A young man has been left with back pain and mobility issues for the last three years. Cian Lewis-Hughes was an active rugby player with a promising future within the sport, however, his mobility has significantly decreased due to a spinal condition which has left him struggling to walk and “unable to do much” for himself.
The 23-year-old from the Rhondda claims he has had to fight for answers about his condition and had to pay privately to be preliminarily diagnosed with filum disease - a condition that affects the nervous system, the skull, and the spine. Symptoms can include headaches, nausea, vomiting, dysphagia, vertigo, memory deterioration, neck pain, upper back pain, lower back pain and more.
He said: “I started having issues three years ago before Covid hit. I was having issues with waking back then, but was a bit better than [I am] now. I had pains in my lower back and pulling [pain] down my spine from my head and neck down to my coccyx in my lower back.
