Medical board impressed by Mendoza

This year, not only Anderlecht reformed its medical board, they are now also working with “wonder doctor” Juan Mendoza. Frutos’ healer was invited to join Anderlecht to their trip to Sivas.

The medical board is impressed by doctor Mendoza. “ Mendoza has done a good job with Frutos,” club doctor Kristof Sas says in Het Nieuwsblad. “Nico can move better on the field than before he was operated on. This is not the same Frutos anymore. His Achilles’ tendon was damaged for 70%, but everything will be ok thanks to his rehabilitation with doctor Mendoza.”

Physiotherapist Jochen De Coene: “Actually he doesn’t work much differently then another physiotherapist, but he treats manually very deep. Some work very shallow. He doesn’t only treat the injured muscle, but the body as a whole.”

"I think we learn from each other,” De Coene says. “I can give his manual therapy and he is interested in the acupuncture I gave to Frutos and Biglia.”