The return of Álex Primo to group training has also been celebrated by the medical services of Levante UD. Behind the goalkeeper's reintegration into group sessions lies months of progressive and coordinated work among the various professionals in the club's medical department, who have supported the goalkeeper from the early stages after his surgery to the recovery of the specific movements required for his position.

Luis Miguel González, the team's reconditioning coach, explained how the process unfolded, with planning, injury progression, and load adaptation marking each stage, aiming for Primo to regain the necessary abilities to work normally in goal.

The process began with surgery and coordination with the medical team and surgeon to establish the initial timeline, set between five and six months, and define the objectives for each phase. “The early stages are very basic, focusing on motor control, coordination, gaining mobility, and those initial ranges. At this point, we mainly work in the pool, which gives the player much more confidence,” González explains. As the progression allowed, the work incorporated more specific exercises and strengthening tasks. “We take advantage of the fact that, since it’s a shoulder, we can include a lot of movement work and get onto the field before the shoulder is ready to start blocking. We work on footwork and technical skills,” the reconditioning coach notes.

The progression was conditioned by the shoulder's response, the recovery of strength, and achieving the mobility ranges set weekly. Once the necessary objectives were met, the work evolved into actions specific to a goalkeeper, gradually increasing the demands and stress on the joint. Training included exercises on the ground and on a mat, aerial phases, and varying intensities in ball work, eventually reaching situations increasingly similar to those occurring during a match. All of this was done with controlled progression to adapt the loads to the player's evolution.

In this final stage, coordination with Dani Ayora, the goalkeeping coach, has allowed the reconditioning to be complemented with position-specific tasks. “The period ends with complementary, goalkeeper-specific work where we stay in contact with Dani Ayora, the goalkeeping coach, and we provide feedback on the work being done,” he comments.

Primo's recovery has involved the intervention of various professionals from the medical service, whose joint efforts have addressed the player's needs at every stage. Pain management, manual physiotherapy, functional work, and the recovery of strength and mobility have all been part of a process that has adapted to his progression. “This is a process involving the entire medical service, where different physiotherapists contribute, with daily invasive work to relieve pain, functional work, and manual physiotherapy. On the field, the physiotherapists also help ensure the player is more engaged in different situations. My colleague Peter has also done great work in the early stages of strength and mobility,” he explains.

This coordination has been fundamental in maintaining progressive evolution and linking the different stages of recovery, from the most basic work to the specific demands of the goalkeeper position.

Alongside the professionals' work, the player's own commitment has been another key factor during these months. Luismi describes Primo as a footballer who is “very committed and highly competitive.” “We usually incorporate some games, depending on the objectives, and he is very competitive. He always asked for more. Sometimes, we had to hold him back a bit, but he worked through double sessions and kept asking for more work,” he assures.

Now, Álex Primo has returned to working with the group, thus completing a joint effort in which every phase has been important in bringing him back to the team's dynamics.