{"id":1439,"date":"2021-03-24T19:57:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flexiseq.com\/?p=1439"},"modified":"2024-10-26T15:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:52:49","slug":"irene-goddard-a-walking-testimonial-to-flexiseq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flexiseq.com\/blogs\/user-stories\/irene-goddard-a-walking-testimonial-to-flexiseq\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene Goddard – A Walking Testimonial To Flexiseq"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
At the age of 70 Irene Goddard was struggling to do very much such was the pain in her knees.<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n\n A visit to a specialist did not offer much hope on the horizon. But a chance read of an article about a rugby player changed all that. 7 years later, she\u2019s found a way to keep moving.<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n\n This is Irene\u2019s story…<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n\n I used to work in interior design and do a lot of walking. Sitting at a desk on a computer or drawing my knees began to get quite bad.<\/p>\n\n I have grandchildren so playing with them took its toll on me, walking with them in the pushchair became incredibly painful. Kids are always on the go so keeping up with them with knee pain was always going to be difficult. My knee was in so much pain I felt like I had an extra child I had to look after, every time I went to do something I had to think about whether my knee was going to be able to cope with it or not.<\/p>\n\n I was in such bad pain with my knees. I was really struggling. I\u2019d had to stop driving such was the pain in my knees I couldn\u2019t use the pedals properly. I was hobbling about, not sleeping well, I was a mess. I was on crutches.<\/p>\n\n \u201cAfter four days I realised I was sleeping through the night! It didn\u2019t matter how many paracetamols I\u2019d take I still couldn\u2019t sleep but after four days of FlexiSEQ, I could.”<\/p>\n\n Irene Goddard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n My doctor sent me to be looked at by a specialist. The specialist tested my knees, I couldn\u2019t straighten them they were so bad, they were semi-locked. He did X-rays and he said, \u201cwe\u2019ll send you to physiotherapy to see if that can help\u201d. But he said most likely I was going to need a knee replacement. He told me it was the only way I\u2019d walk. I told him my mother had both her knees replaced and she couldn\u2019t walk so I had to look after her. But he booked me in for the operation in three months.<\/p>\n\n I went into the physiotherapy, still on my crutches and they couldn\u2019t bend the knee. Then I read a story about Brad Barritt, a Saracens Rugby Player. To be honest, had I not seen that article my life would have been hell. When I read how FlexiSEQ was helping him I thought, \u201cwell if it can help a professional rugby player then it must be able to help me.\u201d I followed the instructions, thought this is easy enough but \u201cgive it time to work Irene\u201d. I used it twice a day for a few days.<\/p>\n\n After four days I realised I was sleeping through the night! It didn\u2019t matter how many paracetamols I\u2019d take I still couldn\u2019t sleep but after four days of FlexiSEQ, I could. I went back to physio, I just casually strolled in and the physio looked at me, astonished and said, \u201cIrene, what have you done? Where are your crutches?\u201d I hadn\u2019t even thought about it, I\u2019d forgotten them because for the first time in a long time I didn\u2019t need them.<\/p>\n\n The physio got me up on the table and he couldn\u2019t believe it, my knees could move as they should be able to. I showed him all the research I\u2019d done on FlexiSEQ. All the articles I\u2019d found, the interviews with Brad Barritt, he couldn\u2019t believe it. Everyone in the class that day kept asking me about it, I convinced a lot of them to try it.<\/p>\n\n I went back to the specialist and told him all about FlexiSEQ. I\u2019d done so much research into the product I was quite the expert by that stage. I told him that now I definitely didn\u2019t need the replacement operation. I\u2019m so proud to have never cost the NHS a knee replacement and that is thanks to FlexiSEQ. I\u2019m a walking testimonial to the benefits of FlexiSEQ. I was told I needed a knee replacement but I\u2019ve never had it.<\/p>\n\n Thanks to FlexiSEQ I\u2019ve gone to Val-d’Is\u00e8re to do snow walking. I love to walk wherever I go. Without FlexiSEQ I don\u2019t know where I\u2019d be, I suspect in a wheelchair. I use it on my hands, elbows, shoulders and lower-back as well when those joints act up a bit. I am able to run and play with my great grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n