Foot Doctor Explains Rafa Nadals RARE Foot Condition
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Lleytonstation
Talk Tennis Guru
A doctor is just an analyst. This particular analyst has never analyzed Rafa.
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
Yeah but it took Djokovic how many minutes to beat Nadal in the third set of the 2021 French Open SF? 98?
guanzishou
G.O.A.T.
Amen786
Semi-Pro
All the best rafa, come stronger next year
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
Did you happen to do a ‘before and after‘ diagnosis up close and personal?
JustMy2Cents
Hall of Fame
guess you are referring to Djoko's 'many injuries' at Olympics
One reason is clay is much more forgiving to this condition than HC. Moya said the same thing in a statement.
which means it wasn't the main factor in his RG21 defeat
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All doctors always explain players' injuries except the actual doctors of those players.
ChrisG
Professional
Of course it wasn’t. Novak was the better player that day and I haven’t heard Nadal with the injury card on that loss.
Anybody who played competitive tennis (or any other sport) know well that there’s always an injury that bothers you. nobody competes injury free. It can be blisters, shoulder soreness etc…
Some injuries are more troublesome than others, and I think Rafa’s is not an easy one, but he has played all his career with this problem.
Overall to any athlete
Even us rec players feel the same
GameSetDjokovic
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Permitlady
Professional
How many steroid shots have fixed that foot I can only imagine.
feetofclay
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Everyone has an opinion.
Müller-Weiss Syndrome! Rafael Nadal is about to end his career
He "only" announced it as the end of his 2021 season. But it is becoming more and more likely that clay court king Rafael Nadal will never return to the tennis tour! Reason: A rare, chronic and not entirely curable foot disease.
Rafael Nadal: is he finally saying bye-bye?
Nick Wass / AP / picturedesk.com
It can be seen as unlikely that the 40-year-old Roger Federer will ever return to the ATP tour after his new knee operation. Dominic Thiem was forced to take a break for at least another six months due to a wrist injury.
And now there are increasing signs that Rafael Nadal has got it worse than initially assumed. He suffers from "Müller-Weiß Syndrome"! This is a cartilage of the left navicular bone, a bone between the heel and ball of the foot.
"My foot has been torturing me for a year," said the 35-year-old, who had to cancel Wimbledon, Olympics and, most recently, the US Open as a result. "I can hardly train, let alone compete in tournaments!" He says he is confident that he will be fit again in 2022.
But the usual prognosis for Müller-Weiß-Syndrome says the opposite: Nadal will soon have to be happy to be able to walk halfway painlessly at all. Competitive sport? Practically impossible!
Degenerative, chronic and hardly curable
The prominent French sports doctor Gilbert Versier explained in L'Equipe: "The bone deteriorates and deteriorates, the blood becomes necrotic and the bone decomposes - this is extremely painful!" Even an operation can hardly bring a cure, at best relief - and only if the disease is already well advanced.
The disease mainly affects people over 40 years of age and is favored by chronic overload. The earlier the disease is recognized and treated or the affected foot is given rest, the better. But Nadal has been dragging the sick foot over the tennis courts of the world for almost a year.
Müller-Weiß-Syndrom! Rafael Nadal steht vor dem Karriere-Aus
Er hat es "nur" als Ende seiner 2021er-Saison angekündigt. Aber es wird immer wahrscheinlicher, dass Sandplatz-König Rafael Nadal nie wieder auf die Tennis-Tour zurückkehrt! Grund: Eine seltene, chronische und nicht gänzlich heilbare Fuß-Erkrankung.
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Hopefully he’s healed in time for next RG
Dedans Penthouse
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Deleted member 770948
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It doesn't need to vanish.
Nadal was a very winnable Set Point from winning that 98 minute 3rd Set vs Djokovic, the most physical set of tennis Nadal has ever played.
That foot is painful, but less painful on clay.
Even a dog knows clay is easier to run on than hardcourt, so Nadal will most likely skip the AO because the foot injury is more painful on hardcourt.
bigserving
Hall of Fame
He has said that he wears shoes that are too small. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
feetofclay
Semi-Pro
Rafa was asked about this, he said, “No, this is not true. I am normally a 10-and-a-half and I wear a tailor-made one to play that is a 10. But as I say it is tailor-made so not a real number.”
Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
He has had it since at least 2005.
Has won 20 Slams with it. As far as we know he has never had surgery for it. Managed it with orthotics.
Unless he clarifies otherwise, we have to presume that he was 100% at RG Semi Final. He looked fine during the 90 minute thrilling third set... Don't know what happened in the fourth set. Most likely physical fatigue. Our Djoker just wore him out.
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Nadal never looked fine in that 98 minute 3rd Set vs. Djokovic.
It was the most error-prone match Nadal has ever played at Roland Garros.
Djokovic should be ashamed of himself for needed that long to beat Nadal.
It shows the tremendous difference in talent, Nadal a pure genius, while Djokovic a dog.
It was the most error-prone match Nadal has ever played at Roland Garros.
Djokovic should be ashamed of himself for needed that long to beat Nadal.
It shows the tremendous difference in talent, Nadal a pure genius, while Djokovic a dog.
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