Doctors, physiotherapists, rehabilitation specialists and, above all, the injured player’s own discipline. Gavi He put himself in the hands of the best professionals and was so obedient that he never touched a ball at home, “even when no one was watching.” To begin with, he listened to the doctor’s recommendation Ricard Pruna, of FC Barcelonaso as not to rush the operation. “Gavi was so calm that he surprised me by telling me to take a good look at my meniscus, ’cause I think I’ve torn it.’ We wait 10 days for surgery, because if the knee injury is operated on with pain or blood, the recovery is more expensive and there may be more complications.” He also commanded patience. “Before, between surgery and recovery it lasted six or seven months. “Especially for people under 20 years old, all the international societies say that there is 31% increased risk if you return too early.”
The doctor Joan Carles Monllauresponsible for the surgical intervention on Gavi on November 28, 2023 at Barcelona Hospital to repair his torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee with a meniscal suture, revealed in ‘The Return’ how he informed the player. “I told him today that you will be ‘fotut’, because we will remove a piece of healthy tendon and the body will experience it as an attack, with pain and inflammation. “We repaired the meniscus, which is very important, the medial, and we repaired the cruciate ligament in a typical hour and a quarter, hour and a half operation.”
Pablo Merinothe club’s physiotherapy coordinator, highlights the mental factor. “There was a moment when the player’s question was no longer when will I return? but to divide the whole process and live in small goals: when will I walk again? “When do I get the car?… it’s a long-distance race, crossing calendar days.” In the first stage they worked seven days, “only resting at Christmas.” “As we reach the tenth week, we have to give another twist to the recovery. Chechu and Yon appeared, my guardian angels,” he revealed.
It’s Alvareza retrainer for FC Barcelona, emphasized that among the most difficult sessions, “weekly walks on the beach or in the mountains are assigned to reteach the gait and, above all, to break the routine .”
‘Chechu’ Pérezalso a readapter, appreciated those sessions “that made Gavi relax, talk about things other than how am I? how do you see me Very important thing for a 20-year-old boy.” “We recover people, not knees or ankles,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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