translated from Spanish: Traumatologist: Two weeks would take Alexis Sanchez’s recovery

The traumatologist of the MEDS Clinic, Cristián Fontboté, delivered on Saturday details of the injury that sidelined the Chilean national team Alexis Sánchez, historical scorer of the team, from the first phase of the Copa America in Brazil. The ‘Wonder Boy’ has a muscle injury of the plantar delgado that will have him at least two weeks off the field, thus missing the duels for Group A with Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay.Fontboté indicated that although the injury of the tocopillano will not leave him a long time off the pitch, it does require some special care to recover the damaged area.” The slender plantar is a muscle with a very thin tendon, hence its name, which is located at the back of the leg, which is born in the knee and reaches the Calcaneus bone in the heel running through the calf region. It is a muscle with a poor motor function, since it has little strength, being very thin”, indicated the doctor in dialogue with Target Comunicaciones.The specialist pointed out that the thin plantar can be injured “by overload, especially in sports activities that involve sudden speed (sprint) such as football, tennis, athletics, among others, especially if there is some degree of tendinosis or wear and tear due to physical activity or age”. In addition, Fontboté clarified that “this injury is more frequent in weekend athletes, past the age of 30 or 40, with a lack of flexibility, a lack of strength or who do not do a proper previous warm-up.” To conclude, the traumatologist noted that “if it is an isolated lesion of the thin plantar, the recovery can last a couple of weeks, but if it is associated with a tear of the adjacent twin muscle, which is known as a tennis leg, the deadlines increase from four to six weeks, depending on the size of the twin’s tear.”

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