Fernando Torres is working hard with the aim of being the next Saturday in the match against Celta of Vigo. The complete recovery of the ankle sprain he suffered in his left ankle is having a stricly recovery plan established by the medical sevices. The articulation of Fernando Torres hasn’t rest at all since he got injuried the last Tuesday at Las Rozas, after an entered of Sergio Ramos and is developing favourably. In fact, at the morning training session, the number ‘9’ has realized continuos races and changes of rythm with Maniche and Oscar Pitillas – the recovery physic traner-.

The recovery process revealed the newspaper Marca and it’s the next. Firstly, the physiotherapist clean the injury ankle. They have to drained the articulation to clean all the liquid that generates the own body, in the feet as in the leg and thigh, because Fernando’s leg is too swelling and there is to take tha liquid out.

The second step would be the active and pasive mobilizations. Are movements realized in the ankle when the pain has dissapear in the damage articulation. After that treatment, the ankle recieves contrast bath during ten minutes, putting the leg just till the knee in a barrel, first in hot water during 20 seconds and then into cold water with ice during a minute. At last, its made him a compressive dressing with foam pieces around the articulation.

With a excellent develop, Fernando Torres goes to work with Oscar Pitillas, the physic recovery trainer, at the gym at Ciudad Deportiva. Over there he realize especific exercises above some boards like a swing. And the last step is the readaptation to the sport that has already started on the pitch. Overpass this process he will come back to exercise with his teammates under his trainer’s command.

Regarding to Torres attitud in the daily work, the phisiotherapist Esteban Arevalo, qualifies as a ‘honour’ to treat to Fernando Torres. “He never complains, even at the work or the rest of aspects about the recovery process. If you tell him he has to be at nine in the morning at the Cerro of Espino, he arrives before to be ready”.


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