The ankle injury he suffered would usually put a player out of action for at least three months but after he returned to Birmingham, he met foot and ankle specialist Mark Herron at BMI Priory Hospital who came up with the idea of treating Woakes with a machine that has been used on Premiership footballers and top racehorses.

“At my age and at that stage in my career I really couldn’t afford a long lay-off,” Woakes said.

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