cekoni wrote:
Врач Евгения Плющенко сообщил, что фигуристу может понадобиться очередная операция:
http://tass.ru/sport/2210584
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Doctor of Evgeni Plushenko said that skater may need another operation
Ilya Pekarski, Israeli surgeon:
"Yesterday I put to Evgeni blockade on his back, and today he already flew home. Some time ago, he called me, saying that experience pain from the loads. I invited him to come for a examination. We did photos (x-rays), and it became clear that in his the spine is continuing destruction. That is, when Plushenko live a normal life, he has no pain. But as soon as he starts to build up the load, there is pain, and to the existing destruction are added new ones. Now the main question is: how this blockade will help him. If all goes well, then it can be repeated. If it will work only for a short time, the question may arise additional operation."
Pekarski told that the athlete will tell him about his health after 10 days.
"He promised that he will not the train this time. I asked him about it, because this drug have slow action, but will work for a long time. Before he starts to train again, we need to make sure that he does not have pain. This is the first, what I need to know."
According Pekarski, Plushenko is the first patient-skater in his medical practice.
"He is the first skater among my patients, especially at this level. When he came to me the first time, it was an emergency surgery. And until that moment, I had never seen his performances. Only then I realized, what kind of enormous loads he stands - jumping , landing, braking. This is a huge burden on the lumbar region. But we can not evaluate the athletes with the criteria for the average persons. Especially, Plushenko. After all its operations, for many people will not be possible to back in a sport. But not for him. We all know what happened to him, not so long ago. But he came back. And I can see, he is ready to embark on his own level. We can not say to him - live a normal life."