SBPilipinas: Aug 19, 2009

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

SALUD SAYS PBA SHOULD SUPPORT TOROMAN’S TEAM

Lawyer Rudy Salud, the founding secretary general of the PBA and its most successful Commissioner along with his mentor, the late Leo Prieto, has taken a strong stand on the pro league’s involvement in international tournaments amid indications that it wishes to continue assuming the responsibility for forming the national team despite an agreement that the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and its Smart Gilas national pool will take over.

WNCAA top squads remain clean in respective divisions

Three teams kept their respective win-loss records clean in the 40th WNCAA basketball tournament at the St. Scholastica’s College gym.
Defending champion Lyceum togethern with College of St. Benilde and University of Asia and the Pacific remain clean after three games in the senior’s basketball tournament.

Guiao not losing hope on RP five

BEIJING— Putting it in simple terms,Powerade-Pilipinas coach Yeng Guiao believes the country is just 10 to 12 points behind the best teams in Asia now.
Despite failing to land at least third place in the Fiba-Asia World Champion qualifying that ended Sunday, Guiao said his perception has changed in just two weeks of handling the national squad in top-notch competition. “My first perspective was that we couldn’t stand up to them anymore,” Guiao told scribes Monday morning, referring to the Middle East squads and China which loomed unbeatable just a few weeks ago in the eyes of the firebrand Burger King mentor.

“But after two weeks here (in the Fiba-Asia), I realized na puede pa pala (that it can still be done),” Guiao said. “Malapit lang pala (they’re not too far in terms of skill and talent after all).”

Toroman singles out three pros for Gilas 5

MANILA, Philippines - Only three players from the Powerade Team Pilipinas that competed in 25th FIBA-Asia Championship in Tianjin, China have earned a second look from Smart Gilas Pilipinas coach Rajko Toroman.
They’re not James Yap, Willie Miller or Cyrus Baguio but Japeth Aguilar, Jared Dillinger and Gabe Norwood.

Powerade RP cagers willing to play anew

BEIJING – Powerade Team Pilipinas broke camp two days after the 25th FIBA-Asia Championship, disappointed it failed in its mission but expressed willingness to do it all over again when called to serve flag and country.
Members of Powerade RP are willing to don the RP colors once again after their ill-fated campaign in Taijin where they finished eighth.

SBP eyes 3 PBA players to reinforce Gilas squad

SBP executive director Noli Eala named (L-R) Japeth Aguilar, Jared Dillinger, and Gabe Norwood as possible reinforcements to the Smart-Gilas RP basketball team which will compete in next year’s Asian Games and the 2011 FIBA-Asia championships.

Three PBA players are in the wish list of Smart-Gilas national team that will take over the responsibility of representing the country in international meets. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) executive-director Noli Eala said the team is not closing the door on professionals reinforcing the squad under Serbian coach Rajko Toroman. “If the PBA is open to any involvement with the national team then it would have to be under the program and direction of the SBP. This includes our desire to have two or three pros with the core of the next national team being Smart-Gilas,” said Eala.
Eala rattled off the three names that Toroman wanted: Japeth Aguilar, Jared Dillinger and Gabe Norwood.

Fernandez pins hope on Williams’ recovery

Sta. Lucia Realty coach Boyet Fernandez yesterday expressed hope Kelly Williams will be able to recover fully before the start of the Philippine Basketball Association’s 35th season.
"He is healthy, and we’re hoping na magtuloy-tuloy na ang recovery niya," said Fernandez of his prized forward Kelly who has been off the court for a little over three months now since he was diagnosed with a blood disorder.

SBP wants PBA’s young guns for Gilas

After denying the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) a chance at redemption, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) yesterday expressed interest tapping at least three PBA stars to be part of its long-term training program to shoot for a slot in the 2012 London Olympics.

Letran subdues stubborn SBC

Letran bucked a third set loss as it turned back a stubborn San Beda side, 25-19, 25-12, 23-25, 25-13 yesterday to jumpstart its own title bid in the women’s division of the 85th NCAA volleyball competition at the Emilio Aguinaldo College Gym.

Baby Tam drops 83 on UP

GUARD Terrence Romeo, getting the go-signal from coach Horacio Lim, shot the lights out at The Arena in San Juan yesterday, scoring 83 points as Far Eastern University whipped lowly University of the Philippines 104-55 in the juniors division of the 72nd UAAP basketball championship.

Letran, AU out to boost

LETRAN and Arellano University battle Emilio Aguinaldo College and College of St. Benilde today, with the Knights and Chiefs out to boost their bids for a Final Four slot in the 85th NCAA basketball tournament at The Arena in San Juan.

On hindsight, Yeng could have fielded a different team

BEIJING — Like all the national coaches before him, Powerade-Team Pilipinas mentor Yeng Guiao has the luxury of a 20/20 hindsight vision.
But he also has the eyes of a hawk when it comes to pinpointing those who he feels exceeded expectations and others who failed to meet the bar in the recent 25th FIBA-Asia Men’s Championship in Tianjin.

