French tennis player who lives with Crohn’s disease shares details

L’équipe Explore created a documentary “Rage inside”in which French tennis player Alexander Muller He shares the details of his daily life as a professional athlete living with Crohn’s disease.

Although Crohn’s disease is often called “invisible”, its symptoms are extremely exhausting in everyday life. And Muller is no exception. Being on the 40th step of the world rating at ATP, he tells how he is forced to adjust the mode of training and participation in matches under the restrictions imposed by the disease.

It is about dozens of forced hikes to the toilet during the game day, the difficulty with hydration, and the most difficult – the attacks of aerophagia (swallowing of air), which occur suddenly. One of these attacks occurred just in front of the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Marrakesh in April.

“Sometimes I can’t spend even three seconds without hearttime … I want to go out to the court, but this airphagia sucks my best. And I think: how can I put it in full in every draw? ” -28-year-old Frenchman shares in a movie. “When you see how I stand with a wide open mouth during the match, know that everything explodes inside me.”

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