{"id":1193029,"date":"2021-02-27T13:53:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1193029"},"modified":"2021-02-27T14:02:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T14:02:29","slug":"eden-hazard-injury-prone-real-madrid-fitness","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/eden-hazard-injury-prone-real-madrid-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Eden Hazard escape his injury cycle? Six possible reasons for the Real Madrid star&#8217;s fitness crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Real Madrid and Belgium international Eden Hazard has picked up seven injuries during his short tenure with Los Blancos, missing nearly 60% of the matches he\u2019s eligible for.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The player was durable during his playing days at Chelsea, so what\u2019s going on here? Physiotherapist Dr. Rajpal Brar has outlined six possible reasons underlying Hazard\u2019s Real Madrid injury woes and the key factors that could determine whether he can escape the cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7791485\/embed\/v4\" style=\"background-color:transparent; display:block; padding: 0; max-width:700px;\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Habits<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s well known that Hazard showed up to Real Madrid\u2019s 2019 camp out of shape and in poor fitness following his massive transfer from Chelsea. The player, unsurprisingly, quickly picked up a muscle injury during pre-season games; in this case, a moderate hamstring tear that kept him out for nearly a month. There\u2019s always an increased risk for muscle injuries when increasing intensity of play and even more so when fitness levels aren\u2019t up to par.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. Fluctuating fitness levels<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In late November 2019, Hazard picked up a knock to his ankle that turned into a saga in and of itself with multiple different diagnoses, poor healing, and eventually, requiring surgery. That process essentially ended Hazard\u2019s first season with the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1193030\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-66x44.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27111502\/1193029_1193029_PA-45856720-1-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this sort of longer-term injury and extended layoff &#8212; especially with a lower-body injury for which you cannot do much cardiovascular training &#8212; there are significant fluctuations in strength, conditioning, and overall fitness levels (to add to the already existing ones), increasing the overall risk for injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These fluctuations were exacerbated by two separate impact knocks during the La Liga restart that kept Hazard out a combined 37 days, a muscular injury during the start of the 20\/21 season that saw him miss 27 days, and then he tested positive for COVID-19. The latter potentially added another dimension of cardiovascular issues as there are reports of some players &#8212; Paul Pogba, for example &#8212; dealing with longer-term conditioning issues after contracting and returning from the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. A vicious cycle<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hazard\u2019s last three overt injuries have each been muscular. This hints at the player being in a muscle injury-reinjury cycle, a vicious cycle highlighted by the development of scar tissue, compensation from other body parts to make up for a weaker link (\u201cthe kinetic chain\u201d), and as touched on before, further fitness deficits. Each of these lead to injury and reinjury risk as muscles can\u2019t tolerate the load or stretch placed on them in the short and medium term, which leads to overload and increasingly lower thresholds for injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. Age<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research shows that ageing footballers have a higher soft tissue injury risk, year over year. For example, for every year a footballer has played professionally, there\u2019s a 30% increase in hamstring injury risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hazard debuted with Lille at the tender age of 16 in November 2007, so he\u2019s been playing professionally for coming up on 14 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>5. Playing history<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During his time with Chelsea, Hazard was consistently involved in longer seasons and higher intensity matches, whether with the club in the Premier League, domestic or European tournaments, or playing for Belgium internationally. Further, as a star player, Hazard had greater responsibilities on the pitch and was keyed on by oppositional tactics and defenders, who served up some robust treatment for the 30-year-old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1193031\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-66x43.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-80x52.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-180x117.jpg 180w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-369x240.jpg 369w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-923x600.jpg 923w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-370x241.jpg 370w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/27112213\/1193029_1193029_PA-42076718-1-240x156.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These factors, particularly over an extended period of time like for Hazard,\u00a0 lead to increased wear and tear and cumulative fatigue, both physically and mentally.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>6. Playing style<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An integral part of what makes Hazard such a dangerous, formidable player who strikes fear into the heart of opposing backlines is his start-stop, change-of-direction playing style that constantly leaves defenders guessing and off-balance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, that playing style with constant acceleration, deceleration, and twisting puts a greater demand and load on the body. That demand can be tolerated when playing and training consistently but now that Hazard is going through these cycles of injuries and fitness loss, that stress may be too much to handle in his present state.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considering all these factors, the all-important question of the moment becomes: Can he ever escape the cycle and get healthy?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are multiple examples of players emerging from these periods of injury woes and it\u2019s typically spurred by a realization and commitment to underlying lifestyle changes that prioritize sleep, nutrition, managing stress, and optimizing fitness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A prime example is Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele, who has dealt with a devastatingly vicious cycle of hamstring injuries &#8212; to the point where Barcelona put him on the transfer market this past off-season as the player recovered from a grade-3 hamstring rupture and surgical hamstring repair &#8212; but seems to have emerged out of it, now having played a consistent run of games. By multiple accounts, that emergence is a testament to the off-pitch changes he\u2019s committed himself to. That said, Dembele doesn\u2019t have the age and playing history factors that Hazard has.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All in all, it will be no easy task for Hazard to escape this injury crisis but although difficult, it\u2019s not impossible. The key I\u2019ve often found with athletes in his position is simply focusing on the day-to-day process and crowding everything else out of the mind, lest the task feel like climbing a mountain, which can be very disheartening. I\u2019m certainly rooting for Hazard to find his form off and on the pitch and return to the mesmerizing dynamo we saw at Chelsea and Lille.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dr Rajpal Brar, DPT, is a physiotherapist, movement and mindfulness coach. He runs the LA-based wellness and athletic development\/performance clinic<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/grandstandcentral.com\/author\/rajpal-brar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3CB Performance<\/a>, and you can subscribe to his Youtube channel (which posts analyses of Lionel Messi and more) by going<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTWTrHvBDXT4PFiZI6XV95w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid and Belgium international Eden Hazard has picked up seven injuries during his short tenure with Los Blancos, missing nearly 60% of the matches he\u2019s eligible for. The player was durable during his playing days at Chelsea, so what\u2019s going on here? Physiotherapist Dr. Rajpal Brar has outlined six possible reasons underlying Hazard\u2019s Real&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":1193032,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Eden Hazard injury news: 6 possible reasons for Real Madrid fitness crisis","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Eden Hazard has suffered from terrible injury problems during his time with Real Madrid. 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