Shane Carwin has 100% assurances from his doctor that he’ll be back and better than ever following back surgery
Former interim UFC heavyweight champion, Shane Carwin has been giving his thoughts on his recovery from extensive surgery on his back late last year as he looks to correct a long standing complaint, explaining he has been 100% assured by his doctor that his return to the octagon will go as planned.
Speaking via Inside MMA, Carwin said:
“The first thing, and this is something I’ve shared with my wife and family, is my love for the sport. This is what I love to do, and it’s something I’m very passionate about. I’m chasing my dream. I’ll see my surgeon, and I think it’s 100 percent, most likely, that I’ll be cleared. What’s going on right now is the nerves in my legs are regenerating from the surgery I had in my mid-back. It was the T-10 through T-11. A bulging disc, ruptured disc, compressed spinal cord. It’s tough to come back from, but I’m excited, and the surgeon has been very positive. One of my concerns is, how is this gonna affect me when I’m 65? Am I still gonna be able to be healthy and move around? He said, with 100 percent assurance, that I’ll be fine. If the doctor said it was a definite risk to my health, yeah, I have a family. I have two kids. I have a loving wife at home, and that’s the most important thing to me is my family.”
Carwin has suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in his career, losing out to then champion, Brock Lesnar via second round submission and almost twelve months later Dos Santos via unanimous decision. Let’s hope this recent bout of back surgery returns “The Engineer” to his former glory as quickly as possible. Stay tuned to MMABay for more news on when and where he’ll return to the octagon as we get it.
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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