First was Alberto Puig, the Repsol Honda team manager who called an extraordinary press conference by Dorna, who stood up to confirm the advanced information this morning on speedweek.com. And then it is Marc Marquez who took the word to face his truth. “I’m going to undergo surgery next week. I’m not enjoying myself, I’m in a lot of pain, I don’t have the strength, I can’t drive and I’m starting to injure my left shoulder due to overcompensation, my performance is not bad but it is not what I want “.
Because October plans the fourth operation
“In October, with the first diplopia, we were tested doing something on the right arm, but the bone was not yet fully combined and the risk was too high. I went back to competition and worked four months but there was no improvement. There was no improvement. I had a meeting after Jerez where we evaluated everything and we started to consider the operation again. I did everything I could to avoid it, but this is the way to recover “
The problem is excessive rotation
“The problem is an excessive rotation in the humerus and my riding style is not the same, my arm position is not natural. On the straight I go to a more open arm position, and in the left corners I was raising my elbow hard to try to compensate for the rotation and my forearm has mounted and the pain goes to my shoulder. And now it was going to the left shoulder because I was compensating. I had to ride more fluidly and it’s not my style, and from one FP to another there were ups and downs because he couldn’t maintain the same position on the bike.In the right corners I couldn’t brake as I wanted.Now I hope in the future I can go back to live saves and skids and have fun riding a bike. “
the period of return
“I have no idea when I will return, they told me after the operation we will go step by step, of course it will be tolerable, we are doing it now because we are suffering too much and it is a nightmare to continue. driving, but the goal is back and the way is to prepare for the 2023. season I want to thank Honda for
respect the decision and believe in it and they gave me all the support.
I can get to the podiums but that’s not the way
“Riding this way I have ups and downs and I can get to some podiums, but it’s not the way I want to ride and I cause other injuries”
Come back with a stronger mind
“One of my strengths is having a very strong mentality and if I didn’t have this character I would have thrown in the towel. If you want something you have to go all out, it’s true that many don’t understand the situation and talk about what they don’t know, I know what I have, I know my limitations and I know what my talents are, but I can’t take advantage of them and now you can understand what I’ve been saying in recent careers .I’m focused on my environment, my team and the sponsors.I do this in the middle of the season because it’s the best way to pay for a good future and the medical team told me “stop and go here”
did not evolve
“There was a time of margin supervised by the doctors but it didn’t evolve, it cost me more than normal, the position was not natural on the bike. I have continued insisting, I have moved to Madrid to be supervised by Dr. Sina Antuña and Dr. I chatted with his people but I realized I couldn’t and I told the doctors that suffering was more than the fun and meaning of running and they started to study everything.
“There was a possible rotation in the humerus and last October we tried to analyze it and see how to improve, one option was surgery but they didn’t admire it because the bone wasn’t fully welded so it went on. I insisted on taking both. risk as always, but after sherry I saw that I could no longer compete like that, when they saw that I was a soldier, they were already working there “
It is operated at the Mayo Clinic with Spanish fluency
“They told me that the best doctor was at the Mayo Clinic and at Le Mans we had the first conversation. By one procedure they printed out my 3D bones and yesterday at noon he told me that “Come on, the rotation of the humerus is too big. and watch out for normal life to ride another bike. We decided to stop this season temporarily, do the surgery and follow my evolution ”
Their fears
“I’m afraid they’ll say it’s not that big of a deal, you’ll decide if it’s limiting, but after all the trials they told me‘ come on, the rotation is too big, your arm has to be pay your muscles and at one point I say enough. Doctors are more afraid of infection surgery, the third, but it is a complex operation, but I am in the best hands. “
The call that eases you
“Yesterday everyone’s call and that it was bad news for going to the operating room was good because it reassured me by telling me ‘here’s the problem’. It’s not just my feeling anymore, I tried everything, to work harder, to avoid everything and work on myself, and to lie for my own sake, to avoid the team, to see if, being convinced, I didn’t notice any limitation, but that was enough, I can’t take it anymore, my left shoulder is starting to hurt, I can’t even control myself in training.and I control myself, but it’s pointless to continue.It’s all because 29 years old is a lot I can still give to Honda and motorcycling “
operation to return
“If I decide to have surgery it’s because I have the motivation to go back slowly, but recover and go back to piloting with my arm and live normally. With towels and brakes. But life is not for the cowards I keep running away. in the world and I follow my path, which we believe is good to the experts, and it is done now because it makes no sense to save it as in Jerez, in Le Mans and now.There is no fear, but when there is such a big limits you will consider everything and we have decided the best option “
about to throw in the towel
“This is still my passion and my lifestyle and the towel disposal is near, you consider everything, but I am still ambitious and I want to fight for what I want and the goals I have set as long as inside of limitations and now I have overcome it so hard over the weekend, of the suffering, of managing the pain I am experiencing, but yesterday’s call left me very quiet, the desire is more than today’s suffering suffering is more than fun, and everything that makes me happy I keep working on the sport that makes me happy ”
The operation
“To fix the problem they will make a fracture that they assess where but at the top of the humerus to compensate for the rotation, they will make a crack”
Source: La Verdad
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