Recently acquired Ghanian international Thomas Partey was held out of international duties after picking up both thigh and ankle injuries vs Aston Villa on November 8th; the match that immediately preceded the international break.
In the following video, I laid out what I was told about the midfielder’s injuries and used my expert insight to explain the likely severity and his return to play timeline.
Dr. Rajpal Brar, DPT is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with his clinical doctoral degree from Northern Arizona University and undergraduate in business and social welfare from UC-Berkeley. He’s the owner of 3CBPerformance – providing sports medicine, performance, and mindfulness services online and in-person at clinics in West LA and Valencia, CA – with one simple north star: providing the highest level of individualized holistic care and wellness by developing long-term partnerships with client’s to achieve their goals via simultaneously addressing multiple systems such as the musculoskeletal system, movement biomechanics, and the nervous system. Dr. Raj, DPT prides himself on being a multi-faceted provider with a background in coaching, sports science, strength and conditioning, research, and mindfulness enthusiast including online courses at UCLA’s mindful awareness research center (MARC).
