Juan Martín del Potro, currently in position 157 in the world rankings, he does not stop his quest to return to the best tennis in the world and traveled to Porto Alegre in one more attempt to regain his right knee, operated for the third time, in August of the year.
In Rio Grande do Sul, Delpo will undergo a procedure called BMAC (bone marrow aspirate concentrate) and will start physical therapy The same day. Those responsible for the procedure will be the Gaucho orthopedist Luiz Felipe Carvalho, a specialist in regenerative medicine, and the neuroscientist and specialist in Regenerative Biomedicine Cristina Bertolotto.
According to the GZH Esportes site, it will consist of the application of the player’s own bone marrow cells to the injured region, with the aim of accelerating recovery. Next, the physiotherapist of the Brazilian athletics team, Luiz Fernando García, Pato, will begin the process of physiotherapy complementary to the procedure.
Del Potro’s career has always been marked by physical problems. Since turning pro in 2005, he has undergone seven interventions. In addition to the three on his right knee, he needed surgery on his right wrist in 2010 and another three in March 2014, January 2015 and June 2015 on his left wrist.
Besides health, a goal on Del Potro’s head is to be able to be at the Tokyo Olympics to endorse the two medals Olympics, silver at the Rio 2016 Games and bronze in London 2012
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