The controversy of his injury was presented because of an assessment by another doctor
the spanish tennis player Rafael Nadalnumber three in the world, will be out between four and six weeks after it was confirmed that he suffered a stress crack in the third left costal arch that occurred during the semifinal match of Indian Wells in view of Carlos Alcaraz. A mishap that interrupts his great start to the season.
“This is not good news and I did not expect this. I’m down and sad because after the start of the season that I have had so good, I reached a very important part of the year with very good feelings”, said the Spaniard, who on Sunday interrupted his streak by falling in the final against Taylor Fritz.
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However, it would not be something muscular as was believed at first, but a bone injury. Given the uniqueness of his injury, Nadal’s personal doctor, Ángel Ruiz, has attended many media throughout these days trying to give details of the ailment.
For this reason, a physiotherapist from the ATP circuit spoke about it. However, he deduces that the treatment carried out on the track was not adequate. The physiotherapist reaffirms his vision that, at the time of having to attend to Nadal, and without any prior examination, the doctor cannot be blamed alone.
The ATP physio is certain that the way the incident was handled was not the best
Therefore, he sees more responsibility in the short time granted for these injuries: “Any other ATP physio who would have treated him, 90% would have done the same treatment. Honestly, I think that active mobility should have prevailed over spinal manipulation, but that is something personal”.
“It is likely that with the repetitive movements of tennis, the fissure could have been generated. It can happen, but it is that, by probability, it is difficult that this fissure has not been produced by manipulation. The logical thing is that it was because of that. What is clear is that improving did not improve it.