Jaume Domènech, goalkeeper for Valencia Club de Fútbol, shares in this testimonial his personal experience during recovery from a serious injury: an anterior cruciate ligament rupture, suffered in training at the start of the season. He describes how hard that moment was, the initial uncertainty and pain, and how the hopes he had placed in the season just beginning came crashing down.
The club’s medical department explains that this involves demanding surgery and a demanding recovery process, which they approached with a multidisciplinary team — doctors, physiotherapists, rehabilitation specialists, a nutritionist and a psychologist — in order to address not only the injury but also aspects such as pain, mobility and the player’s state of mind. Within that integral work, they describe the role of non-invasive neuromodulation in the regulation of the nervous system, as further support aimed at helping the athlete return to normality in the best possible condition.
Jaume describes how he faced the process through effort and daily perseverance, competing against himself to improve his marks and make the most of the recovery period. Now recovered, he explains that he keeps up extra gym work to continue strengthening the leg. He concludes with a reflection on what it means to him to wear the shirt of his home city’s team, a childhood dream he says he will keep fighting for until the end.
