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Operated after his maxillo-zygomatic fracture, Antoine Dupont will be able to reunite with his teammates from the XV of France. However, resuming a sporting activity is not synonymous with resuming competition. Explanations with ex-rugby player Laurent Bénézech and Dr. Jean-Baptiste Grisoli, present on the set of 12/13 info, Thursday September 28.
A week after his fracture maxillo-zygomaticAntoine Dupont will be able to find his partners from the XV of France. He could even play the quarter-final. “There will be a whole protocol for gradually resuming activity and resuming rugby. He’s still a long way from being able to play.”believes Laurent Bénézechformer rugby player. He completes: “Rugby is a contact sport, where in fact there can be associated pain. Now there has to be a certain limit. That’s the whole problem.”
“A very fragile area”
Dr. Jean-Baptiste Grisoli recalls that Antoine Dupont “can resume sporting activity” and not a practice of rugby. “If the skin healing is good and he has no pain, he can resume progressive sporting activity. He is very far from resuming rugby, contacts and competition.”develops this health professional.
Asked about the player’s operation, the doctor explains: “He surely had two small plates to consolidate his fractured bone as quickly as possible. This is not an area that hinders him from training to do physical work. But it remains a very fragile area. He can’t afford to have an impact on this area.”