jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
Too many medical experts were minted overnight with Djokovic's injury, which allegedly is "impossible"...
But let's see what an actual sports doctor has to say. Dr. Peter Brukner, former Cricket Australia, Socceroos and Liverpool team doctor:
“There are different types of hamstring tears – without going into great detail, your standard one is a tear in the middle of the hamstring; you stop as if you’re shot. That’s a three to four week sort of hamstring,” he said.
There is another type that’s a tear on the periphery of the muscle; we call a myofascial tear. We sort of consider that maybe a 10 to 14 day sort of injury. I presume that’s the type of injury that Djokovic had. By my calculation there were exactly 10 days from the time he did it until his first game in the Aus Open on the Tuesday."
Djokovic’s relentless preparation could have made it possible for him to shake off his injury concerns despite playing sore early in the tournament, Dr Brukner said.
“He’s the sort of guy who does everything right – what he eats, what he drinks, his rehab. He would’ve done absolutely everything to get himself right. He didn’t really go 100 per cent in those first couple of games, at least until he got to the Medvedev game
“By the second week, it probably would’ve been pretty much healed, so it is feasible … but he would’ve been touch and go all along.”
But let's see what an actual sports doctor has to say. Dr. Peter Brukner, former Cricket Australia, Socceroos and Liverpool team doctor:
“There are different types of hamstring tears – without going into great detail, your standard one is a tear in the middle of the hamstring; you stop as if you’re shot. That’s a three to four week sort of hamstring,” he said.
There is another type that’s a tear on the periphery of the muscle; we call a myofascial tear. We sort of consider that maybe a 10 to 14 day sort of injury. I presume that’s the type of injury that Djokovic had. By my calculation there were exactly 10 days from the time he did it until his first game in the Aus Open on the Tuesday."
Djokovic’s relentless preparation could have made it possible for him to shake off his injury concerns despite playing sore early in the tournament, Dr Brukner said.
“He’s the sort of guy who does everything right – what he eats, what he drinks, his rehab. He would’ve done absolutely everything to get himself right. He didn’t really go 100 per cent in those first couple of games, at least until he got to the Medvedev game
“By the second week, it probably would’ve been pretty much healed, so it is feasible … but he would’ve been touch and go all along.”
