Stevie Richards Is “Out Of The Woods” After Recent Health Scare

Wrestling veteran Stevie Richards is “out of the woods” after a recent health scare that temporarily resulted in him using a wheelchair.

In February, it was reported that Richards was dealing with serious health issues in his back and spine.

Since then, the ECW alum has given updates on his condition and provided good news in the latest video from his YouTube channel. He said,

“For months, I was just thinking, ‘Oh, my back’s starting to hit that wall. Maybe I’m gonna need surgery, maybe I’m gonna need a nerve block.’ Whatever fix I could have at this point to keep going. Then, in the end of January on a Sunday morning, I had one of my best workouts ever; thought I was pulling through, like, one of those bouts where your lower back keeps biting you… But from 9:00 AM when I got home and I thought, okay, that was a good workout to noon… I was completely stuck in my chair and it was just a mystery, like my back has locked out, but not to the point where my legs are almost useless.

“Not, paralyzed, not numb. But it hurt so bad I couldn’t put pressure on my legs ‘cause it would shoot up into my back. So my wife, literally from 9:00 AM when I got home and then at noon had me in a walker. I went right to a walker. I’m moving around and it’s just now fear. The early set of fears settling in like, well, I’ve never experienced pain like this.

“Besides the CT scan, I’m officially out of the woods, but I also have to be very careful because the effects, so the effects from the spine infection have still lowered my immunity.”

Richards has been involved in the world of professional wrestling since 1991 and has competed for ECW, WWE, and TNA/Impact Wrestling among other promotions.

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