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Worcester lock Michael Fatialofa walking unaided in recovery from serious neck injury
By Online Editors
Worcester lock Michael Fatialofa has been filmed walking unaided as he continues his recovery from a serious neck injury.
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The 27-year-old second row suffered the injury in Worcester’s 62-5 Premiership loss at Saracens on January 4.
He was diagnosed with a spinal contusion, a serious condition which causes compression on the spine and had surgery to relieve the pressure on his spinal cord caused by bruising and swelling.
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Fatialofa spent four weeks in London’s St Mary’s Hospital – three of which were in intensive care – before moving to Stoke Mandeville Hospital’s world-renowned spinal injury unit.
However, the former Hurricanes player’s wife, Tatiana, posted a video on his Instagram story of him walking during his rehabilitation.
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She wrote a caption on the video reading: “Not blowing smoke when I say ‘Jesus is the answer’.
“I truly mean it because you are witnessing a MIRACLE that even medical professionals can’t explain.
“They are so shook by his progress given his critical level of injury.
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“Y’all he was literally paralysed from the neck down just 10 weeks ago and currently spinal cord injuries do not have a clinic cure, but my amazing husband is proof that God is never limited to human wisdom. So so so thankful.”
– Press Association
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