Akhil making a speedy recovery in South Africa.WORLD Cup bronze medallist boxer Akhil Kumar Akhil Kumar is an Indian Boxer. He won the gold medal in the Bantamweight 54 kg category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. is making a speedy recovery from a right wrist injury in South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . In a conversation with M AIL AIL 1. Angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion 2. Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy T ODAY from Durban, Akhil said, " There is a significant improvement since I came here last month. Just three weeks ago, I was not able to pump a fist due to the excessive pain in my wrist. But it has gone away to a great extent and now I am able to use it during training sessions." Akhil is working under the supervision of physiotherapist Heath Matthews. " The other improvement is that I am able to do those strength training exercises which involve an excessive use of the wrist. I am feeling no problem in doing three sets of eight pull- ups a day. I am also having running sessions to maintain my weight," said the 27- year- old. Akhil sustained the injury during his opening round bout at the World championships in September when he sprained one of his metacarpal ( wrist) muscles and tore a few ligaments while landing a punch on his Dominican Republic opponent Roberto Navarro Gonzalez. The Indian pugilist underwent rehabilitation for a month at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala before leaving for South Africa on October 22. The Beijing Olympics quarter- finalist says he is also working on a hamstring muscle hamstring muscle n. Any of the three muscles constituting the back of the upper leg that serve to flex the knee joint, adduct the leg, and extend the thigh. he sprained in Patiala. " I am also doing conditioning exercises for a minor sprain sprain, stretching or wrenching of the ligaments and tendons of a joint, often with rupture of the tissues but without dislocation. Sprains occur most commonly at the ankle, knee, or wrist joints, causing pain, swelling, and difficulty in moving the involved joint. I suffered during a running session." He expects to regain complete fitness by the end of this year but is not sure whether he will participate at the Commonwealth Championships in New Delhi in March. " It's not the right time to say anything about my participation in the Commonwealth event. A lot depends upon the condition of the wrist at that time. If I think boxing there will put my wrist to risk, I would rather prefer to skip it and concentrate at the 2010 Commonwealth Games." Accompanying Akhil in South Africa is the bantamweight boxer Jitender Kumar, who is recuperating from a left- thumb injury. Both are scheduled to return to India on November 24. Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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