Doctor in sports traumatology at the Nollet Institute in Paris, doctor Jean-Baptiste Courroy, interviewed by BFMconsiders that the injections received by Rafael Nadal during Roland-Garros have nothing to do with doping even if he wishes to warn the Spanish champion about this long-term practice.
“It’s a little game that was played because the guy is climbing the Himalayas, and for the last 50 meters, you can’t tell him ‘stop it’s not good’. We will rather find the solution to climb the Himalayas. It’s competitive sport, sometimes we stray a little from a purely medical strategy, we’re supporting a performance, and it’s up to the doctor to know when to stop. […] He used medicine to get him through a painful period, which he could never have passed on his own, but quite frankly, I don’t think we played with his health. However, it shouldn’t continue. He must take the time to rest everything, and see if it can come back to something tolerable. When the bone deforms, usually it’s in people 15 to 20 years older, I don’t think it’s there otherwise it couldn’t have happened at Roland Garros. »
Posted on Friday, June 10, 2022 at 4:16 PM
