Rossi says shoulder progressing well

The Italian rider, who struggled with his shoulder since injuring it in a training accident in April, has been recovering since he underwent surgery following the end of the season.

On Tuesday, ten stitches were removed from his right shoulder and Rossi will now begin "passive" rehabilitation work before he starts the active phase in two weeks' time.

 

"I'm doing the rehabilitation at the shoulder, the situation is improving," said Rossi on his website. "Two weeks have passed since the operation and this morning Dr. Porcellini took away the stitches.

"From today I will be back to work in the gym - at least for the rest of the body - and to make the rehabilitation of the shoulder, even if 'passive'; above all not to lose mobility.

 

"In about two weeks I will begin to work actively in the pool and gym to be ready for the three days of testing in February. We must make haste, but we hope to be fit for the first test with Ducati in 2011 in Sepang."

Cal Crutchlow to undergo shoulder surgery

The British rider has been troubled by a left shoulder problem for over a year since he damaged ligaments and tendons during his factory Yamaha R1 WSB debut in Portimao in 2009.

Damaged suffered to Crutchlow’s shoulder includes the supraspinatus tendon that is part of the rotator cuff group of muscles and the glenoid ligament that surrounds the shoulder socket. 

It is the exact same injury that dogged Rossi throughout his final season at Yamaha and the nine-times world champion underwent corrective surgery earlier this month after a low key Ducati debut in Valencia.

Crutchlow will need his left arm strapped to his chest for three weeks and with a normal recovery period of three months, he has only 62 days before he is due to make his second MotoGP appearances at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia on February 1.

Crutchlow, who made a confident start to his MotoGP career with an encouraging Monster Yamaha Tech 3 debut in Valencia, told MCN: “I’m confident I’ll be fit for Sepang. It is a three-month recovery normally but I’ve got unlimited access to a hyperbaric chamber on the Isle of Man and I’ll be using that as much as possible to speed up the recovery process.”