Trudi Roach

I sustained a severe open ankle injury in 2007. For the first 2 and a half years, I was wearing Birkenstock sandles and shoes partly because my leg was swollen, but at this time I could only walk for about 2 hours a day and had intermittent pain and would limp at times.

In 2010, I decided to seek out orthotics to see if this could improve my situation as I was starting to experience pain in my supporting (good) leg and the heel bone of the bad leg had begun to throb at night. I had spoken to a couple of podiatrists before finding The Abbots Langley Clinic, and whilst they offered good advice, the thing that impressed me about Edward was that he made time to speak to me on the phone before I made an appointment.

Edward took castings of my feet in July and as he watched me walk he took meticulous notes about my gait and how I turned when walking. The orthotics arrived and he asked me to walk outside the clinic whilst he watched my walking pattern and was very happy with the outcome. The wear in period for me lasted a few months, but I could wear them initially for 2 hours at a time, which slowly increased and by February 2011 I was wearing them on a full-time basis and I can walk for longer without suffering the consequences. The end result is that the supporting leg no longer hurts and my heel bone does not throb at night.

I never really expected the orthotics to work and just presumed that I would have continouos pain permanently as a result of my injury, and Edward was cognisant that I was skeptical, even when I left with them in my hand. I couldn’t recommend Edward highly enough, both the service and the outcome has been outstanding.

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