David Ham could be considered one of the lucky spinal cord injury (SCI) survivors, if you consider only his physical injuries.

The 64-year-old from Wagga Wagga injured one of the vertebrae in his neck when he fell off his bike in 2017.

"The spinal cord was intact, it wasn't cut, it was just crushed and bruised,"

he said.

Recovery was initially swift. His injury was incomplete quadriplegia and he was able to walk out of the hospital on crutches.

But his improvement began to slow.

"It's just static, and it's remained so,"

he said.

Mr Ham needs a walking stick when he is in public areas due to a drop foot, a symptom caused by weakness or paralysis of the muscles.

"I trip on my right toe all the time and if I've got a stick it will save me from falling," he said.

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