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Tribune News Network
Doha
Three Ipswich Town FC midfielders, English nationals Tom Adeyemi and Andre Dozzell along with their Welsh teammate Emyr Huws, took part in a rehabilitation programme at Aspetar, Qatar's world-renowned orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital.
The trio had been absent due to injury for lengthy periods during the recently-concluded English football season.
Adeyemi has been ruled out since last October due to a hamstring injury, and has worked during his rehabilitation with some of Aspetar's renowned hamstring injury experts.
Meanwhile Dozzell, who was part of the England team that won the UEFA European U-19 Championship last year, suffered a torn cruciate ligament, an injury the young star picked up last August. Thanks to the progress the player has made, he is expected to make full-recovery in time for next year's pre-season.
Huws, who is also scheduled to return to action next year, suffered from a longstanding knee injury that hampered most of his season. The player is still being treated at Aspetar, but is set to return to England in a few weeks.
Speaking about his successful rehab at Aspetar, Adeyemi said:"It's been an amazing experience for me (at Aspetar). In terms of the facilities they have on offer, it is the best treatment centre I have ever been to anywhere in the world. When I arrived four weeks ago, I was really struggling with my injury. The work I've been able to do and the help I received has been fantastic. I'm now fully confident in my ability to make a full recovery from this injury. I have also been given tools that will help me sustain this progress long-term so I am really pleased with how it all went."
Commenting on his treatment at Aspetar, Dozzell added:"I've been here for nearly two weeks and I have seen lots of improvement. A change of scenery has supported my rehabilitation and has built upon what I have already achieved. Aspetar has been the right place for my next stage of rehabilitation because there is a lot of world-class equipment and it'll hopefully help prepare me for next year's pre-season training and fixtures."
Huws also hailed Aspetar's facilities, commenting:"I really enjoyed it here (at Aspetar). I spoke to my two teammates who have visited before and they spoke very highly of the place, so I was keen to get here as soon as possible. I've progressed well, so I'm really glad I came. I advise other athletes who have injuries to come here. The quality of staff is really good and the facilities are second to none. It's very difficult to get everything under one roof [in terms of services offered] and I don't know of any other facility that has that like Aspetar does."
He continued:"My objective now is getting my knee strong and becoming fully fit to play as many games as I can next season, and play good consistent football to challenge for the play-offs, and then I hope to play for the Wales national team again, when I'm back to full fitness."
