Patient stories

Fabio Cestari Accorsi
Fabio, 31 from Brazil, works in sales and since his childhood has enjoyed surfing, swimming, running and cycling. He had a hip resurfacing operation in 2008.

William Blair
William, 53, is a pattern maker, manufacturing wooden moulds for concrete casting. His hobbies include waterskiing, wakeboarding, windsurfing, skiing and hill walking.

John Timmis
A police officer on the Roads Policing Unit in South Warwickshire, John discovered he had arthritis in both hips after a skiing accident in Val D’Isere in 2003.

Dan Milosevic
Dan, 46, has been Corin’s distributor in Croatia since having his left hip resurfaced in February 2003. His hobbies include motorcycling and mountain biking.

Doug Squires
Doug, 62, managing director of an engineering company in Coventry, recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro after having his hip resurfaced three years ago.

Yvonne Fensom
Yvonne, a full-time deputy headteacher from Buckinghamshire, had been suffering from arthritis since her 30s which prevented her from continuing her many hobbies.

Gill Moon
Following her hip resurfacing operation, Gill took part in the Cycle India 2006 Challenge for the charity, Women for Women, a cause very close to her heart.

Susan Ward
Susan, 48, an occupational health advisor and paleopathologist, enjoys cycling and walking. She is also learning to play the cello – good for abduction of the hips!

Stephen Cox
Stephen, 54, a retained fireman, enjoys hunting for treasure in Hertfordshire. Before his operation, he had to give up his hobby, but made a welcome return following his resurfacing.

Kenneth Salter
Kenneth, 62, managing director of an exhibition company in Somerset, continues to enjoy climbing and an active lifestyle following his resurfacing operation in 2004.

Paul Stapleton
Paul, 54, trained as a carpenter but pursues many sports in his spare time, including football, boxing and for the past 28 years, Shotokan karate.

Margaret Evans
Housewife and grandmother Margaret, 67 from Rainham in Kent, enjoys ballroom dancing, Latin American dancing and swimming.

Valerie Smith
Valerie, 65, a retired swimming teacher from Hertfordshire, enjoys cycling and learning French. Valerie had always been healthy until she started having pain in her hips.

Pam Vinnicombe
Pam, 59, full-time PA to the chief executive of a large engineering company, always enjoyed a full and active life until 1992, when her hip suddenly gave way whilst on holiday.

David Strait
David, 47, is a mechanical engineer and project manager whose career has centered on the design of scientific instrumentation. He enjoys cycling, canoeing, and reading.

Neil Thompson
Neil, 53, a retired detective superintendent, found his lifestyle restricted by arthritis. Following a hip resurfacing, he has been able to return to climbing in the French Alps.

Denis Caffrey
Denis, 46, works for a communications company in Ireland. He has a passion for both watching and taking part in sporting activities.

Tessa Bosworth
Tessa, 52, is an administrative assistant at Coventry University. She was suffering from excruciating knee pain and unable to walk without crutches before her hip operation.

Malcolm Adkins
Malcom, 63, is a retired principle lecturer and senior course tutor at Coventry University. He discovered that both his hips were arthritic after falling whilst out running.

Catherine Triscott
Catherine, an account director for a marketing company, has a job which entails travel and long hours. She was diagnosed as having displastic hips which led to a hip resurfacing.

Mike Bailey
Mike, 49, is an environmental manager from Wiltshire. A car accident badly damaged his hip joint, which eventually led to him having a Corin Cormet hip resurfacing.

Dr Vittorio Testa
Dr Testa is an Italian orthopaedic specialist who had to give up sports due to arthritis in both hips. After a bi-lateral hip resurfacing, he is back to a high level of activity.

Carol Preston
Carol is a practice manager at a dental surgery in Rugby, Warwickshire and enjoys dancing on a regular basis, walking (especially around the shops), with a very full social life.

Rob Hooper
Rob is a university lecturer whose life was becoming increasingly restricted by arthritis. At the relatively young age of 57, he made the decision to have a hip resurfacing.

Sara Davis
Sara, 32, is an American musical theatre actress. Both her lifestyle and career were jeopardised by severe osteoarthritis in her hip, until she underwent a hip resurfacing operation.

Ann Hill
Nearly 50 years ago Ann was a student nurse at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham. Several years ago she had to face up to the possibility of a total hip replacement.