Worcester lock Michael Fatialofa walks unaided after serious neck injury

By Naveel Krishant

22/03/2020

Michael Fatialofa's wife Tatiana shared a video of him walking, describing it as a

Worcester lock Michael Fatialofa has walked unaided less than 11 weeks after a serious neck injury left him in intensive care.

The 27-year-old has been in hospital since suffering the injury in a game against Saracens on 4th January.

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¡Él es #Fatialofa! Hace algunas semanas peleaba por su vida postrado en el hospital, hoy ya camina firme, aplausos para @michaelfats y @tatianafats 👏🏻👏🏻

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Fatialofa's wife Tatiana wrote with a video of him walking on Instagram you are witnessing a miracle that even medical professionals can't explain.

She wrote they are so shook by his progress given his critical level of injury.

Fatialofa was diagnosed with a spinal contusion, which causes compression on the spine, and had surgery to relieve the pressure on his spinal cord.

The forward spent more than a fortnight in intensive care at St Mary's Hospital, London before being transferred to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire.

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6 weeks deep. Doctors didn’t know me 😤 Could be years of grinding ahead but determined to get out of this chair #10toesdown ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ *I do not own rights to music* ...RIP Nipsey 🏁 #scirecovery

A post shared by Michael Fatialofa (@michaelfats) on Feb 12, 2020 at 9:39am PST

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