NEW DELHI, SEPT 18: Sachin Tendulkar will recover enough to play in a month's time, but his back problem has the potential to limit his performance, a doctor attending on him has said. ``I think it would be a nuisance to him and probably restrict him. I guess in that sense it would probably limit his career,'' Peter Barnes, specialist at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide where Tendulkar is currently undergoing treatment and rehabilitation, has said.Barnes said Tendulkar was suffering from spondylolysis, which basically meant ``there is some bony defect on either side of the spine down in the bottom half of the back''. The condition had been there much before it surfaced in January this year during the Chennai first Test against Pakistan, Dr Barnes told a press meet in Adelaide on September 14.His comments formed part of the feature on Tendulkar's treatment telecast in the Inside Cricket programme of Star Sports last night.Specialists at the academy have chalked out a ``prevention programme''for six to eight weeks, ``but usually around the 3-4 week mark, he should be at a stage where he can manage a reasonable workload,'' Dr Barnes said. The doctors have diagnosed that Tendulkar had defects in the lower vertebrae and inflammed scar tissue had formed in the lower back region. The process of trying to reduce the inflammation with physiotherapy and ``mobilisation'' of the spine was on to ``stabilise'' the problem area.Tendulkar said the academy doctors have explained to him what exactly the problem was and that he was happy with the measures being taken to rectify it. ``I feel more satisfied because they have given me the exact programme for the coming 3-4 weeks which is very important. I feel it is now upto me to get back in action and overcome this problem,'' he said.Tendulkar will remain in Adelaide for a few days and also follow the exercises prescribed by specialists there. He has already said he would cut out on some of the unending series of one-day tournaments to rest his back.
