After being left “biting and screaming into a pillow” in “uncontrollable” pain before losing all feeling in his leg, Love Island star Adam Collard was taken to a hospital and underwent surgery.
As a result of his partner Laura Woods’ “uncontrollable pain,” Adam Collard revealed the moment he was forced to call an ambulance.
The former Love Island star, 29, revealed yesterday he had been hospitalised and had back surgery. Adam shared photos of himself dressed in a hospital gown and laying in a hospital bed.
Adam, the couple’s fiancée Laura gave birth to their first child in January, has revealed more about the circumstances that led to him eventually leaving in “unacceptable pain” and “biting and screaming into a pillow” as his wife-to-be dialed 999.
In a series of lengthy Instagram Story posts, Adam explained how he had began experiencing a ‘tweak’ before it descended into ‘another level of pain and discomfort’. After seeking help from physios and osteopaths, he was told the pain was “probably a bit a bit “discy” and was also causing me to have sciatica”.
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Adam was given a strategy to “back to basics,” eliminate stress, strengthen weak points, and take painkillers to lessen inflammation. He explained that the plan involved a “yo-yo of improving a little bit, then go backwards again and be in excruciating pain.” The former reality star “absolutely followed the rehabilitation plan,” leaving no stone unturned.
Adam remarked on how persistent the pain was, “To the point where I couldn’t sit in a chair without pain.” It either sat flat or sat. Driving the car was a good 9/10 pain, and Leo’s in-bed tingling was unbearable because of the lumbar spine’s slump position. Not ideal for a mother with a newborn… which both physically and mentally affected me.
He was given painkillers to “help the pain and knock me out,” but it meant he had to be unable to look after his son Leo in the evenings and would be in agonizing pain once more if he “sip” taking them.
After that, Adam explained that after doing extensive research, we decided to push for spinal injections and nerve root blockers to try to relieve me in some way because it eventually became difficult for me to put on my own socks while I was still trying to work out in the gym.
On the third day of taking the jabs, he claimed they were “amazing” and that he had made “astonishing progress.” I wrote a long-term plan for the next six months on how to train around this and build back up, Adam added. “After two weeks of serious profanity and being super content, I was writing a long term plan for the next six months. Strength, a restricted lowerbody, pilates, and core
However, sadly, one day, he was left in agonizing pain, forcing Laura, 37, to call for assistance. After working for 30 minutes, Adam explained, “I was driving home last Wednesday and by the time I was home I could barely walk inside.” After an hour, I lost the sensation in my right leg, which extended to my toes, making it impossible for me to bear. I was biting and screaming into my pillow in pain. I am unable to raise it from the hip. which made Laura need to call an ambulance because it was frightening.
After speaking with my specialist who administered my original spinal injections, he returned me for an MRI to examine the disc’s disc differences from a month prior. My right leg no longer feels like I can move because the disc was ruptured, almost completely compressing the siatic nerve.
To shave the discs down and release the nerve, we then decided to have a Lumbar Decompression and Discectomy procedure. Adam continued, “Surgery went well, I’ve already got the feeling back in my leg which is great now it’s just sore from the wound on my back.”
My surgeon claimed that after cutting in, he realized the discs were “very bad.” One of them had cracked, causing a push-in to my sciatic nerve. The real work begins now, with a slow buildup, full recovery, and being diligent about my training for the next 12 months, and possibly forever, in some cases.
He then thanked those who had supported him in his message. Thank you to my friends and family, my friends, and all of you for your contributions over the past few months, Adam wrote in a letter.
At the end of his post, Adamant to warn against letting the medical setback take hold, defiantly declared, “Now it’s Comeback SZN..”
Source: Mirror
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