Matthew Spoors learns to walk all over again after operation to fix his leg

Step by step little superstar Matthew Spoors is learning to walk all over again.

The 10-year-old has been undergoing intensive physiotherapy as he takes slow steps to recovery.

Matthew suffers from a form of cerebral palsy, known as Hemiplegia.

Born 11 weeks premature and weighing just 3lbs at Newcastles Royal Victoria Infirmary, Matthew spent the first two months of his life in hospital.

Mum Nicola Spoors, of Whickham, Gateshead, said: We knew straight away something wasnt quite right but it took a year before he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

Matthew, a pupil at Whickham Parochial Primary School, started walking when he was three but the nature of his condition meant he suffered severe tightness in his muscles causing his feet to pronate.

Nicola, an insurance advisor, said: He was walking but as a result the bones were becoming deformed.

Medics were left with no other choice but to break the thigh bone in Matthews left leg and carrying out a tendon transfer.

Since the surgery, in January this year, Matthew has started the difficult process of learning to walk again.

Nicola, married to Steven ,43, said: Its been hard for him. He was in a wheelchair and in the last couple of weeks hes been having physio treatment.

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Matthew Spoors learns to walk all over again after operation to fix his leg