Nadal is present in Barcelona for treatment of injury, will he be able to race at Wimbledon?

(Sports news, tennis news) Rafael Nadal is currently in his hometown to treat injuries in a new way. The opportunity for the 36-year-old tennis player to attend Wimbledon is still open.

During Roland Garros 2022, Rafael Nadal had to use pain medication injection therapy in the foot to make the pain go away. It is a dangerous choice, because when playing with the left foot almost without feeling, serious injury can come to “Gaur” at any time.

Nadal can come back strong at Wimbledon 2022

The recklessness helped Nadal Overcoming all 7 opponents to win the 14th Roland Garros championship, the Spaniard also reached the milestone of winning 22 Grand Slams. After all, “Gaur” does not want to continue recklessly injecting pain killers anymore, he wants to treat it in a safer way.

According to France 24, the Spaniard’s spokesman said Nadal is in Barcelona for treatment of “pulsed radiofrequency stimulation”, a minimally invasive therapy to eliminate nerve pain. meridians and joints.

“Rafa has returned home and will spend three or four days doing normal physical activities. Depending on the effectiveness of the treatment, if positive, he can return to the training field. However, we do not rule out the possibility of having to use this therapy again next week,” Nadal’s spokesman said.

Nadal missed Wimbledon last year due to this injury, so the Spaniard is very eager to attend the grass-court Grand Slam that will take place on June 27.

This treatment is aimed at reducing pain for the patient. After the procedure, you may feel some discomfort around the points in your skin where the needle was inserted. Duration of effect varies but usually lasts from 3 to 12 months. The procedure can be repeated if the pain returns.

After about 3 to 4 days of therapy, patients can return to normal activities and exercises. Therefore, Rafael Nadal has enough time to recover and return to training before the Wimbledon event taking place later this month.