With Wimbledon a mere weeks away and his loss in the French Open where he was the reigning champion, tennis fans are worried about Rafael Nadal and his injury status.
He pulled out of the AEGON Championships, which is a warm-up for Wimbledon, citing knee injury.
He has been quoted on his official website saying that he has been playing with pain in his knees for months and could simply not take the torture of it anymore.
His site says he will travel to England on June 16th, 2009. This is just a mere six days before the Championships at Wimbledon begin on June 22nd.
He is quoted as saying he will be spending the weeks ahead doing physiotherapy treatments and recovery work on the specific muscle areas that seem to be damaged.
For you doctors or aspiring ones, his doctor has sad that Nadal is suffering from insertion tendonitis in both of his knee caps and he has a light osseous edema.
Besides the physical treatment, Nadal will also be taking anti-inflammatories. After his treatment, he is looking to get back into training right away.
This is a difficult call, is this kind of aggressive treatment and then right back into training really a good idea for Rafael Nadal? I know its Wimbledon but this could also hurt the rest of his career if you goes too much too fast.
Knees are not something to mess around with, especially for a tennis player. The Spanish tennis sensation is still so young, only 23 years old and I would hate to see him sacrifice the rest of his career just for a chance to defend his title at this year’s Wimbledon. Is it really worth it for him to rehab so quickly if he is thinking in the scope of his entire year? Cross your fingers tennis fans!
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