Former soldier used drumming to battle PTSD and now marches to a different beat

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Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionHe conducted different types of tour in Eastern Europe in the 2000s, when his roles in the army were in combat operations and later, reconnaissance.After leaving the military, Neil looked for ways of coping with minor PTSD.

These included playing cricket and rugby.However, he found his groove when he rediscovered his love for drumming and has now made a career out of his passion.Neil told Lanarkshire Live: "I first played drums for a short while in school and then I left for the army at a young age."When I came back and told my psychiatrist that I used to play the drums she persuaded me to take it back up and I haven't looked.