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Judo, Maria Centracchio: “I have fibromyalgia”

Judo, Maria Centracchio: “I have fibromyalgia”

The Fiamme Oro athlete, Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo, wrote a touching message on social networks: “Months of fatigue and uncertainty, pain and exams. Now I’m going to have to learn to live with it all.”

“A copper wire that becomes silk”. Maria Centracchio begins like this. His Instagram profile page is already full of comments a few minutes after the publication of a courageous, intense post, like his career as an Olympic medalist judoka. “For several months, persistent fatigue has taken over, fatigue at the slightest effort, all accompanied by severe pain throughout the body and difficulty in carrying out even the simplest daily actions with serenity. After the most varied visits, the most diverse opinions and the related uncertainties, we have come to give it all a name: fibromyalgia”.

injuries

After the bronze in the -63 kg category in Tokyo, the 28-year-old athlete from Molise delle Fiamme Oro was no longer in competition. The injuries that marked the approach of the Games forced her to rest and have an elbow operation, followed by a long rehabilitation. A routine that Maria, the protagonist of a sports fairy tale with her unexpected and exciting medal in Japan, has been used to living for years. This time, however, there was something different than the bruises, sprains or broken bones a top judoka can face while fighting on the mat.

live with pain

It is she herself who recounts on social networks the appearance of the syndrome which attacks the muscles of the body and affects around 2 million people in Italy alone. “I have always bet on my physical prowess, on never getting tired, on regenerating myself after each blow: my outfit in meetings has always been one of my greatest strengths, something on which I would have swore to be able to count to infinity. Today, however, something has changed… From now on I will have to live with my new way of “feeling”, I will have to learn to balance my efforts and to direct my energies in the best way for my body. very funny in all of this but, out of all the stories I could tell myself, I like to think that my body was so good that it only held and moved the “hand of pain” after I m to have made my dream come true; that it was then mastered that I learn to get up after each fall, in order to ensure that I will also be able to take up this challenge as I have always done: with my head held high and my chest out. I am lucky to have special people next to me who support me anus and support at all times: my boyfriend and my family first, my friends and my sports group; it is thanks to them that everything is easier and it will be day after day. I know I’m not alone in all of this and it’s beautiful.”

October 26, 2022 (change October 26, 2022 | 7:17 PM)

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