Patient Testimonials

In our patient testimonials section, we provide a patient’s perspective on a wide range of different foot and ankle operations, including recovery and mobility.

The testimonials provide a detailed and informative insight into the experience of having specific procedures, including recovery time and overall outcome.

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Giles Pegram CBE

I came to see Mr Matthew Solan following a google search and a very satisfying reading of his bio on The London Foot & Ankle Centre website. The appointment...

Brian M

My initial consultations were with Mr Mark Davies, I looked at his CV which was very impressive. My care under Mr Davies was excellent, he was patient, professional and...

Ms V.A

On 15 December I had a foot operation at St John and St Elizabeth hospital in St John’s Wood. The operation involved the removal of a bunion on the...

F.F

I wrote this as it is how I feel after coming to end of my visits. I have been visiting Mr Davies for 20 months now and would like...

C.H

I would highly recommend Mr Mark Davies as the surgeon to choose for anyone considering bunion surgery. I had suffered from a very painful bunion for longer than I...

G.B

I was left with a foot drop five years ago from an injection in my lumbar spine, I had previously had surgery for prolapsed discs with no complications. Despite being...

R.F

Dear Dr. Davies It has been remiss of me not to have written before. In answer to the question below I would say that I am totally satisfied. In...

MR L.S

I came to see Mr Klinke for a second opinion after it had been recommended that I have all the bones in my ankle fused. I was at that...

Mrs D

Dear Mr Klinke I hope you and your families have kept safe and well over the past year. What a year it has been. Tomorrow is the first anniversary...

Mr I.R

I had been suffering from plantar fasciitis in my left foot for some 5 years and had resorted to advice and treatment from various physiotherapists and podiatrists. I had...

Vicky Shafran

Dear Mr Solan, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for the surgery to fix my plantar fasciitis. After six months of enduring the painful...

Jackie Speckley

When I finally decided that I could no longer tolerate the pain in my ankle due to severe arthritis and deterioration in the joint as a result of polio,...

George Kennedy

George Kennedy, aged 62, is Secretary of The Royal Automobile Club. Mr Kennedy had an ankle fusion operation performed by Mark Davies, Clinical Director of the London Foot and...

Sara Mills

Sara Mills is a 51-year-old who lives in London. Sara had surgery as a teenager which left her with shortened big toes. Consequently, she was unable to walk properly...

Miss A.F

When I first visited the London and Foot and Ankle Centre I was scared about another person touching my feet and what the outcome of the consultation would be....

L.D

I was treated for an acute Achilles Tendon rupture by Dr Klinke in July 2019. I was really worried that the injury could cause a permanent reduction in my...

S.L. Twickenham

I just wanted to take a few minutes to say a huge thank you to Mr Martin Klinke I had both feet operated on to rectify bunions, not to...

Louise Minford

I’m a keen walker and runner and had been suffering for several months with plantar fasciitis which had more or less prevented me from doing anything. I’d followed a...

Annie Green

For the last 5 years I have had a lump growing in my foot the size of a golf ball. I could hardly walk, and even in the shower...

David Smith

David Smith is a 35-year-old business consultant from London. I had been out for the evening during the summer of 2011 and took a short cut through a park. I...

Ian

I approached Martin after about a year after I had torn my ATFL ligament (anterior talofibular ligament) in my left ankle in an Adventure race in NZ. My initial specialist...

Mark Chesson

I was referred to Mr Klinke by a family friend who was very happy with the results of her operation. I had bad post traumatic arthritis in my left...

Sharon Black

My left ankle was replaced and Achilles tendon lengthened by Mr Klinke at the London Bridge Hospital on 6th February 2017. I had badly broken my ankle in a...

Liam Horner

I also had to give up my job in the building trade because I was on my feet all day, says Liam, who at the time had recently graduated...

Jessica Berry

Jessica Berry is a 44-year-old marine archaeologist It was a simple day of diving on a day that had begun so promisingly, one job done and only one more...

P Fisher

In 2002, Mark Davies completed complicated surgery on my left ankle following a snowboarding incident that resulted in a fractured Talus bone. To this day, I have not experienced...

Irena Spence

Irena Spence is a 49-year-old solicitor and marathon runner who suffered a partial Achilles tendon rupture. She had surgery which failed before coming to the London Foot and Ankle...

D.C

In 2012 I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my right ankle. An arthroscopy relieved much of my discomfort for a period, but in 2015 the situation reached a tipping...

C.S

I have lead a very active sporting life, playing netball at a high level, and social level basketball and athletics throughout my adult life. My ankle had progressively been...

Isobelle Proby

I had both my bunions operated on on the 19th June 2014 – at the Cromwell. I can’t thank Mr. Klinke enough as the operation has been the best...

