An international research team at Oxford University found that when people laugh hard, the kind that leaves them almost physically exhausted with tears in their eyes, the human body triggers the releaseof endorphins that help reduce the feelingof pain and promote feelings of general well being.
Savage was involved in a serious car crash at the age of 19, as he contemplated telling his parents about his release from Manchester United, leaving him without any feeling in his left arm for several days.