poor operation! Aegerter needs to tune his body

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He first had to reach the proud driver’s age of 32. But now Dominique Aegerter also has the classic motorcyclist’s scar on his right forearm. The man from Bern used the four-week break in the Superbike World Championship to go under the knife.

The reason for the surgery at the Nova Clinic in San Marino with motor specialist Dr. Alfredo Bitonti? No trap. Aegerter tunes his body to better control his infernal machine. It is about the so-called “arm pump”.

Driving your superbike Yamaha with about 220 horsepower at the limit is so physically demanding that, despite a lot of fitness training, the arm with the throttle hand is reaching its limits.

The muscle has too little space in the shell

The medical term for this: compartment syndrome, also known as muscle compression or log syndrome. Due to the high load, the muscle tissue expands in such a way that the muscle has too little space in its non-stretchable “shell”, the fascia. The consequences: circulatory disorders, pain and numbness.

The vast majority of riders from the high-performance top classes of MotoGP and Superbike are familiar with the dreaded arm pump phenomenon and most have had surgery long ago. During the operation, the muscle shells are opened so that there is no more constriction on the motor.

Aegerter has never ridden such a brutally powerful bike in his career as he has now following his promotion to the Superbike World Championship, the premier class of machine money can buy.

Strong debut season and good prospects for 2024

He says: “I have thought about the procedure for a long time and have informed myself well. Surgery is always a risk. But after the switch to the Superbike World Championship, I just noticed that despite intensive fitness training, my arm sometimes reaches its limit.”

Now he has taken precautions not to suddenly experience the arm pump horror of the right arm going rock hard and numb in the middle of a 300mph race. Aegerter had secret surgery two weeks ago and now reports that everything is going according to plan with the healing.

Is the body tuning the decisive detail with which Aegerter will soon race onto the podium? The man from Rohrbach is working on a strong debut season, as sixth at the World Cup he is the best newcomer. And since the sensational transfer of Yamaha star Toprak Razgatlioglu (26) to BMW for 2024 was announced on Monday, the Swiss suddenly had a tempting opportunity to move up to the works team. The next podium opportunity will come on the first weekend of June in Misano. With a just operated arm.

Source : Blick