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Saifuddin needs long recovery process to heal back problem
DHAKA, July 21, 2019 (BSS)-Bangladesh all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin might have to take
recourse of long recovery process to recover from his recurring back injury, said Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB) physician on Sunday.
Technical correction could be a way but the management ruled out that possibility, mulling the
fact that after bowling with the same for so many years, it is not easier for him to remodel the
action.
Saifuddin was ruled out of the three match ODI’s series against Sri Lanka after his back pain
aggravated that was managed by injection during the World Cup.
According to BCB chief physician Devashish Chowdhury, Saifuddin’s injury is almost nine years
old so he often suffers back pain and now they are thinking in line radio frequency ablation
instead of giving him injection.
“Normally when a 13-14-year-old kid bowls fast everyone praises him, prompting the young kid to
try to bowl faster,” said Devashish.
“However, that is not an age for one to try to bowl fast as the muscles have not matured
enough at that stage, leaving the bones to take the brunt. What we are doing now is damage
control as the injury is already there,” he said.
“We diagnosed that Saifuddin has a lumber facet joint injury. We have even diagnosed that when
he was in England and they said the same thing. He was injected there but you can’t continue
injecting him for a longer period.”
According to Devashish technical correction in bowling can be suggested as a remedy for this
injury but insisted it is probably the most difficult ones from the other two options-
injections and radio frequency ablation.
“Technical correction is the initial way. But it’s not easy to change action after years of
playing. Whether it is right or wrong somehow he feels that he has adopted it and secondly it’s
not possible in our country. Bio-mechanical assessment is necessary–either in Australia or in
England. This is a big planning. But still a planning,” he said.
“The second treatment is, injecting him. But we do not want to do it again and again. Problem
is we do not know how long it will last. We do not know whether it will work seven days or seven
months but it is also another planning. It was needed during the World Cup because reducing the
pain was emergency then,” he said.
“We are thinking about radio frequency ablation. We are trying to arrange something that will
have less bad effect and help him to play without any pain at the same time. There is no danger.
But it is not possible in our country. We informed about these three,” he said.
“His pain problem is his pain. Because the pain is increasing that means problems are
increasing. Currently he is in rest for three weeks. Only his rehabilitation exercises will be
going on. Running and bowling is restricted.”
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