Former WWE star Rico Constantino has had a number of careers throughout his 64 years, together with police work. Nonetheless, the previous WWE Tag Staff Champion’s skilled ambitions have been undermined by persistent medical points, which he detailed throughout an interview on “Perception with Chris Van Vliet.”
“After I was an officer, 2014-2015, I caught blood clots,” Rico mentioned, explaining that docs discovered three clots in his femoral artery. “I attempted to beat them, they put me on blood thinners, and when it got here time for the state to decide, I used to be a legal responsibility as a result of I used to be on blood thinners and so I used to be compelled to medically retire.”
Rico added that he tried a number of diets earlier than one thing caught, permitting him to work out once more and regain his well being, bringing him again right into a profession as a safety officer in 2019.
“I bought again into what I actually love — investigations, detective work — however I could not be an officer, so I grew to become an investigator for a industrial insurance coverage firm known as Bell United,” he recalled, noting that he primarily did the identical work he did as a police officer, minus arresting anybody or handing out tickets.Â
Sadly, the blood clots returned final yr after an extended flight that noticed Rico sit for a number of hours with out getting up.
“I bought another in my femoral, however the different one, which is extra harmful, is I bought one in my popliteal artery, which is tougher to eliminate,” he defined, expressing that it is precipitated him a variety of ache. “Since then I have been on a brand new blood thinner, and the ache behind the leg’s gone away.”
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