[Football] In the name of the team doctor

Just now, Mr. Olmer did have a positive indicator when he did a lateral squeeze test on Benzema's left knee, which shows that the player does have a medial collateral ligament injury.

Lin Wei picked up the two MRI films on the table and looked carefully at the viewing light. In fact, from the first MRI, the sprain of the right collateral ligament of Benzema's left knee was not serious. It is also the reason why he was not fixed with plaster after the injury.That little shadow, for a professional player with excellent physical fitness and a professional team for rehabilitation training, two weeks is indeed enough for him to recover.

Another MRI film just taken today also proves this point. It seems that the ligament injury has recovered very well. At least according to the situation of the film, Benzema can resume training tomorrow and catch up with La Liga in a week. There's nothing wrong with the league either.

The two sides couldn't find the reason and were deadlocked, and the anger in the medical room seemed a little stagnant.Benzema was half leaning on the treatment bed, and a dozen people from the medical team and coaching staff stood around him.

"Can I say a few words?" Lin Wei was standing on the periphery of the crowd, and at this moment he suddenly spoke, causing everyone to turn their heads and focus their eyes on him.

Elmer turned his head, with a smile on his face but no smile in his eyes: "Van just joined our team, and he didn't participate in Karim's recovery and treatment, so what's your opinion?"

Lin Wei was wearing the uniform navy blue training uniform of the coaching team. Standing in a group of middle-aged men over the age of 40, Lin Wei looked more like a member of Zidane's team.

He didn't care about the contempt in Olmer's words. He walked out of the crowd with the two MRI films and came to the treatment bed where Benzema was half leaning.Smile and ask the other person: "Can I give you another simple physical examination?"

The French obviously did not expect that the Chinese team doctor who had just arrived said something in French to him. Zidane and his assistant David Bertoni were also a little surprised.

"Do you speak French?" During the physical examination, Benzema asked with interest.

"A little bit." Lin Wei focused all his attention on his left knee joint.Although the side squeeze test was positive, Lin Wei discovered a problem that was easily overlooked.

The movements of his hands are extremely detailed, changing the angle of knee joint flexion, extension and internal rotation little by little, and he takes the trouble to ask Benzema how he feels.Just when the latter's knee was bent and internally rotated to a certain angle, Lin Wei stretched out his hand and pressed evenly on a small area from the knee to the calf. When the pressure reached a certain point, as he expected, he saw The smile on Benzema's face froze, and he snorted softly.

Still maintaining a gentle smile, Lin Wei asked, "Does this place hurt?"

Benzema nodded: "Yes."

"So, what about here?"

"It hurts a bit too, but it's better than where it was just now."

At this moment, the expressions on the faces of the two physiotherapists standing on the other side have changed.Apparently, they've figured out what the problem is.Similarly, Mr. Olmer, as the head of the medical team, realized that they were likely to miss the diagnosis earlier than everyone present.

Lin Wei let go, habitually squeezed out a little hand sanitizer from the bottle on the table, and rubbed it gently in the palm of his hand: "If my physical examination is correct, Mr. Benzema..."

"You can call me Karim." The Real Madrid center interrupted him.

Lin Wei lowered his head, the two of them met eyes, and then smiled at each other.This eye contact was so blatant, it made his leader look very upset.

"Go on." Olmer said impatiently.

Going on and on, Lin Wei cleared his throat: "Karim does have a slight left knee medial collateral ligament sprain." He picked up the two MRI films he had put on the table just now, and showed them on the viewing light To everyone present, "Comparing the two MRIs, it is not difficult to see that the ligament injury is actually close to recovery. However, in fact, his left knee is not only injured in this one. The other is on the semimembranosus, because it is related to the knee It is related to the internal rotation of the joint, and the muscles are relatively deep, so it is easy to ignore."

He pointed out the key points on the film to everyone: "Most of the time, the semimembranosus is accompanied by the semitendinosus muscle, and it is located in the deep layer of the semitendinosus muscle. Therefore, it is difficult to observe the semimembranosus from the perspective of these two MRI shots. Muscle condition is easily overlooked.”

"It can't be seen on the film, so how can you be sure that there is a semimembranosus injury?" The question was Real Madrid sports physiotherapist and fitness coach Javier Mario.

Lin Wei shrugged: "These are my judgments based on personal experience. The injury is relatively minor. I don't think it is necessary to re-shoot the film. Of course..." He glanced at Olmer, then at Zidane, " If you think it is necessary to confirm whether my diagnosis is correct, you can also take another MRI from a different angle."

No one spoke for a while, and the atmosphere in the medical room was even more silent and awkward than before he stepped forward.Lin Wei stood there quietly, waiting for the decision of the head coach and medical director.

"It's not necessary," Olmer said with a sullen face. Obviously he is a person who knows the current affairs. If he insists on filming in front of Zidane, he will most likely have to slap himself in the face. "We will redo the rehabilitation treatment plan. Karim's return from injury may need to be delayed for a week or two."

