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Jade Culver & Danielle Kate Wroe

'I was paralysed after a horrible bike accident - now I'm a personal trainer'

The odds were stacked against Mike Newman following a horrific bike accident that left him paralysed, but he's shattered all expectations after learning to walk again and training to become a personal trainer.

Mike Newman, 30, was left paralysed after being thrown off his bike during motocross practice in 2019, leaving him with his L3 vertebrae shattered, a punctured lung, and a fractured tailbone and pelvis.

The personal trainer, from Hayling Island, Hampshire, was rushed to hospital in a helicopter, and then he spent almost six months in hospital trying to recover from his injuries. Doctors told him he may never walk again.

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