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Like most war veterans Michael Ruffin, 78, is still paying for injuries he sustained while on active duty. During his deployment to Vietnam in the late 1960s, Mike (as he’s known to his friends) was involved in a horrific accident that left him severely injured and living with chronic pain for years to come.
Speaking to Starts at 60, Mike recalled the moment he miscalculated a helicopter jump in Vietnam and plummeted 20 feet through the air, hitting the ground below him “like a ton of bricks”. While he survived the fall, Mike, who served in the Australian Army for 27 years, was left with severe back and neck pain pain that after decades never seemed to fade. He tried everything from physiotherapy to spinal fusion surgery, but nothing worked.