Broncos playmaker Gayle Broughton is building up to a return to running after undergoing surgery just prior to Christmas to fix a painful back injury.
The 27-year-old played the entire 2023 NRLW season with a L4–L5 disc bulge in her lower back that was pressing against nerves, which was only diagnosed at the conclusion of the campaign.
After undergoing back surgery three days before Christmas last year Broughton is now nearing a return to activity, with plans to start boxing and then running in coming weeks, and the five-eighth says she is in no doubt for Round 1 of the NRLW.
“It’s been a real eye opener for me, having to learn how to move my body again and be OK with moving it again and learning to trust it,” Broughton said.
“For the four weeks after surgery you basically can not move, you’re on your back and can’t do anything.
“But now I am so excited for what’s ahead. I’ve got a new back and I’m not going to take it for…
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