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Chapter 26 – The Discomfort Dr. Miyazaki Felt
At a certain private hospital in Fukuoka City, an orthopedic surgeon had begun to notice a strange phenomenon.
Hayate Miyazaki, a slender man in his thirties, is a board-certified sports doctor with outstanding surgical skills and experience and is one of the top ten orthopedic surgeons in Japan.
He has treated countless patients, and with his delicate fingertips and eyes that never miss a lesion, he has provided the best treatment for many patients.
Although he is still technically a young doctor, well over 30 years old, his outstanding talent has surpassed all experience.
He is particularly skilled in treating shoulders, but he also has a wealth of experience in treating elbows and knees.
Recently, however, unexpected situations have been occurring more frequently.
“What is this…? How come the ligaments and cartilage are completely healed? Is there an error in the data? No, it’s the same for this patient and that one. What in the world is going on…?”
“Dr. Miyazaki, are you checking the medical records and imaging results? You’re really putting in the hours.”
“Hahaha, we doctors can only understand the patient’s progress after the fact by checking the medical records. Well, some of the players are reported in the media.”
“It is both gratifying and frightening to see the results of our surgery.”
“That’s right. It hurts when the results after the surgery are bad.”
Miyazaki was glued to the computer screen in the few moments of free time he had between his busy consultations.
An older colleague had praised him for this, but he had no time to think about that now.
He was looking at the images of several professional baseball players he was treating.
X-rays, MRIs, CT scans.
But no matter how long he looked at them, he couldn’t understand what they meant.
Tissues that would not normally heal were completely healed.
There are parts of the human body that heal easily and parts that heal more slowly.
For example, the heart muscle does not heal even when it swells.
Depending on the location, ligaments and menisci may have poor blood flow, and even if they are repaired, they may be replaced by other tissue and not return to their original state.
This is the reason why injuries can recur even if they are surgically repaired.
In addition, in professional athletes who repeat the same movements over and over, the joint cartilage can wear down, and the bones can become deformed.
Symptoms such as baseball elbow in baseball players and thumb CM joint disease in professional golfers are typical examples.
Even if the inside of the joint can be cleaned and the surface smoothed, modern medicine has a hard time getting the cartilage to grow back properly.
This should be the case.
Maybe they received advanced medical treatment somewhere?
And maybe they signed a confidentiality agreement?
Many players from a certain baseball team in Fukuoka come to the clinic, relying on Miyazaki’s skills.
The players in question had been discharged from the hospital after being declared fully recovered.
When he asked them why this had happened, they didn’t really know, or they said it might be because they had been to a good osteopath, but they didn’t really know.
“Damn it… I want to know.”
Miyazaki groaned, his curiosity rising.
It can’t be a coincidence.
The cases are piling up too fast to be called a miracle.
It’s possible that they found a skilled osteopath and are now able to use their arms without pain.
But it’s impossible for the tissue to be completely repaired.
It’s certain that someone is playing an active role.
Is it for the sake of better medical care? Or for the sake of great wealth?
That’s also a factor.
But what drives Miyazaki more than anything else is the honor of making history.
If he can establish this treatment, he’ll definitely win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
He’ll be able to leave his name forever.
Miyazaki was determined to get the information.
He had to get it himself.
He was not in such a desperate situation that he would resort to any means.
Miyazaki also appreciated his current position.
He did not have a short-sighted mindset that would lead him to commit a crime.
However, he was also certain that he had to get there as soon as possible and take part in the contract.
Miyazaki quietly began to look for clues.
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Another patient has finished treatment with no evidence of how he was cured.
A tall baseball player bows his head happily.
“Thanks for all your help over the years, Dr. Miyazaki!”
“Yes, please take care of yourself.”
A patient who has been in the hospital for a long time is discharged after being cured.
This is something that makes Dr. Miyazaki happy.
But seeing a patient who was almost beyond help make a spectacular recovery was like being told that his own abilities were lacking.
Who on earth is healing them, and how?
As he sees the player off with a friendly smile on his face, Miyazaki’s inner thoughts are complex.
What’s bothering him is that he hasn’t been able to get any concrete clues in the past month or so.
He tried to find out from his colleagues and other specialists, but no one knew anything.
In fact, some people thought it was Miyazaki’s doing.
He even attended study groups, but there were no case reports at all.
However, when he checked the news, he noticed that recently, there had been an increase in the number of reports about players who had recovered from slumps or injuries.
It wasn’t just the baseball players he had treated.
It was a wide variety of sports, including martial arts, golf, gymnastics, and track and field.
There are too many to dismiss as coincidences.
Yet despite the fact that he seems to have helped so many athletes improve, the man behind the scenes never appears.
Even if he scours interview articles or asks reporters directly, no one knows.
What is the reason for this strict control of information?
While continuing his medical practice, Miyazaki never stopped investigating, believing that if he kept looking, he would eventually get his chance.
He talked closely with the athletes who came to see him and even accompanied them to major competitions.
There was even a time when he seriously considered hiring a detective agency to investigate.
All for the sake of honor.
And his efforts would later bear fruit.
He heard a rumor circulating among the athletes.
It was said to be a magic drink.
If you drink it, your injuries will heal instantly, and any long-standing problems will be as if they never existed.
Miyazaki knew that this was not just a rumor but the truth.
Miyazaki asked the person who told him the rumor to tell him the source of the rumor.
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It doesn’t feel good to admit that his chosen avenue of career has been suddenly made redundant. Most people would feel the urge to sabotage the competition.
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Thanks for the treat
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Had he ever heard “Curiosity killed the cat”? 🤔
Thanks for the treat,
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