Nadal’s post-surgery message on his birthday: “Not wanted or dreamed of”

This is one of the iconic images of Rafael Nadal, with his fist outstretched, lying in bed at the Teknon Clinic before undergoing arthroscopy on the iliopsoas of his left leg, for hip surgery. Not the most desired, but also a symbol of his struggle to pick up a racket again and compete.

After careful work in the operating room of the American medical specialist marc philippon and the Spanish Jaume Vilaro and Angel Ruiz-Cotorrohe found out he had to get out in five months, “if all goes well”, as he himself points out.

The intervention “consists of cleaning the fibrotic and degenerated areas of the tendon both proximally and distally, as well as suturing it to strengthen it properly. In the second period, an old wound in the labrum of his left hip was- also regularly, with all the security will help the best evolution of the tendon”.

Hip taper Rafael Nadal with the intention that he can be on the court in 2024, that he can say goodbye to tennis as he wants, being competitive.

This Saturday he turned 37 years old. away from your Roland Garros darling In a message on his social networks, he said that “it’s also my birthday. Not in the desired or dreamed place, but thanks anyway.”

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He wanted to thank the fans “for all the support you have shown me and that you show me every day”.

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As in the official statement, “everything went well with the arthroscopy on the left psoas tendon, which has kept me out of competition since January.”

And he went to work: “I will immediately start progressive functional rehabilitation and the normal recovery process they tell me is 5 months, if everything goes well.”

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