Spaniard limped to defeat in Rome and faces fight to be fit for French Open after years of pushing his body to the limit
The source of Nadal’s frustration was one of the most familiar sensations he has experienced in his career. Eighteen years ago, as he contested his first full season on the tour as a 17-year-old, Nadal had a stress fracture in his foot. The injury would reveal Müller-Weiss disease, a degenerative foot injury that weakens the navicular bone in the foot. Unhelpfully for an athlete in an 11-month season, it worsens with physical exercise.
Every player is dealing with something. Injuries are a common facet of sport, a natural result of athletes pushing their bodies past limits that few bodies are truly built to withstand.players have an even more complex relationship with them. While athletes are constantly determined to play through injuries at all costs, in team sports it is up to the coaches to limit their players’ load and conserve their bodies, even against their will.
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