Following a devastating leg injury during a golf game last year, Jonny Bairstow, the England cricketer, questioned whether he would regain his ability to walk, let alone return to the sport.
“You wonder whether or not you’ll be able to walk again, jog again, run again, play cricket again. Absolutely, those things do go through your mind. It depends how long you think about them. There are many different things, until you get back to playing, well… you wonder, is it going to feel the same?” Jonny Bairstow was quoted as saying by ‘ESPNcricinfo’.
In September 2023, Bairstow suffered a severe lower limb injury, in an unfortunate accident. Consequently, he was unable to participate in the T20 World Cup 2022 and the subsequent Test tours of Pakistan and New Zealand. Moreover, the same injury compelled him to withdraw from the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“It’s quite funny, people have said, ‘You’re limping’. Well, I don’t know anyone that’s had a major lower leg injury that does walk exactly the same as previously. There are going to be little limps, there are going to be aches, pains, that’s part and parcel of it. Whether it’s knees, hips, ankles, lower back, whatever it is.
“When there’s trauma, there’s going to be an adaptation to the way that your body moves or your body walks, that’s just part and parcel of it. I’m not going to be running exactly the same as last year, but that’s okay,” added Bairstow.