Welch said even bending down to tie up his shoes ... He’ll have surgery to correct the issue after suffering “shooting pain” down his leg even when he sneezed. “I’ve got a long life ...

Melbourne Storm player Christian Welch has retired from the NRL at the ... a discectomy to relieve the nerve pressure in his left leg which has left him struggling to do "pretty basic life things ...

Welch is now preparing to undergo a discectomy to relieve the nerve pressure that makes simple things like bending over extremely painful. Christian Welch (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images ...