The Palmeiras medical service expressed optimism about the recovery of Paulinhoalthough it avoids setting a deadline for the attacker’s return. The player continues to be monitored by the Alviverde club’s Health and Performance Center during the holiday period.
“Paulinho has been in surgery for about four and a half months, following a revision of a stress fracture of the tibia. It’s, let’s say, a short period for his recovery process. We knew, when he started this new procedure, that it would be a longer recovery period.”declared Pierre Pontin, medical coordinator of Verdão.
According to the professional, the clinical evolution has been satisfactory, particularly in physiotherapy, but the start of the season requires special attention. “Fortunately, an excellent evolution continues. The athlete is in a phase of evolution in physiotherapy, however, at the start of the season we will be in an interval that we consider a period of healing, which will still require a little attention in relation to certain characteristics that the evolution must have”he explained.
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“The first is the complete healing of the bone, moving towards that, reaching full fitness and then beginning the physical transition. We are optimistic about returning to good condition, but we know we have to be careful, following the plan,” completed.
The internal expectation is that Paulinho starts pre-season while he is still in the care of the Palmeiras DM. Until next week, he will continue to carry out activities at the Football Academy, as well as Figueiredo, Lucas Evangelista And Felipe Anderson.
Paulinho has been living with a stress fracture since 2024, when he played for Atlético-MG. At the time, he played for around six months with this injury before undergoing his first surgery and being transferred to the São Paulo club shortly after the procedure.
At the start of the year, Paulinho returned to the field with a good recovery, but he began to experience pain again as the training and match load increased. In total, he played 16 matches before being eliminated after the Club World Cupthis time with the fixation of the bone using an implant considered more resistant.
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