Patient Stories
PATIENT STORIES
You might feel like your knee pain interferes with everything, but you don’t have to put up with it.
Hundreds of thousands of people seek treatment for their knee pain every year, and on this page, you can see the stories of some of those who chose nSTRIDE.
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Carey, late 50s
Carey was a science teacher in Manchester. She had a major accident at work in 1999.
She fractured her spine in three places, suffered a prolapsed disc and sustained considerable nerve damage which meant she was bed-bound for three…
Carey, late 50s
Carey was a science teacher in Manchester. She had a major accident at work in 1999 when a heavy oak blackboard fell off the wall and pinned her to a teaching bench.
She fractured her spine in three places, suffered a prolapsed disc and sustained considerable nerve damage which meant she was bed-bound for three years. She had numerous operations and physio, but the medication for her back caused renal artery stenosis which caused high blood pressure. In 2006, this resulted in a stroke that went to her optic nerve and left Carey blind.
Lack of mobility meant she put on weight, and she developed painful OA of the knee. Carey had an arthroscopy which helped for a couple of years but then the pain returned.
Pain:
The pain was excruciating. Emotionally I became very depressed and frustrated because there were things I wanted to do but couldn’t. I couldn’t even get down the stairs in the end so I was literally trapped in my own home.
Within a year I went from a pain level of 0-10. It progressed quite quickly. Any movement you make uses your knees and the pain was just so debilitating. I really struggled even to great downstairs and I got to the point where I would rather have chopped my leg off than go on.
Treatment:
I walked out of the hospital myself and was out of pain within two days. The results have been amazing. My knee is back to normal.
It was nothing short of a miracle. They take blood from your arm, centrifuge it and then put it back into your knee. Within two days I noticed that the pain had gone and in about two and-a-half weeks I noticed I was walking down the stairs normally. Almost without thinking, I was able to bend my knees, walk the dog, go on the exercise bike and play with my grandson. Because I am now active, I have lost a lot of weight and I feel so much better in myself. It has literally given me my life back. If my knee started hurting again tomorrow I would not hesitate to go back and have another injection. The great thing is you don’t need any preparation like you would for an operation, and because there is no post surgery recuperation period afterwards there is no impact on your family and friends who would otherwise have to look after you.
You can also come off also powerful painkillers which really do have quite nasty side effects, particularly if they interact with other medication. Having nSTRIDE was the best decision I have ever made and to anyone considering having the treatment I would say – “Just go for it, it is so easy, so quick, go for it.”
Dave, early 70s
David is a 72 year-old man who was previously very active but suffering from wear and tear OA of the knees – the pain was worse in his right knee..
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David, early 70s
David is a 72 year-old man who was previously very active but suffering from wear and tear OA of the knees – the pain was worse in his right knee.
His pain had got worse over several years, so he received nSTRIDE® on his right knee and then within a month had nSTRIDE® on his left knee too.
Pain:
I live in the present – that’s all you’ve got.
My wife Jackie will tell you, I never just sit round and do nothing. There’s always something to do, and if you can’t do things because you hurt too much, it is frustrating and you think ‘am I going to be just stuck in a chair?’ Because I’m a firm believer in use it or lose it. The constant pain gradually strips you of the life you once had and just grinds you down. Simple daily tasks like getting downstairs, having a bath and emptying the bins all became a painful struggle.
Treatment:
What was wonderful was we walked in at 9 o’clock and we walked out at 12 o’clock. I hadn’t had any unusual drugs stuck into me; it was a totally natural bit of my own body and I have to say I noticed the difference waking up the next day.
Within two days the pain had completely gone. This was just wonderful, and I had the procedure done on my left knee. Now I have two knees that don’t hurt. My blood is wonderful! I can go back to doing all the things I wanted to do before, so It has enabled me to have a new lease of life.
When you are inside a wave and it just breaks it’s just wow. When one wave catches up to another it’s like driving a sports car and to be able to go back and get in a wave and go and I don’t have to give that up… And waves are free, so in that way it has been life changing to me.
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