Rafael Nadal on crutches two days after first treatment – 20 Minutes

He no longer wants to relive such an ordeal: playing a whole tournament with “a sleepy foot” because of the injections carried out to cut the pain in the foot. After his 14th victory at Roland-Garros on Sunday, Rafael Nadal went to visit his personal doctor Angel Ruiz-Cotorro in Barcelona on Tuesday, reports a journalist from the Sexta channel. Then the Spaniard went to a clinic to perform a “pulsed radiofrequency treatment on the various nerves involved in the affected area. [au pied], relates Marc Fuster, the journalist. With this treatment, the nerve is temporarily numb. »Rafa Nadal con muletas vuelve a casa tras visitarse con el doctor Cotorro. Solo dos días después de ganar su 14o Roland Garros. Sobre las sensaciones, “no tengo sensaciones”, responde entre risas @JugoneslaSexta @elchiringuitotv pic.twitter.com/K0KdC5RUGC— Marc Fuster (@mfuster) June 7, 2022

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This explains why the bull from Manacor, taken out of a car on crutches, replied to the press and the few fans present on the spot that he “had no sensations” in his foot following this first treatment. According to the doctors, quoted by Marca, “a second treatment could be carried out depending on the evolution of the injury next week. “As a reminder, after his victory on the Philippe-Chatrier court, Rafael Nadal had explained at length the illness from which he suffered and the solutions taken so that he could compete in the Grand Slam tournament with the least possible difficulty: “I had to do nerve injections to cut the pain. I was able to play thanks to that, but I no longer had any feeling in my foot. It was the only way I could play, I did it, and I couldn’t be happier today. »