Chelsea captain John Terry said he could be out of English Premier League soccer for several weeks because of a nerve injury, the Daily Mail reported today.
The star defender, and former England captain, said he played with the injury for several months but could no longer carry on playing through the pain.
“I have been struggling with nerve pain coming from the top of my leg down to my hamstring and to the outside of my calf,” he said. “It started towards the end of last season, but with Chelsea being in the mix until the day of the FA Cup final, I didn’t have a chance to rest or pull out of games. Then I went straight to the World Cup with England.”
Terry said the injury was manageable up until two weeks ago. “After games, I am in agony and not sleeping at all. I used to play with pain at seven out of 10. Now? It’s 10 out of 10. I need to take a few weeks’ rest, see a couple of specialists and solve the problem.”
Doctors gave Terry an epidural Friday, but he was still unable to play in Sunday’s shock loss to Sunderland. “The epidural could have helped with the pain for between six weeks and two years. They said it works on 75 percent of cases, but unfortunately I am in the other 25 percent. Basically, I am trying whatever is suggested. I’m at my wits’ end,” he said.
