Tiger Woods accident: will the golfer be able to return to the foreground?

Tiger Woods seems unsinkable.

Having fallen several times to the lowest for medical or extra-sporting reasons, the most famous golfer on the planet has always risen to the surface.

After his road accident on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in the suburbs of Los Angeles, the man with 82 successes in PGA tournaments (American golf circuit) and 15 Grand Slams must again go through the hospital box before plan on yet another comeback on the greens.

The former British professional Nick Faldo expressed doubts on Wednesday on this point.

“If he made a comeback as a golfer again I think it would be really amazing.

"A return on the contrary quite possible according to Michel Pourageaux, the former sports doctor at the Ile-de-France golf league.

The latter nevertheless warns of the limits of his exercise "without radio or medical record" with only the information publicly released by his American colleagues.

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Tiger Woods accident: "He was very lucky to have made it out alive"

Despite a heavy medical assessment for a high level athlete - multiple open fractures in the right leg requiring the installation of a metal rod and screws to consolidate the bones of the foot and ankle - the doctor was able to detect some positive notes.

“He did not have any head or thoracic trauma, pelvis and knee.

He remained conscious when he was extricated from his car, ”notes Michel Pourageaux, who points out the essential role of airbags and seat belts.

A Californian police officer who intervened at the scene of the accident also recalled that the star of world golf had been "lucky to make it out alive" in view of the damage caused to the vehicle and the swerve of the Woods' car which passed through a median before rolling several times, hitting a tree and coming to a stop.

“The other good news concerns the knee, it is not a priori affected, rejoices Michel Pourageaux.

It would have been annoying.

In golf, the knee joint is very important.

It still moves when we swing!

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"I am optimistic for his return"

But before considering treading the greens of the Augusta Masters, Woods, 45, whose immobilization and rehabilitation will be at least three months, will have to do a lot of work.

A prospect which does not worry the doctor especially as "to allow a faster recovery, there is osteosynthesis with screws, plates or nails".

“He is an athlete with enormous physical condition, then notes the doctor.

The mind will be important.

But Tiger does.

After concerning rehabilitation, he will have everything he needs around him with the greatest pros around him.

I am optimistic for his return.

And he's not 80 years old.

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The medical file in charge of Woods, already operated five times on the back including a last intervention punctuated by arthrodesis, a painful fusion of vertebrae, is it not too heavy a handicap in the eyes of Michel Pourageaux?

“His back is solid.

There is no reason for him to develop complications again after his accident.

And then, it must be remembered: lots of medical articles say it, golf is good for your health and even for your back.

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