Home and Away star shares life-altering injury after unusual accident led to agony
Home and Away Leah Patterson star Ada Nicodemou has shared the way in which she endured a life-altering injury after a rather unusual accident left her in agony
Home and Away actress Ada Nicodemou, known for playing the role of Leah Patterson, has shared how she suffers from a life-altering injury.
The 47-year-old Aussie actress has been candid on her most recent podcast episode for Bounce Forward, with her detailing how she was forced to change her exercise regime after suffering a painful injury. On the podcast episode, she could be heard chatting to personal trainer Tiffiny Hall, with Ada admitting how she was left with a herniated disc in her spine.
The herniated disc happened in an unusual and rather mundane way. Ada explained how it happened when she was sneezing. A herniated disc, also known as a slipped disc, is when a soft cushion of tissue between the bones in your spine bulges outwards, according to the NHS, which also states: “It’s painful if it presses on nerves. It usually gets better slowly with rest, gentle exercise and painkillers.”
Ada endured an agonising moment
On her podcast, Ada recalled the agonising moment, revealing: “I had an injury — now don’t laugh — about a year and a half ago I sneezed,’ she explained to podcast host Tiffiny. I woke up in the morning to go to the gym at 5am and I was in my dressing room getting changed and I perforated a disc. I was in so much pain!”
Because of her slipped disc, Ada had to have surgery, and she now suffers from a permanent life-altering symptom. Speaking on her podcast she said: “I had to have an operation, I still have a numb foot on one side and it probably will never heal properly. I think I’ve damaged a nerve.
“But it really made me rethink a lot of things I was doing because I’ve always been fit, I love to exercise, for my mental health now I’ve realised.”
Ada then went on to speak about how her injury has impacted her life and workout regime: “I was a machine, I’d spin and then box, all that sort of stuff, then I got into heavy weightlifting as well. Now, I’m like I’m never doing a deadlift again in my life. I can’t run because I will break my ankle because I have a numb foot.”
Ada is currently in a relationship with Home and Away co-star James Stewart. Ada and James have known each other since 1998 when they co-starred on the short-lived Channel Ten soap opera Breakers. And since 2016, the pair have starred on Home and Away.
