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AFL prima Nat Fyfe has revealed a travel to India has helped him flooded immoderate wounded setbacks and assisted successful regaining his confidence, aft firing connected each cylinders against nan Bulldogs.
Fyfe coiled backmost nan timepiece connected Saturday nighttime pinch 37 disposals, 7 clearances, 1 extremity and 443 metres gained successful his team's 14.11 (95) to 10.11 (71) triumph complete nan Western Bulldogs.
It marked his highest possession count since nan two-time Brownlow medallist tallied 37 disposals against Port Adelaide successful information 13, 2019.
Before Saturday night, Fyfe hadn't moreover cracked nan 30-possession obstruction since 2021, but his shape this twelvemonth is increasing by nan week and has been a immense sparkling ray for Fremantle.
Nat Fyfe (pictured left) says a travel to India has helped him flooded wounded issues
Fyfe has had a shocking tally of injuries complete nan past fewer years, but turned backmost nan timepiece against nan Bulldogs
Fyfe entered nan 2024 run disconnected nan backmost of 4 injury-plagued seasons, but he is yet fresh and reaping nan rewards of an extended tally without setbacks.
Following nan match, Fyfe told Channel 7 astir his treatment travel to India.
'I mislaid a batch of confidence. Felt for illustration I was trying perfectly everything that we could ... Western medicine sewage to nan extremity of that,' he said.
'So I started to fastener astatine things otherwise pinch my body.
'Went to India, did a bunch of things complete location and I recovered a fewer group present successful Perth, helping maine pinch my treatment travel and helping maine to get much assurance pinch my body, which helps my craft.'
When pushed connected what benignant of treatments he received successful India, Fyfe elaborate 1 workout involved.
'I can't springiness excessively overmuch away, but I walked into a physio believe to person a look astatine my foot.
'I said 'I person a sore foot'. The woman said 'lift your correct arm', I said 'that's a spot weird'.
Fyfe says his caller travel to India has changed nan measurement he looks astatine his body
Fyfe says he is emotion a batch amended now and has regained his confidence
'I started to understand really nan body's wholly connected. How trauma and symptom tin get trapped and stored successful your body.
'The quality betwixt wounded and symptom and really they are different things.
'On nan backmost of that, it conscionable revolutionised nan measurement I looked astatine my body.'
Dockers coach Justin Longmuir was very impressed pinch Fyfe's efforts against nan Bulldogs.
'We've seen snippets of it and quarters of it,' Longmuir said of Fyfe's basking shape this year.
'We astir apt haven't seen a sustained crippled for illustration what he produced against nan Bulldogs from him since he sewage back.
'But his assemblage of activity since time 1 of pre-season has been phenomenal, and I've spoken a batch astir that activity and really it group him up for nan season.
'His expertise to bring his teammates into nan crippled and make his possessions lend to america hitting nan scoreboard was really, really good.
'It's bully to spot him get reward for each nan persistence and each nan effort.
'He conscionable wants to beryllium a portion of a successful team. And he's doing everything he tin to beryllium capable to thief build a successful team.'
