Zenit basketball player Karasev talks about his back injury: “I fell, I wanted to lie down for a while, then I realized that I couldn’t move my legs. It was scary”

Basketball player of Saint Petersburg Zenit Sergey Karasev On , he spoke about the progress of his recovery from a back injury, which he received during the VTB United League match against CSKA.

On December 10, Karasev was injured in the fourth quarter of the United League regular season match against CSKA, falling on his back after a collision with Samson Ruzhentsev. The basketball player was only able to leave the court on a stretcher, accompanied by a medical team. Later it became known that Karasev avoided serious injuries and began training according to an individual program.

– I already feel better. Of course, the pain persists and the recovery process will not be the fastest. In general, thank God, there was no fracture, now it is much better. My whole life flashed before my eyes. At first I fell, I understood that there was a painful shock. I wanted to lie down for a while, then I realized I couldn’t move my legs at all. At that point, it got scary. I immediately thought, “God forbid a wheelchair.” » Then they took me to the hospital. It had been almost three days. I felt my legs, but I couldn’t move. Now the most important thing is to understand with your head that everything is fine with me and I am ready to return slowly. I need to get some strength back into my legs and from now on see how I feel.

I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who was concerned. Because there were a lot of messages and words of support. It was great. For me, at that moment, it was very important,” Karasev said on the air of the program “Everyone for the match!” on the channel.

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