Charlton Athletic defender praises medical team for helping cut short recovery time from knee injury

Mandela Egbo believes that Charlton’s medical staff prevented his knee injury being more severe.

The 25-year-old right-back made his debut in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Fleetwood Town.

Egbo was injured in the Addicks’ opening friendly at Dartford in July.

He said: “Initially I thought I’d be back out in a week but it stiffened up and we ended up having a scan which showed it was more serious.

“Getting myself in the brace and on crutches from the off – not weight-bearing – ended up being a very important medical decision from the medical staff, mainly Adam Coe. Although my pain threshold was high, he worked on the basis there could be something more there.

“They put me straight in the brace, just to be protective, and being in that for the two days before the scan would definitely have done a lot for that initial healing.”

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