Carlos Correa’s ‘Shocking’ Therapy Regimen Revealed

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The Minnesota Twins saw Carlos Correa perform at an All-Star level for the first half of the 2024 Major League Baseball season. He was placed on the shelf at the halfway point after he started to experience plantar fasciitis pain once again. It was a process to get him back on the field, and now we know more as to what that looked like.

Details emerge regarding Minnesota Twins Carlos Correa’s rehab

Prior to returning for the Minnesota Twins at the end of the season, Carlos Correa discussed a painful therapy that had provided a breakthrough for his foot. Until now, we didn’t know exactly what that entailed. The Athletic’s Dan Hayes recently outlined the process Correa underwent.

“Though he clearly remained in pain, Carlos Correa saw consistent improvement with the plantar fasciitis in his right foot after undergoing daily shockwave therapy. The Minnesota Twins’ shortstop needed to confer with the team’s training staff on whether they’d continue the painful treatment in the first few weeks of the offseason. He seems open to next season continuing the non-invasive treatment, which increases blood flow and aids tissue regeneration through the use of high-energy sound waves.”

Dan Hayes on Correa’s shockwave therapy (The Athletic)

The shockwave therapy option was one that entered the picture after Correa sought the second opinion in Los Angeles. It helped to get him back on the field and finish the season for Minnesota. That didn’t negate that he missed multiple months while the team fell apart. It also didn’t stop him from calling out some of his younger teammates.

As has been reported during the time he missed, Correa’s shoes were also a problem. Traditionally a Nike athlete, he sought only small tweaks to the footwear he had a contractual obligation to wear. Hayes outlines holes being placed in the insoles, and shoes being trimmed as attempted remedies. It wasn’t until he returned that Correa was wearing New Balance spikes.

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Correa just recently turned 30 years old and could need preventative treatment on his feet going forward. His “recovery will at least continue into October,” says Hayes. That should give him ample time to be ready for spring training, but the capacity going forward remains an unknown. The Twins owe Correa a $4 million raise next year, bumping his salary to $37.3 million.

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The time off for Twins infielders will probably do them some good. Correa certainly seemed to rub Royce Lewis the wrong way down the stretch. Even though the starting shortstop put up a .960 OPS with a home run in his final 11 games, it was all just too little, too late.

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