Neil Sachse is hopeful his foundation will change the way spinal injuries are treated in the future. After 44 years of campaigning, Australian football veteran Neil Sachse hopes the development of new digital imaging techniques are set to change the way spinal injuries are treated. Mr Sachse has dedicated his life to raising money for research into spinal injuries A new clinical trial for spinal injuries allows clinicians to see the spinal cord in 3D Researchers hope it will lead to people being diagnosed earlier and speed up treatment An on-field collision during round two of the 1975 VFL season changed Mr Sachse’s life, leaving him a quadriplegic . He still remembers the long process of having his injury assessed. “They used a pinprick to test what level of injury you are. That still happens today,” he said. “So nothing’s changed in those 44 years as far as the […]