Chris Kamara is 'amazed' by improvement after experimental treatment

Chris Kamara is "amazed" by the improvement in his speech since he underwent experimental treatment in Mexico.

The 65-year-old presenter stepped away from his Sky Sports duties over a year ago after being diagnosed with apraxia of speech, but he recently spent a month in South America, where he underwent various treatments and was monitored by experts, and he couldn't be happier with the results.

He told the Daily Star newspaper: "I’ve been in Mexico for some experimental treatment. It was amazing. I was there for a month and now I’m on the mend."

"At first, I wouldn’t have believed the results would be this good. But the proof is in the pudding. The situation before and after is like chalk and cheese.

"The improvement has been amazing. It’s all going well."

The 'Ninja Warrior' presenter is even ready to get back into the "full swing" of work, and is reteaming with his old Sky Sports colleague Jeff Stelling for a new venture.

He said: “I’m doing a podcast with Ben Shephard and a TV show with Jeff Stelling.

"Hopefully I’ll be in full swing very soon."

In December, Chris, who is affectionately known as Kammy, revealed his condition had left him "so weak" and struggling with his balance.

Speaking on ITV documentary 'Chris Kamara: Lost For Words', he revealed: "The part of my brain that’s packed in affects my muscles. I’m so weak now. Coordination is not very good. Balance is not very good.

“Everybody talks about the speech side of it, but there’s also other factors to go with it. I can’t carry shopping.”

Despite his debilitating disorder, a resilient Kammy perseveres with weekly coordination exercises in hopes of improving his condition.

He added: “These are a way for me to get stronger.”

The former footballer admitted that some days he has no issues with being able to communicate, but he doesn't get any warning of when he will have a bad day when his words won't come out.

He shared: "Sometimes I think, it’s fine today, no problem. Then I go downstairs and talk to [my wife] Anne and the message from the brain to the mouth won’t come out right. So it would be another day of anguish, thinking what should I do? Should I go to work today, or should I not?”