72 hours after Rafael Nadal's new triumph at Roland-Garros, the Spaniard's entourage communicated on the last treatment received by the champion, injured in his left foot.
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Yesterday Tuesday, two days after the victory at Roland-Garros, Rafa Nadal went to Barcelona during the day to see Dr. Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, his doctor and that of the federation and director of the Mapfre clinic, specializing in tennis medicine.
The program included radiofrequency treatment at the Teknon clinic in Barcelona on the various nerves involved in the area of Rafael Nadal's injury
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With this treatment, the nerve is temporarily numb.
Rafa is already at home, and will be 3 or 4 days with normal maintenance physical activity,
continues the player's entourage in a press release
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After that, depending on the progress of the treatment and provided it is positive, he will return to training on the pitch.
We do not exclude the possibility of a second treatment depending on the progress of the treatment in the coming week
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On Tuesday, the man with 22 Grand Slam tournaments was spotted in Barcelona on crutches to get around.
After his 14th victory in Paris, he admitted to having gritted his teeth all fortnight and to having undergone infiltrations to be able to play.
Alternately, cyclists Thibaut Pinot and Guillaume Martin have expressed their skepticism about the validity of the use of infiltrations in high-level athletes.