Professor Philip Chapman-Sheath 2023-05-22 Person 5 5 0

I first saw Professor Chapman-Sheath around 18 months ago and was advised that my left knee needed replacing. At the time, I wasn't ready to commit to doing this privately and wanted to pursue the NHS option as well. Professor Chapman-Sheath suggested using an medial offset brace to ease the pain and enable me to continue until surgery. I did get into the NHS system but was advised that as I was at least 40kgs overweight, and the waiting list was around 2 years, and it wouldn't be done anytime before then. This gave me the incentive to get fit and within 6 months of joining a gym and swimming 3 times a week, I managed to loose 20kgs and felt fit enough to face surgery. I had my surgery in early April this year and I am now 6 weeks post op and doing incredibly well. The first 10 days were painful, but after that, I barely needed any painkillers, was bending my knee and walking on it reasonably well. Within 2 1/2 weeks, I was back in the swimming pool, swimming around 750 - 1000 metres without any problem at all. I have also been doing the hydrotherapy at the Nuffield which has been incredibly helpful. I firmly believe that the time spent getting fitter pre surgery has been the biggest help in my swift recovery. I have previously had a knee replacement 9 years ago and it did not recover as quickly as this one has.