Mr John Leach 2019-06-14 Person 5 5 0

I bulged my L4/L5 discs playing football in January 2018 - John monitored me for 8 months and suggested non-surgical methods initially in hope that my injury would resolve itself. In August 2018 John conducted a microdisectomy to reduce the significant nerve / leg pain that I had been experiencing for 8 (long) months. Prior to surgery I was regularly taking pain killers every 4 hours and couldn't walk longer than 10 minutes than being in pain. John is extremely patient, calm and reassuring. At no stage did I feel rushed into making a decision on surgery and John consistently provided excellent advise to allow me to make an appropriate decision. On the day of my operation, John came to meet me in my private room explained the process for surgery and thoroughly set my expectations. Surgery was completed within an hour and John came to see me when I was back in my private room and explained the outcome of the operation and next steps. Ultimately, I don't know the specifics of what needs to be done to complete a microdisectomy but all i can comment on is the end result. 10 months on from surgery i can reguarly complete 10km runs and be pain free at almost all times. I sometimes have a small ache in my lower back but it compares nothing to the leg/nerve pain i had 12 months ago. I can't thank John enough for his care, knowledge, support and guidance throughout the last 18 months and I can only recommend others who encounter significant leg/nerve pain from damaged discs to seek advise and support from John. Thanks again - Callum.