Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke issues his latest update – in association with Spire Roding Hospital
Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke issues his latest update – in association with Spire Roding Hospital...
Hello,
I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and we are all looking forward to the New Year with a few players coming back from injury early in 2016.
Dimi Payet is in a good physical place as he continues his recovery from a high ankle sprain. He is training with our rehab fitness coach, which is always the last phase before players join back in with the full squad training, so he is nearly there.
After a long time out, players need to get to a minimum level of fitness to reduce the risk of injury on their return.
As the manager has said, Manuel Lanzini is also in the final phase of his rehab and, should he continue to progress at the current rate, he will be join the full squad very soon.
Andy Carroll has unfortunately injured his adductor muscle in training. He has worked very hard this year to come back from a serious injury and is also close to joining the full squad in training. However, we always keep in mind that his previous injury and fatigue are important risk factors for a re-injury.
Winston Reid and Victor Moses are running outside and are both on schedule to join training in early January. We will have more details on their recovery from their respective hamstring injuries next week.
Finally, Alex Song suffered a small eye injury during the game against Swansea City and is currently training with protective glasses on.
I finally would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas on behalf of myself and the Medical and Sports Science department!
Stijn Vandenbroucke
Head of Medical and Sports Science
Hello,
I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and we are all looking forward to the New Year with a few players coming back from injury early in 2016.
Dimi Payet is in a good physical place as he continues his recovery from a high ankle sprain. He is training with our rehab fitness coach, which is always the last phase before players join back in with the full squad training, so he is nearly there.
After a long time out, players need to get to a minimum level of fitness to reduce the risk of injury on their return.
As the manager has said, Manuel Lanzini is also in the final phase of his rehab and, should he continue to progress at the current rate, he will be join the full squad very soon.
Andy Carroll has unfortunately injured his adductor muscle in training. He has worked very hard this year to come back from a serious injury and is also close to joining the full squad in training. However, we always keep in mind that his previous injury and fatigue are important risk factors for a re-injury.
Winston Reid and Victor Moses are running outside and are both on schedule to join training in early January. We will have more details on their recovery from their respective hamstring injuries next week.
Finally, Alex Song suffered a small eye injury during the game against Swansea City and is currently training with protective glasses on.
I finally would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas on behalf of myself and the Medical and Sports Science department!
Stijn Vandenbroucke
Head of Medical and Sports Science