"It just wore me down"- Murray details struggle with chronic pain and injuries

Andy Murray has grappled with persistent hip pain since 2016 and it resulted in surgeries that have forced the three-time Grand Slam champion into taking several breaks from the game.

The 35-year-old shed light on how it felt to live with the pain amidst the surgeries and rehabs on The Emma Barnett Meets show. Revealing that he had filmed a documentary during the rehab period, Murray mentioned that he felt like "he was in a pretty bad place" when he watched it again.

He said:

"I was in constant pain even when I went to walk the dogs so I think, initially, it's difficult to deal with but then over time the consistency of the pain and it just being every single day sort of wore me down."

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He further added:

"I filmed a documentary during my rehab and the injuries and surgeries and stuff and when I watch that back I kind of realize, which I didn't whilst I was going through it, like I was in a pretty bad place. So, I probably didn't deal with it particularly well you know in the end but it had been going on for a long time and it was stopping me from doing what I love as well."

He finished up with:

"Well, I think as athletes you're used to sort of always having a certain level of pain from the training and the matches that you do, and thats kind of normal. So, most athletes have a relatively high level of pain tolerance, but then with my hip, I dealt with discomfort in my hip for probably six or seven years."

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