Diagnosis confirmed: this is how the injury of Santiago Arias was recovered and thus occurred

An official medical report has already been confirmed for the soccer player Santiago Arias after the injury that took him out of the game at minute 12 of the first half in the match between Colombia and Venezuela, for the first qualifying date heading to Qatar 2022.

The injury occurred after playing a split ball against Venezuelan midfielder Darwin Machís. Arias lunged to cut the pass in depth but when he fell his left foot caught in the grass, which seemed to be hard, and his ankle ended up turning sharply.

Bayer Leverkusen, the German club where Arias currently plays, confirmed through a statement that the Colombian footballer would be out of the field for at least six months, after meeting in the medical report that he fractured his left fibula and suffered a syndrome tear along with other complex ligament injuries in the affected ankle.

According to Ana Cárdenas, sports physiotherapist at the European University of Madrid and the Real Madrid School of Studies, “the diagnosis of dislocation of the neck joint while standing in footballers occurs after suffering a dorsiflexion or external turn of the foot. ankle. This generates a fracture of the fibula bone, the rupture of the peroneal ligaments and the severe contraction of the peroneal muscles in which the rupture of muscle fibers also occurs.”.

Taking into account the seriousness of the injury, Santiago Arias’ reincorporation to the courts would be done progressively “beginning with foot mobility exercises, mobility against resistance, gait and finally with stability and balance exercises. The estimated time for this process can be 6 months ”, the health professional anticipated for Infobae.

For his part, Bayer Leverkusen sports director Simon Rolfes said: “We are very sorry for this terrible injury and it affects us all. Santiago is a great person and he came to us with great ambitions, that is a hard blow for him. With Atlético de Madrid we will do everything possible to support Santiago in his healing process. You will be in good hands with us in Leverkusen for your post-operative rehabilitation. Our medical department and the entire club are behind him so that he can soon return to the field healthy ”, added the coach.

Thus, in the middle of next week Arias would travel back to Germany to carry out a consultation between the Bayer Leverkusen medical team and Atlético de Madrid, a club that loaned him for a season to the German Bundesliga. Unfortunately this injury causes Arias to miss most of the season with his new club.

After Bayer Leverkusen’s official announcement about the diagnosis, the Colombian right-back spoke via Instagram with the following message: “I can’t describe how I feel. I would be lying if I said I’m fine, but I don’t want to say otherwise. I’m sad for the situation. “This is another test to pass that will make me stronger, I promise to work hard to come back faster, stronger and wear the colors of Colombia and my club, Bayer Leverkusen again.”