T.O.'s trainer rejects attempted suicide theory
Posted: Sep.27, 2006, 2:12 pm EDT
By Mike Chiappetta
NBCSports.com
James "Buddy" Primm has been at Terrell Owens' side for several years as his personal trainer. They met after Owens' 1999 season, and Primm helped the then-49ers wideout transform from what he called a "skinny kid" to the physical specimen and perennial Pro Bowler starring for the Dallas Cowboys. Owens has called Primm the "foundation" for his career.
When Owens had to return from a broken bone to play in the Super Bowl, Primm was the man who nursed him along. And though Primm wasn't in Dallas during Owens' recent hospitalization, the man who is part of T.O's inner circle says he knows the Cowboys' receiver well enough to doubt T.O. would ever try to take his life.
"No. No way he'd ever do that," he said. "The guy doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't even take painkillers."
Primm said he's spoken to Owens since being hospitalized and that he seemed normal. He added that he'll be heading to Dallas to be with T.O.
"Just seemed normal on everything. Freaked out? Scared? No, nothing. He just went through something traumatic, and we'll get it together, and he'll be OK."
People inside Owens' camp suggested that his mixing of painkillers and nutritional supplements caused a bad reaction. Primm agrees with the likelihood, believing the fact that Owens does not drink alcohol or normally use pain medication would make him more susceptible to such a reaction.
"It could happen easy," he said. "People need to know that that his system is so sensitive. Have you ever been out with a friend who takes one drink and is knocked out because he doesn't normally drink? That could be what happened on this deal. His body is so sensitive."
Primm said that while Owens usually takes five or six supplements such as multivitamins and multi-minerals, he has recently upped his supplement intake to more than 20 to help heal his finger. He also undergoes micro-current therapy on his finger, a treatment which helped him return from a broken ankle in six weeks to play in Super Bowl XXXIX. Micro-current is electrical stimulant administered at different frequencies to help the cells eliminate scar tissue while increasing blood flow. Owens' workout routines are so advanced, Primm refers to them as "Star Wars" techniques.
"It's a totally different ballgame with him. You can take some of those horse medications like players used in the '60s to come back, but those affect your motor skills. He's able to come back because we use different technologies. That's how he came back from that leg. That was absolutely amazing. So he's really taken hardly any painkillers ever. So it will affect his system since he wouldn't normally even take it."
Primm believes that from a physical standpoint, Owens is nearly ready to return.
"I want that finger right, and then he'll go. He could probably play right now if he had to. Right now it's just emotional trauma, but I know that's going to get cleared up. "I'm going to make a positive out of a negative. Everybody loves Terrell.
"I'm going to go out (to Dallas) and make sure we're back in structure. But as far as the games, I want him in the Tennessee game."
By Mike Chiappetta
NBCSports.com
James "Buddy" Primm has been at Terrell Owens' side for several years as his personal trainer. They met after Owens' 1999 season, and Primm helped the then-49ers wideout transform from what he called a "skinny kid" to the physical specimen and perennial Pro Bowler starring for the Dallas Cowboys. Owens has called Primm the "foundation" for his career.
When Owens had to return from a broken bone to play in the Super Bowl, Primm was the man who nursed him along. And though Primm wasn't in Dallas during Owens' recent hospitalization, the man who is part of T.O's inner circle says he knows the Cowboys' receiver well enough to doubt T.O. would ever try to take his life.
"No. No way he'd ever do that," he said. "The guy doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't even take painkillers."
Primm said he's spoken to Owens since being hospitalized and that he seemed normal. He added that he'll be heading to Dallas to be with T.O.
"Just seemed normal on everything. Freaked out? Scared? No, nothing. He just went through something traumatic, and we'll get it together, and he'll be OK."
People inside Owens' camp suggested that his mixing of painkillers and nutritional supplements caused a bad reaction. Primm agrees with the likelihood, believing the fact that Owens does not drink alcohol or normally use pain medication would make him more susceptible to such a reaction.
"It could happen easy," he said. "People need to know that that his system is so sensitive. Have you ever been out with a friend who takes one drink and is knocked out because he doesn't normally drink? That could be what happened on this deal. His body is so sensitive."
Primm said that while Owens usually takes five or six supplements such as multivitamins and multi-minerals, he has recently upped his supplement intake to more than 20 to help heal his finger. He also undergoes micro-current therapy on his finger, a treatment which helped him return from a broken ankle in six weeks to play in Super Bowl XXXIX. Micro-current is electrical stimulant administered at different frequencies to help the cells eliminate scar tissue while increasing blood flow. Owens' workout routines are so advanced, Primm refers to them as "Star Wars" techniques.
"It's a totally different ballgame with him. You can take some of those horse medications like players used in the '60s to come back, but those affect your motor skills. He's able to come back because we use different technologies. That's how he came back from that leg. That was absolutely amazing. So he's really taken hardly any painkillers ever. So it will affect his system since he wouldn't normally even take it."
Primm believes that from a physical standpoint, Owens is nearly ready to return.
"I want that finger right, and then he'll go. He could probably play right now if he had to. Right now it's just emotional trauma, but I know that's going to get cleared up. "I'm going to make a positive out of a negative. Everybody loves Terrell.
"I'm going to go out (to Dallas) and make sure we're back in structure. But as far as the games, I want him in the Tennessee game."
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