Miro Karjalainen talked about his debilitating pain. Now the man is on the sidelines again.
of HPK Miro Karjalainen27, the bad cycle of absenteeism has continued.
The big defender, who also shook his fists, had to miss the match between HPK and Tappara on Saturday and will not be in the lineup on Wednesday, when the Hämeenlinna team will face TPS.
The Karelian native had just returned to the league after a break of almost a year and a half.
Miro Karjalainen returned – and was sidelined again due to injury. Jenni Gästgivar
Five surgeries
Karjalainen played the opening match of HPK’s regular season last season on September 14, 2022.
Then it was off. Karjalainen, who suffered from severe back problems and pains, did not return to the SM league until the very end of January, 26.1. in the played Pelicans–HPK match.
– My back was operated on five times during my absence. Now it’s okay, Karjalainen said after the Ilves match played at the end of January.
– The worst situation was that with the help of painkillers I got out of bed and moved to the couch downstairs. I was a wonderful piece of junk at one point. I couldn’t do anything.
Good enough
According to Karjalainen, “everything was a bit scattered” on the back.
– A couple of discs, in addition to which there were a couple of cysts, a few lipomas… All kinds of things, Karjalainen said.
– The doctors know more precisely what was wrong.
The most important thing for Karelian has been that his back has been in good shape. The man even scored a goal in the Ilves match.
– It has now at least been in good enough shape to be able to play puck. There have been pains everywhere other than my back, Karjalainen joked.
Karelian managed to play four matches before his latest injury.
HPK has not informed about Karjalainen’s injury or the length of his absence in more detail.