Rafa Reported Out of the French Open

[jimlosaltos]

Associated Press: Rafael Nadal has hip surgery after missing French Open

"PARIS -- Rafael Nadal had arthroscopic surgery Friday night for the injured left hip flexor that forced him to sit out the French Open for the first time since he won the first of his record 14 titles there in his 2005 tournament debut.

Nadal's spokesman, Benito Perez-Barbadillo, said three doctors were involved in the procedure, which was taking place in Barcelona.

Perez-Barbadillo said he expected to be able to pass along information about the operation Saturday, which is Nadal's 37th birthday.

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/37782468/rafael-nadal-hip-surgery-missing-french-open

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From what I can find simply from searching online, there are two types of surgery for the psoas muscle. Few patients need surgery, since it normally heals with rest, so Rafa is already an outlier.

"Psoas Lenghtening", which is done by "excision or cutting of the iliopsoas tendon in the hip to reduce pain and improve range of motion". This can be an open surgery or "endoscopic release".

Normal recovery quoted is "4 to 6 months", which means Rafa might not even start practice and rehab before October to December. Might be difficult to debut at Australian Open? Lots of variables there.

Search string: https://www.google.com/search?q=psoa...hrome&ie=UTF-8

[arturohernandez]

Associated Press: Rafael Nadal has hip surgery after missing French Open

"PARIS -- Rafael Nadal had arthroscopic surgery Friday night for the injured left hip flexor that forced him to sit out the French Open for the first time since he won the first of his record 14 titles there in his 2005 tournament debut.

Nadal's spokesman, Benito Perez-Barbadillo, said three doctors were involved in the procedure, which was taking place in Barcelona.

Perez-Barbadillo said he expected to be able to pass along information about the operation Saturday, which is Nadal's 37th birthday.

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/37782468/rafael-nadal-hip-surgery-missing-french-open

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From what I can find simply from searching online, there are two types of surgery for the psoas muscle. Few patients need surgery, since it normally heals with rest, so Rafa is already an outlier.

"Psoas Lenghtening", which is done by "excision or cutting of the iliopsoas tendon in the hip to reduce pain and improve range of motion". This can be an open surgery or "endoscopic release".

Normal recovery quoted is "4 to 6 months", which means Rafa might not even start practice and rehab before October to December. Might be difficult to debut at Australian Open? Lots of variables there.

Search string: https://www.google.com/search?q=psoa...hrome&ie=UTF-8

Fed was able to make it back from his first knee surgery. The recovery was fairly quick. However, I remember Pagnini, Fed's trainer, writing about how the most recent surgery was much more complicated because he had to rebuild his whole body for tennis. Given how long it has been since Rafa has been able to really play and train, I am guessing that getting back to playing shape will be much more complicated.

Fed ended up having to stop because his rehab was not progressing. My guess is that this just might be it for the Rafa the major title winner. He could have a last hurrah. Maybe Fed would come back and play doubles with him once again at the Laver Cup. They could have it in Madrid and if they are up to it, Rafa and Fed could play an exhibition match.

Kind of like Larry Bird and Magic Johnson said goodbye to each other on the court when it was time to retire.

[jimlosaltos]

Maybe Fed would come back and play doubles with him once again at the Laver Cup. They could have it in Madrid and if they are up to it, Rafa and Fed could play an exhibition match.

Kind of like Larry Bird and Magic Johnson said goodbye to each other on the court when it was time to retire.

Good idea.