Carlos Alcaraz resorts to the diamagnetic bomb | The truth

After showing his face last Monday in the press room of the Conde de Godó tournament and explaining the reasons for his resignation, Carlitos has returned home to put himself in the hands of the physios and, with an innovative treatment, shorten the deadlines and be able to play next week at the Caja Mágica. The Alcaraz medical team, led by the Murcian doctor Juanjo López and the Yeclano physio Juanjo Moreno, has given approval to the use of diamagnetotherapy, a non-invasive therapeutic method that takes advantage of the strength of magnetic fields at high intensity and low frequency. to recover damaged tissues.

According to the creators of this new technology, patented for health applications by the Swiss manufacturer Periso SA and introduced a couple of years ago in Spain by Fisaude, thanks to the application of this diamagnetic effect, “a spectacular capacity for mobilizing liquids and “a more than remarkable capacity for regeneration of any type of body tissue.” Furthermore, this treatment applied with the diamagnetic pump is completely painless.

nerve compression

The injury to the pronator teres that Carlos Alcaraz is currently suffering from is a pathology that manifests itself as a consequence of the compression of the median nerve in the forearm, affecting the motor and sensory functions of the hand and forearm, which causes weakness in the hand and loss of sensitivity in the area, something that is aggravated by activities that involve pronation of the forearm.

That is why Alcaraz had to stop in Monte Carlo and, for this reason, his medical team has taken all possible precautions. Forcing the player at this moment can mean saying goodbye to Roland Garros, the great objective of the clay court tour. And then come Wimbledon and the Olympic Games. In the opinion of Dr. Pedro Luis Ripoll, the decision to rest Alcaraz and remove him from the competition before the injury worsens is correct.

The pronator teres “is an essential muscle for tennis,” recalls Ripoll on 'ABC'. «It prevents you from practicing it with ease. [Alcaraz] “He has done very well in stopping so as not to overload other structures, such as extending to the epicondyle, the tennis elbow,” says the prestigious traumatologist born in Jumilla.

Ripoll points out that Alcaraz has injured the muscle that helps “invert the hand so that the palm looks up and down. And it is a dangerous area because these overloads can alter the mechanics of the rest of the movements and affect tendon structures whose healing is slower,” explains Dr. Ripoll. That's why it hurts when he hits forehands.

Pedro León's experience

It is clear that Alcaraz has done well to stop. And now it remains to be seen if this innovative treatment with the diamagnetic pump works and he may soon be back on the slopes. Another important athlete in the Region, Pedro León from Muleño, already has experience with diamagnetotherapy. And the results were optimal. The Real Murcia captain was one of the first elite players to undergo this treatment in Spain.

It was in his year at Fuenlabrada, in the final stretch of the 21-22 season. Shortly after he signed for Real Murcia and at 37 years old he continues to compete every weekend with complete normality. The man from Muleño had been suffering from tendon problems for several seasons and the treatment he received with the flagship diamagnetic therapy device went very well.

Much younger is Carlos Alcaraz, who will turn 21 on May 5. Since he broke into the tennis elite, he has accumulated seven injuries that made him stop his activity. The first was in the quarterfinals of the 2021 US Open, when he retired against Auger-Aliassime due to a puncture in his right adductor. Subsequent tests revealed that he also suffered from a fibrillar tear in his quadriceps.

Then came the problems in the abdominal, abductor and semimembranosus. She also suffered from post-traumatic arthritis in her hand. Later, an inflammation in the left foot and problems in the gluteus and back. And now, this ailment in the forearm. «If we compare with the rest of the tennis players who have his style, I don't see that Alcaraz has many injuries. Graves hasn't had any. He plays very physical tennis, which has the positive side of it, but also a greater exposure to the possibility of suffering from overload,” says Dr. Ripoll.