Consultant orthopaedic hip surgeon, Mr Jason Webb

I write to you regarding my wife’s hip replacement. Thanks to your efforts, she is now out of debilitating pain and is progressing pain free. We are both eternally grateful to you.

Hip surgery changed my life. Before my first hip operation I was in constant pain and couldn’t walk more than 250 metres without sticks. I had less than 8 per cent rotation in the joint. Since having both joints replaced, I have climbed my hardest rock climb, ascended some of the most famous north faces in the Alps and pulled sleds up mountains in Alaska. I have skied toured the famous Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt and descended numerous steep off piste couloirs. I run cross country and mountain bike. I am lucky enough to never get any pain from my new hips – indeed I forget they are there. I hang upside down from my heels on overhanging rock climbs and jump onto crash mats from the top of our local climbing wall. My message to anyone suffering from osteoarthritis is that if the pain starts interfering with your life and making you miserable, then don’t be afraid to have surgery. As long as you put the effort into the rehab, you can get brilliant results. Many thanks to you and your team for their fantastic work.

I am writing to thank you very much for all your superb care and attention in managing my hip problem. I was sorry to present you with such a complex problem but was very reassured by the way you approached the problem and by all the preparations that you had put in place for the operation. It is a tribute to your surgical skills that you have managed to deal with all the different aspects of my operation and produced what looks like a superb result. I was very apprehensive about the possible outcomes and greatly relieved when I saw you after the operation and heard what you had achieved. Thank you again for all your incredible care and professionalism in looking after me. The recommendations that I should have my surgery done by you were spot on!!