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Follow-up: Tiger Woods Steroid Rumors and Dr. Anthony Galea

by Jessica Tucker | December 15, 2009 at 10:56 am

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In regards to earlier reports of new allegations towards our not so 'tigerific' doping Tiger Woods, the rumors seem to be running somewhat of a truthful course.

Dr. Tony Galea was arrested in October and his Toronto clinic was raided by Canadian authorities after his assistant was detained at the U.S.-Canadian border and reportedly found to be in possession of illegal drugs, including human growth hormone (hGH) and Actovegin - a drug extracted from calf's blood that has been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Although, steroids may be Tiger's suggested drug of choice, the valid reports include more the use of slightly 'shady' enhancements procedures to speed healing and the use of a combination of known (cross-border) illegal enhancement drugs.

Galea flew to Woods' Windermere, Fla., home to treat the golfer earlier this year with his platelet-rich plasma injection therapy, also known as "blood spinning.

Galea has attracted a mystique in sports medicine circles for his advocacy of the process, which involves spinning blood in a centrifuge and reinjecting it into injured joints in the hope of accelerating healing.

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The RCMP is expecting charges to be filed against Galea in Toronto, Canada on Friday.

For the many golfers young and old that only a few weeks ago held Tiger as a hero in their eyes, hopefully this matter of drug use, doping, and horrible publicity that has been following him around will clear itself up in some sort of positive manner.