Professor Damian Griffin OBE TD VR BM BCh MA MPhil FRCS(Tr&Orth) 2024-02-02 Person 5 5 0

It was an honour to meet and be cared for by Professor Griffin, as a 31 year old male I first noticed I had hip issues after a long hike. As time went on this progressed to more aching, heavy restriction and caused me to walk with a limp after long periods of being on my feet. I went to see a Dr at a Bupa facility who was a specialist in Sports Injuries and explained what had happened. I had an initial MRI which had confirmed I had osteoarthritis in my left hip. I had played basketball to a high level throughout my youth and early 20's and this high impact on my dominant jumping leg had left me with this issue. The Dr at the Bupa facility referred me to Professor Griffin and in his words said 'I would trust this guy with my own family' and that really is the truth. My career as a pilot meant I had to stop working due to the restriction in my hip and the safety of my flying which has really put a halt on my life. Professor Griffin reassured me in our first consultation that he would get me back to where I was and his calm nature and professionalism really reassured me after just speaking to him. He talked me through the procedure and that a hip resurfacing was the way to go being as young as I am and having an active lifestyle as opposed to a total hip replacement. He informed me that he wouldn't do the operation unless he was sure he could give me the quality of life and be able to do what I want to do in terms of sport and exercise in the future. I underwent a few more scans before the operation and pretty quickly we were near the operation date. In that time my hip had regressed even further to the point it was a struggle to put my shoes and socks on and most nights I would wake up in agony with a constant ache inside my hip. I am a keen cyclist as well as being a basketball player and I was at the point around 3 months before the operation that I couldn't really even cycle any longer as the pain just wasn't worth it let alone I hadn't picked up a basketball in 2 years. On the day of the operation Professor Griffin came in and walked me through everything that I wanted to know about the day. I really wasn't at all nervous going in because it had been explained to me so well by Professor Griffin exactly what he was going to do and with talking to people in person who had worked with him everybody had told me that he's the best guy for the job. After the surgery I was in St John & St Elizabeth for 4 days. The initial 2 weeks is very sore lots of swelling, scar tissue and pain from the wound itself but I'm now 3 weeks on and I am noticing how much better I am even 3 weeks after the operation. I'm no longer waking up in pain and I'm already starting to see the difference in my mobility. I couldn't be more thankful to Professor Griffin he does not treat you as a patient of his he wants to get to know you and learn who you are as a person. I couldn't recommend him to anybody who is suffering with hip related issues enough.