The last surgery performed on Hogan was not as successful as expected. He has lost sensation in his lower limbs and there is concern for his future.
Hulk Hogan’s real name is Terry Eugene Bollea. The followers of the World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE know and admire him as the one who was able to change the meaning and popularity of wrestling. He is a legend in his field and today generates concern about his state of health.
The latest reports from his environment indicate that he uses a cane to get around and that he has lost sensation in the lower part of his body. In theory, this occurred as a result of the last surgery performed on his back. There, some of the nerves that transmit information from the lower back to the legs and vice versa would have been sectioned.
Hogan had his back surgery again. They cut the nerves in the lower part. He can’t feel his lower body.
More than 20 surgeries for Hulk Hogan
The latest report on the WWE legend is part of a course of surgeries and complications that the fighter had. His long journey in the discipline reduced his osteomyoarticular health.
Their first official fight was in 1979. And his retirement occurred 34 years later, in 2013, when he was already 60 years old.
From that moment to the present, 25 surgeries required to address different pains and functional limitations can be counted. The shoulders, knees, biceps and back were intervened areas of her body. The elbows and hips also required instrumentation to soothe their discomfort and restore movement.
At the same time, he had to perform repeated physical therapies, which stopped or regressed in their results when he entered the operating room. Nevertheless, as soon as he regained vitality, Hulk Hogan returned to the gym to train.
Both of his knees have been replaced several times, I think twice in both. So yeah, he’s had so many surgeries. Tonne.
While we don’t know the specific context of the WWE star’s latest back surgery, we do know that injuries to wrestlers are not uncommon. In fact, the consequences can be serious in the short and long term.
What are the risks of wrestling?
A 2016 review analyzed the occurrence of problems in sports of this type, including the WWE league. According to the authors, the number of injuries increases during competition, compared to training or practices.
Once in the fighting space, the most injured areas are the following:
- Head and face.
- Knees and shoulders.
- Elbows, wrists and hands.
Although many of the injuries are mild or moderate traumatic, there are situations that require immediate medical action. The same authors already cited recall that it is not unlikely that the participants suffered concussions.
More specific statistics report the following:
- 85% of wrestlers are injured at some point in their career.
- A quarter of the injured concentrate their problems on their knees.
- 61.5% of the lesions are located in the lower limbs.
- About 9% of wrestlers require some surgical intervention because of these injuries.
As it is a contact discipline, it is logical and expected that there will be a high rate of injuries. The problem, perhaps, lies in their severity and in the subsequent effect, which can manifest itself years later. Football and wrestling are estimated to be the two sports with the highest risk of serious injury; in turn, wrestling and baseball accumulate the highest number of days of inactivity when their participants are injured.
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: Is It The Hulk Hogan Situation?
Injuries are very common in WWE. Nevertheless, there are also complications associated with the surgeries that these injuries require. And that could be the case of Hulk Hogan, who has lost feeling in his legs after the last intervention on his back.
There is a situation known as failed back surgery syndrome. It is defined as the persistence of symptoms related to initial back pain, despite having undergone surgery to try to relieve that pain.
The factors that affect the failure of a surgery of this type are multiple. A condition of the patient can be treated, that is, something particular that predisposes him not to respond to the procedure. But there is also medical error or iatrogenesis. The statements about Hogan would suggest that some nerves have been severed by mistake.
For sure, we cannot confirm it.
In itself, the statistics on back surgery for pain are not encouraging. Half of the patients achieve therapeutic success, but no more than 30% consider that there was an improvement in their quality of life after the intervention. This implies continuation of pain or the appearance of new symptoms.
Thinking about Hulk Hogan’s more than 20 surgeries is undoubtedly overwhelming. We assume that several risk factors are present in someone who has undergone 2 annual interventions in the last decade.
This, without a doubt, affects the mood of anyone. And according to studies, the presence of depression before back surgery increases the risk of complications later. Above all, neurological side effects.
What awaits the ex-wrestler?
Hulk Hogan’s health future seems to be marked by his new fight against pain and lack of sensitivity. It is possible that his extensive career in WWE has been the cause of the problems that afflict him now.
His legacy in the discipline remains unimpeachable. No one denies the influence it has had.
Now he has the job of rehabilitating himself in the best way to resolve his neurological conditions. Meanwhile, the support of his fans is sustained on social networks.
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