Spoiler:
Dr. Cottoro: "[The bad thing is that] the new injury
is in an area already affected and
it is not normal [usual]. If before
we were very cautious, now
we must be even more so.
Rafa will play again when he is well."
From the original report from El Pais:
Cotorro says that, "the injury is in the muscle and not the tendon, which would have been much worse." He goes on further, "It does not have the same context [location] as the first injury, but it is in the same area. This is a disabling ailment that causes a lot of pain in the acute phase."
This week Rafa will undergo another medical examination and depending on the result will follow a more or less conservative treatment, although the non-negotiable starting point is rest.
"We have to be optimistic, because we have always been optimists, but we must also be realistic and now, seeing what has happened, we have to be as cautious as possible. Rafa will play again when he is well," Dr. Cotorro warns.
He will try to be ready for the clay in Monte Carlo, however, with less preparation than ever, for the first time in his entire career having played only one tournament before the clay season. He will come short of training, with only five matches in the legs, and having missed the first two Masters 1000 (Indian Wells and Miami), something that did not happen since 2003, when competing in the challengers at 16 years of age.
His body suffers since last October, when the wear and tear of the season caused him a strong tendinitis that overtook him before withdrawing from Basel and made him exit early from Paris-Bercy and the Masters..
"We think that he will be able to be recovered for the clay season, that is the objective", concludes Dr. Cotorro, who clarifies the purpose with a message of caution; "The normal thing is for Rafa to do two or three weeks of rest, and then have a progressive readjusted training, but always depending on how everything goes ... It's an injury that needs to be followed closely, so let's go week to week, no hurries. Medicine is not an exact science. "
is in an area already affected and
it is not normal [usual]. If before
we were very cautious, now
we must be even more so.
Rafa will play again when he is well."
From the original report from El Pais:
Cotorro says that, "the injury is in the muscle and not the tendon, which would have been much worse." He goes on further, "It does not have the same context [location] as the first injury, but it is in the same area. This is a disabling ailment that causes a lot of pain in the acute phase."
This week Rafa will undergo another medical examination and depending on the result will follow a more or less conservative treatment, although the non-negotiable starting point is rest.
"We have to be optimistic, because we have always been optimists, but we must also be realistic and now, seeing what has happened, we have to be as cautious as possible. Rafa will play again when he is well," Dr. Cotorro warns.
He will try to be ready for the clay in Monte Carlo, however, with less preparation than ever, for the first time in his entire career having played only one tournament before the clay season. He will come short of training, with only five matches in the legs, and having missed the first two Masters 1000 (Indian Wells and Miami), something that did not happen since 2003, when competing in the challengers at 16 years of age.
His body suffers since last October, when the wear and tear of the season caused him a strong tendinitis that overtook him before withdrawing from Basel and made him exit early from Paris-Bercy and the Masters..
"We think that he will be able to be recovered for the clay season, that is the objective", concludes Dr. Cotorro, who clarifies the purpose with a message of caution; "The normal thing is for Rafa to do two or three weeks of rest, and then have a progressive readjusted training, but always depending on how everything goes ... It's an injury that needs to be followed closely, so let's go week to week, no hurries. Medicine is not an exact science. "
