Ángel Ruiz-Cotorro has explained how the Manaco man has had to face matches in recent years. He was also optimistic about the tennis player’s eventual participation in Wimbledon.
Rafael Nadal ended up being crowned champion of the last edition of Roland Garros after leaving Novak Djokovic, among others, on the way. A triumph that is celebrated twice or more given the Müller-Weiss syndrome that affects the manacorí’s left foot, a degenerative disease that has affected the athlete since 2005.
For the same reason, Nadal’s doctor, Ángel Ruiz-Cotorro, values even more what has been achieved by the tennis player who 48 hours after the final appeared on crutches in the middle of treatments to recover his foot for the next ones. tournaments.
“Rafa follows the process and is fine. We’ll see in the next few hours and in two or three days we’ll see what effects it had . In four days we will put it back on track and there we will see how the treatment evolves. We have activated these nerves in the area and we will see the possibility of making it as bearable as possible. If there is any discomfort after the treatment, we will see if he can compete at Wimbledon or not. “, explained the doctor on the show The big game of COPE .
Moreover, he enjoyed the Roland Garros title a lot despite the injury. “What Nadal did is a miracle. It’s not just your foot falling asleep, but accepting the challenge and, at the same time, isolating yourself from all that feeling. These things can only be done by Rafa ”.
For his part, Ruiz-Cotorro stressed that the period of cessation of activity due to the Covid pandemic was negative. “It’s a very rare injury in an athlete and there are very few cases in the world bibliography and there are no cases at Rafa’s level . We found it in 2004-2005 and we completed steps. It is an injury that degenerates over time and we have sought resources for each situation. Things are getting more and more complicated and with the pandemic more and more because this type of injury does not go well with rest, but rather adapts gradually to loads . When he came back after the pandemic, there was a sudden change. And now, after the coast, the same thing happened to him: five weeks without setting foot, then we start training faster than necessary and we have just arrived in Paris ”.
He also spoke about how Nadal’s injury was handled as he competed and won tournaments. “In medicine, you have to be very discreet. We have a function which is to help and we must have respect for the patient. Rafa’s injury is written in the books, but the current situation, how is the joint, how are the other joints, it’s a matter of getting to know him day by day and knowing all this process ”.
Finally, he launched a message of optimism: “When we use treatments, it is because we trust them. It is a unique case. We’re talking about someone who has to try to play Wimbledon and we’re going to be optimistic. . Rafa has played with pain all these years. When people talked about the knee or the problems it had, they all came from here. The basis of the whole problem was the foot and everything was enduring, overcoming the situations. And if we give a little to Rafa, with this little bit he does well “, concluded the doctor.
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