‘In 1993 I was a milkman and developed terrible pain in both my knees from jogging on my milkround. In 1994 had investigations at hospital and they scraped my knees and washed out the worse one. I had no relief. The pain worsened and I had to give up my job as I could not walk without agonising pain. I had another arthroscopy at hospital in 1996 and was told that I had a lot of wear and tear in my knees. In 2002 the Consultant told me that the first operation had damaged and severed the nerve endings in my knees and the only thing he could do was prescribe me medication and cream to prevent pain. I tried orthotics and they gave me about 5% pain relief, but I still could not walk properly

In 2003 I went to Wendy’s clinic. My wife was studying to be an osteopath and had heard about Wendy’s work. By this time I had been on benefit for 10 years. Wendy told me that the cause of the damage to my knees was poor foot mechanics and that my joints had both seized up as I had been unable to move on them for so long. She made me some temporary orthotics to prevent further damage and showed my wife how to move my legs and knees on a regular basis to encourage movement and gave me some daily exercises. Wendy also treated me with osteopathy.

After one session I was on half the medication and two months later my knees were pain free enough to go to the gym to exercise and strengthen them. In September 2003 I was accepted into Hertfordshire Police. The photos of me show me on the day I was told my application had been successful and I have now started my new career as a police officer!‘