‘I was told I wouldn’t walk again. I proved the doctors wrong’: the bike-obsessed pensioner who broke his neck and started afresh
In 2021, Harold Price, now 82, broke a vertebra while cycling with a friend, leaving him barely able to use his legs. Then a chance recommendation changed his life
TL;DR
- Harold Price, 82, broke his fifth vertebra in a cycling accident in June 2021.
- The injury caused spinal cord compression, and he was told he would not walk again.
- He began physiotherapy at the Morrello Clinic with Sam Miggins in 2022.
- Price has progressed to walking with an upright walker and later a quad stick.
- He can now walk short distances at home with his wife, requiring less care.
- Spasms that previously affected his legs have stopped.
- His doctor acknowledged that his recovery was due to his own determination.