Any Medical Expert around to explain the Cazorla situation?

Giroud is short, but has a chance to be available for Saturday. Cazorla I don’t know, honestly. It’s just inflammation. It can go in two days, two weeks - I don’t know. He has no setback, the inflammation is just still here. At the moment, it’s stable.

So in the post match press Wenger said this; it just sounds like Wenger and his medical team don't know what to do about the situation. Their strategy is to wait and see, which really doesn't sound professional for a top 10 football club with many resources. Or it might just be my ignorance on the subject.

Anyone with proper medical knowledge to explain the situation please? I know we have lots of talents here.

Posted Dec 1, 2016, 2:27 AM UTC · edited

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ladotelli46Sanogo is the chaos factor•

They're just waiting for the inflammation to go down somehow, there's no injury left.

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arsenallingOP•

no solution to accelerate the process? or temporary methods to suppress the problem?

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SpitzeeIwobi to have more goals + assists than Alli•

Nope, achilles is the most annoying injury to have. I played at a competitive level and in my last season picked up an achilles injury right at the start. It just keeps reoccurring unless it is absolutely 100% healed - and the only way to do that is by absolute rest, so that nothing aggravates it.

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ladotelli46Sanogo is the chaos factor•

Don't know the situation. Maybe the anti-inflammatories aren't cutting it yet and they're just waiting.

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scytheavatar•

Not a medical expert, but what that is happening to Cazorla reminds me too much of what that happened to Vermaelen in 2010–11. He injured his Achilles and Wenger kept saying he's coming back soon, all the way until he was out for 8 months. In the same season Benayoun injured his Achilles and Chelsea immediately declared him to be out for the season. I personally have already written Cazorla as being out for the season, so let's hope I end up being surprised.

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Absulute•

Achillies injuries are really difficult to treat. You can tell by the way it is.

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OZILISM•

Giroud is actually quite tall.

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