Deborah Salter is a 51-year-old recruitment director and mother-of-one from Sunbury-On-Thames, Middlesex. Mrs Salter suffered a Lisfranc fracture dislocation after falling down the stairs. Her injury was undiagnosed until...

Penny Birts

Penny Birts is 62 and lives in London. Penny developed acute tendonitis in her feet and ankles and came to the London Foot and Ankle Centre for treatment. Clinical...

Graham Taylor

I was playing in a charity cricket match in August 2006. The ball was going past me for a four, so I stopped it with my foot. It was...

Robby Swift

I had the misfortune to suffer 2 lisfranc fracture dislocations, one on each foot and both times Mark Davies operated on me with great success. I had to have...

Tony Hill

Dear Mr Klinke Thank you for looking after me so well before, during and after the open cheilectomy on my left big toe joint. As you will recall, I...

Gary Gough

Gary Gough is a 39-year-old technology manager in the investment banking sector. He describes his experience of suffering a severe ankle fracture in Japan, which required urgent surgery in...

Anastasia Georgiou

People come to the London Foot and Ankle Centre not only from throughout the UK, but also abroad. Anastasia Georgiou, who is resident in Cyprus, explains why she chose...

Richard Campin

Richard Campin is a 48-year-old from Kent. Mr Campin had surgery at the London Foot and Ankle Centre to repair his peroneal tendons and stabilise his ankle. Mr Campin,...

John Richardson

John Richardson is a retired lawyer who lives in London, Thailand and Australia. Mr Richardson had a triple joint fusion operation performed by Mark Davies, Clinical Director of the...

Barbara O’Brien

Barbara O’Brien is a 61-year-old from Hertfordshire. Mrs O’Brien had bunion surgery performed by Mark Davies, Clinical Director of the London Foot and Ankle Centre. When did you develop...

Sarah Compson

Sarah Compson is a 27-year-old financial roadshow manager who lives in London. Ms Compson had reconstructive surgery in 2008 to repair two split tendons, ligament damage and stabilise her...

Mr D.J

I first visited Mr. Klinke nearly 10 years ago when I had a very painful ankle. After a very thorough investigation and X-ray he suggested that I should have...

Virginia Conway

Virginia Conway had two operations on both feet to treat arthritic big toe joints and bunions. The 55-year-old dog training instructor who lives in London describes her experience of...

Ruth Porter

Ruth Porter had bunion surgery at London Foot and Ankle Centre undertaken by consultant orthopaedic surgeon Martin Klinke. Ruth, aged 64, from Kent, describes her experience and treatment. I...

David Rees

David Rees is a 47-year-old who runs his own business in Surrey. He came to the London Foot and Ankle Centre in 2010 following problems related to a serious...

Dasha Kazakova

Dasha Kazakova, a 30-year-old lawyer from London, had Bunion Surgery in March 2008, performed by Mark Davies, Clinical Director of the London Foot and Ankle Centre. When did you...

Mrs T.R

Some four years ago, at the age of 71, I was diagnosed with an arthritic, unstable ankle. Over the years, I visited a range of orthopaedic ‘medics’ but gained...

Darryl Boner

Darryl Boner is a 77-year-old from London who had bunion surgery on both feet in two separate operations in 2008 and 2009. The surgery was undertaken by Mr Mark...

Cliff Martindale

Cliff Martindale is one of the top squash players in the country for his age. The 43-year-old was competing in a Masters tournament in 2008 when his Achilles tendon...

Sue Sinton

Sue Sinton travelled from Newcastle to London for bunion surgery at the London Foot and Ankle Centre, carried out by Clinical Director Mark Davies. Mrs Sinton is a 61-year-old...

Harry Clarke

Harry Clarke is a 25-year-old from Sussex. Mr Clarke has a genetic condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth which means the body’s connecting nerves do not function properly. This caused Mr Clarke’s...

Mark Goff

Mark Goff, a 33-year-old accountant from London, was born with a tarsal coalition, which is the fusion of two or more tarsal bones, located in the hindfoot. In this...

Neil Loden

Neil Loden, aged 59, lives in London and had foot surgery at the London Foot and Ankle Centre in September 2007. Mr Loden developed bunions, known medically as hallux...

Melony Collins

Melony Collins grew up with bunions which became so severe by adulthood that even a bed sheet brushing her feet would cause pain. Melony describes her life-changing treatment and...

Susan Currie

Susan Currie, aged 70, had total ankle replacement carried out by Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Martin Klinke of The London Foot and Ankle Centre. Describe your ankle problem Arthritis runs...

Angela Godfrey

Angela Godfrey developed pain in the back of her foot, close to her heel, which became severe and debilitating. Angela, a 54-year-old PA in investment banking, explains her search...

Nic Madge

Nic Madge, a circuit judge and keen traveller, describes an injury he suffered in an extremely remote location and the challenge of finding the right diagnosis. An Achilles rupture...