Essendon midfielder David Zaharakis is on track to kick-start a full pre-season when the team return in November after making solid progress in his rehabilitation from a knee injury.

The 21-year-old’s recovery from a strained medial ligament, sustained in the Club’s Round 20 loss to Collingwood, took a significant step forward today as Zaharakis commenced running drills at Windy Hill.

“The knee is coming along quite well. I didn’t feel any soreness in my knee when I commenced running today so it’s pleasing to know that I am on the right track,” Zaharakis told essendonfc.com.au.
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“It’s been four weeks today since I injured my knee. I still can’t move it sideways yet but I have pretty much full range in it and there is no soreness so it is coming along well.

“I have got my own rehabilitation program to do to ensure that I am right in time for the pre-season. Basically every second day I do a bike program and every other day I do a weights session.

“When I started running today it was a bit stiff but once I got going it was fine. I only did a 20 minute session today but I will gradually build that up over the next couple of weeks.”
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