Carson Dalyis back with hisTodayteammates and on the mend!
On Thursday, the 48-year-old broadcaster andVoicehost returned to studio 1A after undergoing surgery to help his “chronic lower back pain.”
Daly injured his back in a snowmobiling accident in the ’90s resulting in a T12 compression fracture,Todayreported, and has been dealing with increasing pain ever since.
“I feel actually better and I’m glad that I did it,” he said on the broadcast in conversation with costarsSavannah Guthrie,Hoda Kotb,Craig MelvinandAl Roker. “It’s not a cure-all but it was in a step in my journey that I think is going to help.”
Next week, Daly shared,Todaywill air a piece on the surgery, which the show described as a new minimally-invasive, FDA-approved procedure called Intracept.
He said he hopes sharing his story will help others who might be experiencing similar pain.
Carson Daly.Roy Rochlin/Getty
At the time of the accident, doctors explained that his back was “structurally” unharmed and that pain management would be his only option. Because of a bad reaction to pain medication, Daly knew he would only use them as a “last resort.”
Carson Daly.Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
At first, the pain he experienced from the accident was intermittent though grew more severe as time went on, the outlet reported.
Daly — who shares children Jackson, Etta, London and Goldie with wife Siri — said the pain started to affect his relationship with his family and was unable to be as active with his children as he’d like.
“I want to play golf, I want to wrestle with my kids. I want to pick things up. I want to be better,” he said.
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source: people.com
