Healing Doctor

Chapter 388 Back to Normal

After finishing a cigarette, Coach Feng wanted to go into the training hall, but Coach Zhang stopped him.

Coach Zhang led him to the back of the training hall.

Why are you sneaking around like a thief?

"Cai Ling must have been secretly doing extra training while I was away," Coach Zhang said confidently. "If I were here, she wouldn't have increased the intensity, because I'd be watching her and she'd know I wouldn't allow it."

She's recently asked me to increase the dosage many times, but I've refused each time. Actually, I feel it's possible, but I'm afraid.

They were all in the same industry, and they knew the mentality of athletes and coaches. What puzzled Feng Changsheng was not his old friend's hesitation or evasive attitude, but the result.

Logically speaking, with such a fatal shoulder injury, Li Cailing's professional career should have ended. It would be considered a favor from the provincial team that she could work as a gatekeeper at the provincial sports institute and have a job.

But why are these guys so hopeful?

Back then, his professional career was ultimately ended by a shoulder injury. When it comes to the profound impact of this serious injury, no one knows it better than him.

The two tiptoed to the back like thieves, stepped onto the wooden crates, and looked through the glass.

Sure enough, the one who knows the temperament and personality of the athlete under her tutelage is the coach who brought her up.

Li Cailing was preparing for the bench press. She was a little flustered, and while lifting the weight, she secretly looked at the door to avoid the coach suddenly coming in and scolding her.

Watching Li Cailing add barbell plates one after another, Coach Feng asked in surprise, "What was her bench press before her injury?"

105 kilograms.

"Wow, that's awesome!" Coach Feng exclaimed. "Many male football and basketball players can't even push that number."

"We have different specialties," Coach Zhang said casually.

But when Li Cailing hesitantly increased the weight of the barbell to 100 kilograms, his expression turned somewhat grim.

"Stop immediately! You just suffered a serious injury; if you push yourself to 100 kilograms right away, what if you get injured again?"

Coach Zhang hesitated for a moment, but in the end he remained silent and shook his head.

"What are you thinking!"

"Actually, according to the rehabilitation training process, I should have been able to lift 100 kilograms long ago. I was scared and didn't dare," Coach Zhang said in a low voice.

Coach Feng understood this mentality and sighed softly.

He understood what his old friend meant: if it worked, great; if not, he could try to find Li Cailing a job.

Only a small percentage of athletes can truly succeed; some promising talents inexplicably fail, and this is the norm.

If that doesn't work, then forget it. It's better to be a coaching assistant or a gatekeeper while you're young than to be stuck with injuries.

Li Cailing warmed up again and lay down under the barbell.

Coach Zhang's heart leaped into his throat, his eyes fixed intently on the scene.

"100 kilograms, that's no small weight. What's the bench press for a world champion in the women's 60kg category?"

"Around 110-112.5KG"

Coach Feng nodded slightly, his interest piqued.

After a serious injury, his rehabilitation training can directly push him to 100KG. If he can regain his physical fitness, it seems that he is not far from becoming a world champion.

I just don't know if it will work.

"Here they come, here they come, here they come," Coach Feng muttered, his eyes fixed on Li Cailing's shoulder.

Her muscles were bulging, exuding power. But what the two coaches saw was Li Cailing's shoulder joint, which had been repaired after her injury; it was a mess inside, and the normal anatomical structure was gone.

It's hard to say whether it can withstand a force of 100kg.

However, the two of them froze the next second.

A 100kg barbell can be bench-pressed with ease.

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Li Cailing bench presses 100kg 10 times with ease and effortlessness.

"Holy crap!" Coach Feng and Coach Zhang exclaimed in unison.

"You were really injured?" Coach Feng asked incredulously, even though he saw the small scar on Li Cailing's shoulder.

"Really." Coach Zhang clenched his fists and squeezed out the two words through gritted teeth.

His eyes shone like streetlights, dazzlingly bright. 100KG, he really can do it!

"Awesome!" Coach Feng exclaimed once again.

Li Cailing seemed somewhat satisfied, yet also somewhat dissatisfied. After getting up, she prepared to increase the weight again.

105KG.

"No, this kid is too impatient. We can't increase the dosage like this." Coach Zhang panicked a bit, hurriedly jumped off the box, and ran back.

Rehabilitation training emphasizes gradual progress. Even if the recovery is exceptionally good, or even perfect, one should not immediately push the limits.

Coach Zhang was both surprised and delighted. He never expected that Li Cailing could recover after undergoing two surgeries following her serious injury.

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind—to stop Li Cailing's risky attempt.

But when he ran back to the training hall, Li Cailing was lying on the equipment, holding the barbell with both hands, motionless.

"Are you hurt?" Coach Zhang's voice had changed; it was somewhat hoarse.

"coach……"

"I'm asking you if you're injured!" Coach Zhang roared.

Li Cailing stood up with a bewildered look, like a child who had made a mistake. "I took advantage of your absence..."

"I asked you if you were hurt!"

"No, I tried the 105KG bench press, 12 reps, not difficult at all..." Li Cailing was also surprised by her own performance.

12 times!

His pre-injury condition was normal, yet he recovered in less than a month after the surgery?!

That's impossible, it's not scientific at all.

"Coach, I think that doctor was right. I seem to be completely fine now, and I can train normally tomorrow."

"Does your shoulder hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt, it's the same as before I was injured!" Li Cailing said confidently, stretching her shoulders.

Coach Zhang seemed to be dreaming. Coach Feng walked over to Li Cailing with a puzzled look and looked at the wound on her shoulder.

"I heard it involves two surgeries?"

"Yes, Coach Feng," Li Cailing said. "After the first surgery, I couldn't do it at all. I couldn't extend my arm or bear weight, and even the slightest movement was excruciating. But after this surgery, I haven't felt anything at all! It's amazing!"

"You went to the State General Administration of Sport to find a doctor?" Coach Feng asked doubtfully. "Old Zhang, you've really gone all out. But that can't be right; I've never heard of the State General Administration of Sport having such high medical standards."

"Of course not, I found it in the provincial capital, Professor Deng from the Second Affiliated Hospital."

"!!!"

"Was his surgery really that good? That's impossible." Coach Zhang looked Li Cailing's arm up and down, as if he were sleepwalking, his eyes unfocused and his pupils slightly dilated.

"Coach, I'm really fine, I don't feel anything at all. I think I can bench press 107.5KG tomorrow!"

"No!!!" Coach Zhang shouted instinctively.

The shout startled Coach Feng and Li Cailing.

"Take your time, there's no rush. There's still some time before the National Games. In the meantime, you need to be careful not to get injured again."

Coach Zhang said this insincerely.

In his imagination, Cai Ling was already standing on the podium at the National Games.

(End of this chapter)