Every teacher has his or her booklet, or so they say. In the case of Carlos Alcarazstill can’t boast of being a Masters Cup winner, but his doctor sure knows a few tricks. The Murcian tennis player is ending the season with more commitments than can be counted on his hands, however, the objective of remaining second in the ranking of the ATP manda.
However, Carlitos is still mortal, although sometimes it does not seem like it, which is why, on Tuesday, November 12, he had to withdraw from training due to a respiratory problem. He tried to complete the practice, but he was dragging a constipated For several days now it was combined with a stomachache. That explains why his performance against Casper Ruud on Monday was less intense than usual.
Even so, Alcaraz has not thrown in the towel and continues fighting to be in the semifinals of the Masters Cup, which takes place at the Inalpi Arena in Turin, Italy. Took antibioticshe confined himself to the hotel and, on Wednesday morning, November 13, before facing Andrey Rublev, he exercised for 35 minutes in a sparring match with the American Andres Martin. In addition, it has made use of a tool that has attracted attention: a Fuchsia pink band on the nose.
The Spaniard jumped onto the blue track in Turin after applying Vicks VapoRub in the chest with the help of his physiotherapist, Juanjo Moreno. As the brand itself describes on its website, it is “a topical ointment appropriate for coughs and colds in children two years of age and older.” It is a medicine that is applied to the skin, with menthol and eucalyptus smell Helps relieve nasal congestion and other cold and flu symptoms.
However, what has caught the most attention is the pink band on his nose. The color has not allowed her to go unnoticed, which she already showed off in training on Saturday. The purpose of the nasal strip is none other than improve breathing from Alcaraz.
The main function of Moreno’s rapid invention is dilate the nasal passages and help air pass better through your airways. For the most loyal followers of racket sports, this accessory is not a total unknown, since the Chilean Nicholas Jarryalso a participant in the ATP circuit, uses it in every match.
But, the physiotherapist’s head has not only taken the chestnuts out of the fire on this occasion. It was also his idea to use the pickle juice to put an end to the specific cramps that the Murcian suffered during the matches. All these practices are carried out under the watchful eye of Juanjo Lopezthe player’s personal doctor and Juan Carlos Ferrero, the coach.
Many athletes use drinks with electrolytes or salty drinks to cure cramps, as indicated in the middle of Runner’s World. Hence the idea of drinking the pickle broth. Kevin Millera professor of health and human performance at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, discovered in 2010 that drinking one milliliter of pickle juice per pound of body weight relieves cramps.
More than the pickle juice, what makes it effective is the vinegar: “The researchers hypothesized that the vinegar triggered an oropharyngeal reflex that inhibited cramps,” Miller said. That is to say, the sour taste of vinegar can distract from cramps and “inhibit the firing of the alpha motor neurons of the muscle that suffers the cramp.”
