Casey Stoner’s Revelation
On his Instagram profile, Casey Stoner this morning revealed an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at his life and career: “Today marks three months since I underwent a vertebral fusion surgery between L5 and S1 and a disc replacement between L4 and L5.
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It all started with an accident in 2003, when I fell headfirst onto some hay bales. The impact compressed my spine and, although I managed to deal with it as best as I could for over 20 years, the last two years — and particularly the last six months — became unbearable. It got to the point where surgery was the only real option.
Recovery has certainly had its ups and downs, but overall my back has never felt this good in my memory. What surprised me most was realizing that, even when I previously thought my back was “fine,” I was actually living with constant pain. It’s only now that I’ve experienced what it truly means not to have back pain. I am incredibly grateful to my surgeon and the entire medical team who took care of me throughout the process. Thank you for giving me back my quality of life.”
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The 2003 Accident
The bad accident that Casey Stoner had therefore occurred in 2003, when the Australian rider was 17 years old and was still racing in the 125 class with Aprilia.
In 2005 he moved to 250 and in 2006 to MotoGP – the premier class in which he raced until 2012, winning two world titles. And certainly knowing that he lived with the pain caused by this vertebral compression for so long gives even more credit to the successes achieved by the Southport rider, now 40 years old.
