Alfonso del Corral: “Never before have there been so many ligament injuries”

Unfortunately, football players continue to be plagued by injuries, and concern for the athlete’s health is growing. This weekend Eder Militao (Real Madrid), Ilias Ahomach (Villarreal) and Enric Franquesa (Leganes) They suffered serious injuries due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in their knee.

He Dr. Alfonso del Corralspecialist in arthroscopic musculoskeletal surgery, sports traumatology and tendon microsurgery, stopped by the microphones of Radioestadio Noche this Sunday to analyze the situation: “The most sensible thing is to analyze why, and there are data that attract attention. In leagues Europeans in general, Last year, injuries due to cruciate ligament tears accounted for 30%“.

“There are many things, but I think the most important thing is that It was ignored that the player has three phases.: rest, pre-season to strengthen and competition,” he explains. Real Madrid are a very damaged team. As a result of this type of injury, no more and no less than nine cruciate ligament ruptures occur in 15 months.

As for Militao, he injured his right knee, but last year he already suffered the same injury on his other knee, his left: “The anterior cruciate ligament, together with the posterior cruciate ligament, forms the spine of the knee.. The question is what can we do to ensure that there are fewer breaks, and the main thing is the muscles.”

“Special work needs to be done to strengthen the knee muscles so they protect the ligaments,” he says. “There have never been so many ligament injuries, we are at the peakObviously, something is being done wrong, it needs to be corrected,” he concludes.