A keen angler who feared he would never walk again following a cycling accident is back on the road to recovery thanks to a unique hospital rehabilitation programme.
In less than six weeks, Robbie Bell has gone from not being able to move anything below his neck to being in a position to walk out of Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and head home to Lewis.
After falling off his bike, Mr Bell was diagnosed with incomplete tetraplegia – which resulted in partial paralysis and loss of sensation in his limbs and torso.
As part of his recovery, he has been casting off with a fishing rod within the hospital grounds.
The intricacies involved in building the rod and setting up the reel mechanism, alongside the casting motion, have helped exercise Mr Bell’s dexterity and have played a key role in allowing him to regain feelings in his limbs.
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