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Professor Damian Griffin OBE TD VR BM BCh MA MPhil FRCS(Tr&Orth) 2024-05-23 Person 5 5 0

I was 46 and discovered that I needed major surgery on both of my hips. I had no idea the condition of my body until I was unable to get up from a chair after a long walk one December. Having taken some painkillers and after a nervous journey back to London, I headed for an Xray and MRI where my worst fears were confirmed. I had led a very active life playing lots of tennis, cricket and squash and enjoyed the outdoors. This all sounds very dramatic but it was quite a shock until I was recommended a physio, John Green Physiotherapy, who said to me that there was only one person who he would recommend and that was ‘prof’. My first consultation with Damian was reassuring, to the extent that I recall walking out of his consulting rooms with a huge sense of relief and weight taken off my shoulders. I was nowhere near ready for surgery, and I continued to play tennis, walk and live a normal life for several years in between occasional physio and strengthening gym routines. Five years later, after the pandemic, I decided that in order to get a more regular and full quality of life, as I had young children wishing to join me on the tennis court, I should clear a couple of weeks in my diary (yes, only a couple of weeks!) and book myself in for my procedures. By this time, I’d spent a good 12 months getting myself strong, particularly my glutes and my core which undoubtedly helped my recovery during the first month post op. Damian provides superb and attentive advice and during the whole process (I had two new hips by the end of it) you are carefully managed by his team. I never felt anything other than I was being treated by one of the best surgeons in the world. I am extremely lucky to have been introduced to him. This hard working and inspirational medical man, I would recommend to anybody and would urge anyone with suspected arthritic hips to book a consultation. My late father, an ear, nose and throat consultant surgeon , was a perfectionist , like Damian. I can only say how lucky I have been and how both men have inspired me to try and be one of the best in my profession too.