioq theFql F al€d for hs iiitisìs], wbLhA pah gree! and the Sze of a ta6ter-oven - a s€ening mllacle cu€a8 cgrt{n luggaSe.

'JIt ha8 helped me a lol"Schjavone s,rys. "II I have maybesomethhg the doctoE say I camotfr., Dr. PEna can !x it Ifhe didntmne here to Ne4I/ Yoù, we woridhave to bearll hlm her€, like Star'ftek"

In ihct, guarez was the &st oneto bolm Iàna a4ross continenh.Aft3r the Eucce$ ['ifh her shoril-def, she lnìlediately caÌled hidrvtheD ùe developed a tear jrl hetdght wjsú ligam€rit pdor to the2003 Australfull Oper! ald askedbirn b qy haiftlay amund the woddjo help her.

"The doctors gaid I coìId not

pby," she sqys. "I asked hlm toPlea$ come ov€r, We did somework snd {,èIl, I weit to the tlìirdrcund, and nade lt to the doubles

' l.Iow Pàu travels to everyGnnd Sls& event! many top seeond-tier toumsmeùE axd sI ofItqfs Ped Cnp snd D&,!'ls Ctpmstche& He sek up shop in a hdtelrooll), or a loarby apa*ment ar hedoes at lviÌnbledo4 and lhen theplqyeE corne, maby of ihem ts,icea day.

On a ttuc8] dqy - Iike y$ter.dqy - Nadal wslks into P!]ra3rooD at 11:00 &Ill, and 18 back illthe hotel lobby at U:05, Five daJseaiiér he didn't kìow iJ he couldmrke lt on the court lor hk flsfmund mat4lf bui after hobblhgthtough it, he credlt the green rì!'chine.

'l have to gtw than}s to Dr.Para," he sals. 'It feeb e lot betterthrú two dr$ ago."

I'r€llcbÍian Amaud Clementìrar diagnosed rccmqy with a tve-

centùqet$ te8{ of }k rotato cld,but after a iew treahneús his nextMnf reveal€d ùhe tear had shnnikto 25 cm. Tlp 3$year-old Blo*-man, who has bee! senlng Pa$ageventativ* br two yes$ for as€!ie8 of jniudes, says therr is nodoubt hQ has helped prololg bj8cal1eer.

tu,lDn you get to be ry ags,well there aft úany adles snd!ialn6," he sqy!. 'î try to see lùùe\€ry dry if I caù. Its ùre&diblewhst he csn do."

gchiavone, who has beenheated fol }oee àÌrd trîist plbb'Iensr cr€dlts Pblla fot helpjrg fteItslbns wjn the Fed Citp l$t year.Both she and naúa Pemettqplqyed through jtJrùier, wh e Bel-giìm's Nh! oijstets sat out \dth abad wirt ud Jusùine HeÍitr stum-tiled on a bad klce.

Pana has not only {orked *'lthtehnjr plqye$, IIe wod<ed withSki€tr Alberlo Tohba for 12 yea$,and spent tluee yesrs treathg theJùveDNus Eoccer club, But rcp l,é

pref€N worldng wìth jidvidualover tean sports _

But jJ youle voídeìibg why theYank€€s, Gi'Ilts ahd Net{ don'lhare sjilih techlologr, f,ir. FWrah very Foprietary about bj! inve&tion He saJs ther€ ale only 30 ms-oltin€s spúDÌled a$und Eìtrgpellght !ow, oùy h the bÀldB ofwEl-balùed ph$ician&

"It's not erry to ù!€," he says."For nomal pathologier it wor*svery we[. But vtth very difrcrdt pa-thologleq you De€d sugery. I {rantto contlol it to lhe people who uroIt how what úhey ale dojng,"

Àrd the lPB baa lrnik. It lsùsele$ 0n @fiilage or bone. Butthe pl&yers seem to agr€e sdth itrefleci o! muscle tjrsue, l8smentssndtend0ng

"For me tt ls $iat to &e thetthe atllefe6 carì cohe back ftoman i4jury s,ìHe nonn lV you 6eJ,You c!n'i do it,"'Iàna ssys. "It'sa g00d feeling foa ule, and maybefoa the playels, too."

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Pl€r Fraic€€coPara't FP3 v/o.l€ bycùar€lrE lhe fodr9olal*€rba6okllgù thal €dmulel€sheding, nr€besttìert ÌtasbecorÍe an all.|ltabro su$ery.

Pf€r Fràce€co Fam ùÈ€s his FP3, e revoludorwy tas€r b€am, b teet lta$an tsnnb phyer Ranc€sca Sltiavons In N€yr York on Wedne€day.