Sokratis Papastathopoulos has told Arsenal fans that he is 'working to get back as soon as possible' after injuring his ankle in Friday's 3-1 loss to Manchester United.
The 30-year-old centre back delivered his update via the caption of an Instagram post which included a picture of him sat at home strapped into recovery machine.
The machine, the S1-Portable by PHYSIOLAB, is worth £4,000 and is billed as 'a portable solution for cooling and compression.'
Sokratis, who was holding his son in the picture, fell awkwardly after an aerial challenge with Jesse Lingard during the first half of Friday's FA Cup defeat.
Gunners manager Unai Emery had initially expressed optimism that Sokratis' injury was not serious after he was replaced by Shkodran Mustafi 21 minutes into the fourth-round match, having appeared to twist his ankle.
But a medical update on Sunday revealed that the Greek defender was not expected to resume training until the end of February, meaning he will miss League games against Cardiff, Manchester City, Huddersfield, Southampton and Bournemouth.
Arsenal are facing something of an injury crisis in defence, with Laurent Koscielny, Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding also sidelined.