Scientific 'hilot' an alternative option

By Joaquin Henson (The Philippine Star)

BAIS, Negros Oriental , Philippines – Miguel del Prado isn’t a miracle healer. Neither is he an “ambularyo.” He specializes in relieving pain or discomfort that is traced to a nerve or soft tissue problem. His method is strictly by touch with a scientific basis.
At the Hacienda Florentina in this sugar heartland, Del Prado yesterday said he doesn’t compete with orthopaedic surgeons, physical therapists or chiropractors. His line of work is an alternative option, which is loosely promoted as “hilot,” a somewhat indigenous Filipino approach of treating muscle pain, in the increasingly popular field of medical tourism.
“I don’t align or fix bones,” said Del Prado whose father Nonoy manages the family-owned hacienda. “I focus on soft tissues. I don’t use instruments and I don’t employ assistants. I work with my hands on my own. I don’t advertise. People come to see me by word of mouth. My gratification is when I’m able to relieve people of their pain. It’s a career that I’ve been encouraged to develop by doctors who believe in the option of alternative medicine.”
Del Prado, 26, was born with the gift of “touch,” something the local hacienda “hilot” Fely Aguilar saw when he was just two months old. He discovered his “gift” at eight and never held back in sharing it. Del Prado earned a pre-med biology degree at La Salle in 2005 and seriously thought of taking up medicine. He toured Europe alone for three months after graduation, went into deep soul-searching and came back home ready to embark on his chosen profession.
“I call it myovaso therapy as I deal with the muscles and the vascular system,” said Del Prado, the second of five children. “For instance, I treat tendonitis which involves an accumulation of fluid. By feel, I trace the source of the problem, checking the muscles and finding the pressure points to open up the channels to drain the fluid. Once, a lady visited complaining of radiating pain from the shoulder to the hand. For three years, she couldn’t be relieved because the focus of her treatment was in the hand and arm. I traced the source of the problem to a pinched nerve in the neck and after unlocking the nerve, the pain was gone.”
Del Prado described his methodology as “Western mixed with Oriental,” explaining his treatment in scientific, medical terms. A former Secretary of Health called it “a notch higher than “hilot.”
Today, Del Prado attends to an average of 10 visitors a day and spends anywhere between five to 30 minutes for each treatment. He is exhausted by the end of the day. A popular singer and composer once said “relief is just a Del Prado away,” recalling the advertising slogan for a pain medicine. His list of clients reads like a who’s who – from a world champion bowler to an Olympic badminton player to a PBA star to squash players to triathletes to concert performers to TV talk show hosts to sportscasters to golfers to professional dancers to tennis players to government officials to socialites to foreigners.
Last week, Del Prado arrived from Soto Grande, Spain, where he was invited to treat the world’s top polo players for 23 days. He attended to the crack polo stars in the same resort last year and because of his success, was asked to come back, this time with more athletes seeking his expertise.
Del Prado’s work has been cited in “Silvia’s Book,” a directory of referrals for expatriates in the Philippines, and in “Town and Country” which featured four practitioners in an article on wellness.
Del Prado was recently invited to teach at a well-known Manila medical school but declined. “I don’t know if this is something you can teach,” he said. “I can share my knowledge and experiences with others but I don’t think myovaso therapy can be taught.”
When his reputation spread, Del Prado’s mother Wing said they had to screen callers.
“We got calls from stroke victims who, of course, Miguel doesn’t treat,” she said. “We got calls from people asking his healing hours like he was a healing priest. So we had to explain that his work has to do only with the use of his hands in treating pain or discomfort traced to soft tissues, muscles and nerves.”
Del Prado said he continues to expand his knowledge by self-study. “I read lots of books and with my pre-med background, I’m able to understand how the body works,” he continued. “I do a lot of stretching and manipulation of the soft tissues. I do retraction of the sciatic nerve. I also do ‘dorn,’ a German method of spinal adjustment through slight manipulation where I lock down the bone in the back, swing the leg or arm to slowly nudge the bone with the ligament.”
Because he’s not a doctor, Del Prado doesn’t prescribe medicine. “I do suggest food supplements and lifestyle changes,” he added. “There are practical things I can advise to avoid the recurrence of a muscle or nerve problem, like inserts in shoes or using a pillow to cushion the lower back when driving an automatic car. They’re small things that work.”
Del Prado’s work isn’t confined in this town. Beyond Bais, he attends to patients in Metro Manila, Cebu and Dumaguete. “If there’s something I can do for those who still can’t find relief for their pain after seeing doctors, therapists and chiropractors, I’m more than willing to do what I can,” he said. “I offer an alternative. My whole purpose is to be of service.”
(To contact Del Prado, phone 0915-725-6002.).

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