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American golfer Tiger Woods broke the silence for the first time since he suffered the car accident
outside of Los Angeles on 15 February.
After surgery on his left knee after the horrific car accident, Woods talked about his rehab with Golf Digest . Although he commented on what this moment in his life means to him, he did not comment on an eventual return to golf.
The winner of 15 majors remembers that he knows perfectly the rehabilitation processes that are experienced with injuries, but none had been now after the accident.
Woods did not answer the specific question about whether he hopes to return to racing in the immediate future active.
Woods’ accident came while he was recovering from a back operation he underwent in the past 23 December, your fifth surgical intervention in the same area of the body, which had already generated doubts about having been able to compete in the Masters.
Now the great challenge for Woods is to overcome the serious injuries left by the car accident on his right leg, the most affected .
Meanwhile, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department authorities concluded that Woods was speeding when he crossed to the opposite lane of the road and finally hit a tree at a speed higher than 800 kilometers per hour, twice the established number.
The injuries revealed by doctors at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he was first treated, were diagnosed as com or open fractures in the tibia and fibula of the right leg , which required immediate surgery.
He was later transferred to another hospital in Los Angeles before that he could be discharged and returned to his home in South Florida, last March, to continue with the rehabilitation.
Since then, Woods has only posted one photo, the past one of April, in which he appears with crutches and a cast on his lower right leg while he was with his dog in his backyard.
“My physical therapy has kept me busy. I do my routines every day and am focused on my number one goal right now: Taking it one step at a time said.
Woods knows more than anyone about rehabilitation processes since not only has he had to overcome back operations, but he also had five more knee operations, including one in The one who had to do a complete reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament that cost him to miss nine months of competition.
