Pedrosa reveals he suffered the same medical problem as Casey Stoner

2024-07-22 21:03:09

One of the most talented and respected riders in the world of motorcycling, Dani Pedrosa has had an impressive career. his success on the court and a series of significant injuries. Since his debut in racing, Pedrosa has shown incredible determination and resilience, facing and overcoming multiple physical challenges.

Throughout his career, the Catalan suffered many injuries including multiple significant fractures. Among the most notable are broke both ankles in 2003several fractures to the left and right clavicle, including a severe one in 2016 during the Japanese Grand Prix, as well as injuries to the left wrist and various operations.

Total, Pedrosa broke at least 12 bones during his MotoGP careera handicap, as Dani himself admitted at times, that stopped his chances of becoming a MotoGP champion more than once.

The current KTM tester and regular DAZN collaborator recently appeared on Motorsport.com’s ‘Por Orejas’ podcast to talk about many topics, including injuries, making revelations unknown to the general public until now: Pedrosa has had to deal with the call in recent years. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encephalitisthe same disease that continues to mark the life of his former opponent and teammate, Casey Stoner, to this day.

“Do you remember Stoner having chronic fatigue, stomach problems, extreme fatigue?” Dani says in her interviews. “In English it is called ‘burn out’. I had it too and got more than it. The last two or three years of my career I was like this, I stretched it until I said ‘I’m not quitting this, I need to stop’. “That took another two or three years to fall into place.”remembers Pedrosa who, fortunately, left that episode after that which marked his last years in MotoGP.

Dani Pedrosa suffered 24 injuries throughout his World Cup career, which began in 2001. These injuries occurred in 18 falls. Of his 13 seasons in MotoGP, He escaped injury only three times: in 2007, 2012 and 2017. The Spanish driver has battled a real erosion of injuries, with fractures in various parts of his body, including four fractures in the shoulders (Le Mans in 2011, Motegi in 2010 and Sachsenring in 2013).

Of all the fractures suffered by #26, Dani says that “I have one of the biggest marks on my left shoulder, it’s similar to Márquez’s. That’s what happened to me when I was 14 years old, training in the CEV. It healed badly, and since I was 14 they didn’t work on me and it stayed that way. That shoulder has become very limited, I have no movement in that shoulder. I’m in a lot of pain, and I still am. “I had problems in certain aspects, especially with the big bike, having plenty.”

Dani Pedrosa’s physical problems did not end after his retirement; Indeed, months after hanging up his boots, The Catalan had to postpone his debut as a KTM tester for several months due to a problem he had had for years in one of his collar bones, an injury that Pedrosa managed to overcome by using stem cells in his rehabilitation.

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“Later, when I retired, I had very serious problems with my collar, it disintegrated,” explains the 38-year-old pilot. “One part was badly damaged, The bone was no longer repairing itself, the bone was not healthy enough to hit and hold with the strength that you do. The process was long, the solution was complicated, but thanks to some stem cell doctors, they helped me overcome this. “I feel very good already.”emphasis on Catalan.