Lin Wei opened his mouth, but did not speak.Since the leader said that the treatment plan should be reformulated, there is no need for him to raise objections.But Zidane, who pondered for a moment, finally turned around and looked at him: "Van, tell me your opinion."

Since the head coach asked his opinion by name, Lin Wei didn't have to deliberately hide anything: "Five days, I can let him practice with the team in five days and catch up with the next round of competition."

It sounded a bit brazen, and the whole room turned to stare at him, including Zidane and Benzema.

"Okay, please." The final decision was made by the Real Madrid coach.

Zidane took the lead, and everyone walked out of the medical room one after another.Olmer turned around suddenly before going out: "Van, come to my office."

Benzema leaned on the treatment bed in a very lazy posture, and showed a disdainful expression at Olmer's back: "This quack doctor was almost killed by him."

Lin Wei still smiled gently: "The chance of semimembranosus injury is very small. I guess it was not caused at the same time as your medial collateral ligament injury."

Benzema recalled: "In the match against Valencia that day, I scored a goal. When I was celebrating, I didn't know who pressed my leg. I felt a little pain on the inside of my left knee. I didn't take it seriously at the time. Not long after that, a header ball landed, my knee twisted again, and then I was substituted. The next day I had a checkup and an X-ray, and they told me it was a medial collateral ligament injury.”

"It's okay, leave it to me, and I will make you recover as soon as possible." Lin Wei put his hand on his shoulder and patted him twice, "Now, I have to go to be trained."

Benzema showed a sly smile: "Good luck!"

Olmer was very annoyed by what happened just now. Although his words were not straightforward, the general content was to warn him to think carefully before speaking in the future. If he has any problems, he should raise them in private and stop showing off his talent in front of the head coach. If you dare to have a next time, get out immediately.

Lin Wei knows in his heart that the rift and prejudice between him and the leader will exist for a long time in the future and cannot be reconciled.Because he came here is not what Olmer hoped.It is also impossible for him to be a lurker in the locker room for them, helping them find out the little secrets among the players.

He just wants to do what a team doctor should do, and do his job with due diligence.Even if Olmer really had the right to tell him to leave immediately, he would say what he had to say.

Compared with before, Benzema's rehabilitation treatment is still physical therapy plus massage, but the focus is no longer on ligaments, but on deeper muscles.In addition to this, Lin Wei added a new item—acupuncture.

When he proposed to his colleague Perez to give Benzema a needle, the other party showed a strange expression on his face.And repeatedly confirmed to him: "Van, are you really going to do this? I suggest you think again."

"Yes, I saw that there are disposable needles and electroacupuncture instruments for acupuncture in the physical therapy room. Do you also use acupuncture?"

"Yes, acupuncture is amazing," Perez said with an awkward smile on his face, "I used it a few months ago, but then..."

What happened later, the other party didn't intend to tell, and Lin Wei was too embarrassed to ask.On the first day of treatment, Perez gave Benzema a massage as usual.At the end, the Frenchman put down his mobile phone and said that he wanted to rest here for a while.

Perez shrugged helplessly: "Probably not, starting today you have a new treatment project, which will be completed by Van."

The drowsy Real Madrid center suddenly regained consciousness when he heard Van's name: "Yes, he said that he can make me fully recover within five days. I am looking forward to it."

Perez twitched the corner of his mouth: "I hope you are really looking forward to it."

Then, shortly after Lin Wei walked into the physiotherapy room with the things, everyone heard Benzema screaming: "No, no, this really won't work."

Lin Wei put down the electroacupuncture device in his hand, squeezed some more disinfectant and rubbed it carefully on his hand, then took the cotton swab dipped in iodophor from Perez: "Why not?"

Benzema said about him: "I haven't pierced this."

"There will always be a first time." Lin Wei's voice was soft, with a tone of coaxing the child, "You can't be... afraid of pain."

"Of course not," the guilty French striker finally expressed his concerns, "Mateo (Kovacic) was stabbed a few months ago because of acupuncture treatment."

Lin Wei didn't know this story. It was on the eve of the UEFA Champions League match between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. Kovacic, who was training normally, was unable to play due to injury before the game.Benitez also tried to hide the matter from the medical team, but failed in the end.

And the other party involved in the matter was standing in front of Lin Wei at the moment, and lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Don't worry," Lin Wei shook the needle in his hand, "When I was young, this thing was my toy."

This is not a joke. Lin Wei’s enlightenment readings are Chinese medicine classics such as "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and "Huangdi Neijing". He practiced "Ba Duan Jin" and "Yi Jin Jing" with his grandfather when he was three years old. He can distinguish more than 100 flavors before going to school. Chinese medicine, I dared to practice medicine illegally when I was in junior high school, and used acupuncture to treat insomnia for their head teacher.

Benzema's level of muscle damage is actually a problem that can be solved by acupuncture within three times for him. It's just that he left room for himself and said it in front of Zidane for five days.