The Core of the National Table Tennis Team

Cui's injuries were more serious than those of Xiangxian Zuo. What's more, Zuo had only really had a single waist injury, while Cui had several injuries in the waist, the knees, and the shoulders, among which, the shoulder injury was the most serious.

For table tennis players, their shoulders are always moving, as whether they serve or catch the ball, they must always be using their shoulders. Therefore, their shoulders would not get any rest, as long as they keep playing table tennis. Considering this, it is extremely difficult for table tennis players to recover from a shoulder injury.

As for a core player like Pengfei Cui, as long as he could continue to play table tennis, it would be impossible for him to take a year or so off in order to heal his injury. Therefore, his shoulder injury would get worse from overuse, until his injury prevented him from playing table tennis.

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