Marc Marquez has been busy in recent months with diplopia returning from the abyss of his suffering during the 2011-2012 season to finally return only on leave, since the doctors told him that it could return at any moment... But it's indeed the right arm which has remained a constant ailment for eighteen months, this period starting from his violent fall in Jerez in July 2020. During the Repsol presentation, the eight-time World Champion did not hide the fact that he was going to have to manage this situation which still handicaps him. But while watching, and rightly getting excited about, Nadal's tennis exploits, he had an idea...
To understand this inspiration, we must understand that said Nadal has come a long way, having also had to endure the agonies of the complex injury requiring a long convalescence. Seeing him heroically win the Australian Open, Marc Marquez saw the light: the example of Rafa Nadal is the dream of every athlete who is going through a bad time to come out through the front door. But how many have done it? Very few, we can perhaps count them on one hand in the entire history of sport. Nadal was one of them, It motivated me a lot to see his match and the way it ended ».
And he brings this situation back to his own: “ in the gym, I had to adapt a lot from 2020 and I continue to adapt now because there were certain limitations in the arm that we are healing, but it's slow and there we adapt with experience ". Certainly, but patience is severely tested: “ It's been a year and a half since I injured my arm, but I still have some limitations that are reflected in the shoulder ».
Marc Marquez: “ we understand a lot more things«
Its medical and sports team is doing what it can, but Marc Marquez moves the lines by attempting an external contribution, which has proven itself with Nadal : " with Samuel Antuna, the doctor who operated on me, we decided to also work with Angel Cotorro, who is the doctor of the Spanish tennis team ", said Marc Marquez on Motorsport. « With him there is a very good group, which I visited several times this winter, and in which there is a physiotherapist, a fitness trainer and other roles. At the same time, I still work with my regular trainer, but he doesn't have as much experience with these specific injuries ».
So there are no complaints or ruptures. But : " he couldn't know exactly how my shoulder was inside, or what position a particular nerve had been left in after the operation. Now, after exhaustive analyzes carried out by Dr. Cotorro's team, we understand much more, as soon as the area becomes inflamed, the pain comes, and from there I lose strength. This season I want to stabilize the performance of this area ».
Marc Márquez thus partly entrusts his right arm to Rafa Nadal's doctor. The pilot Honda is clear on his objective in 2022: to add a ninth title to his record, a step that he can only achieve if he recovers 100% from his physical problems. It is in this sense that the contribution of Dr. Ángel Ruiz Cotorro, an eminent authority in sports medicine and founder of the Clínica Mapfre de tennis was requested.
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