Through 2022 and into 2023 I had this terrible pain in my right leg and groin that was really getting me down. I love being outdoors and walking and it had got to the stage where I simply couldn’t walk more than a 100 yds and even then, it was so painful. I remember the situation looking at my husband and daughter standing and queuing for something and I had to sit to one side as standing for a small period of time was so sore. It had really started to affect my mental health as I was feeling so down.
I was getting nowhere with my GP. He had suggested strong medication which I was dead against. I felt it must be something that could be fixed without using strong drugs. He also felt it was likely that I had a hernia in my groin that need an operation. I then saw another specialist who felt it was a hip problem and mentioned bursitis. I also had an MRI done which indicated I had degeneration in the spine. So I had lots of different diagnosis but no indication of how to solve it aside from strong medication or an operation.
At this stage I was in a dental practice reception and opened up a magazine called Sussex Living. By chance it opened on a page with a headline indicating a new breakthrough for nerve pain. It just seemed like fate made me open that page and I read the testimonial of a woman who seemed to have the same symptoms as me. I read the whole page and even took the magazine home to study it further. The fact that the original study was done at St Thomas’s hospital seemed reassuring and when I looked at the Horsham Nerve Pain website, the different case studies all pointed to a drug free, safe alternative that seemed to be doing wonders for people who had severe nerve pain.
I decided then to give it a go. I wasn’t sure whether it would work for me but I seemed to have no other options. I made the appointment and within a week in June I was sitting in the Keith’s Practice in Horsham discussing my problem. He listened to me about my symptoms and armed with the MRI and scans kindly forwarded by the doctors, he was able to determine that it was a problem in my back and not my hip or a hernia. He was very straight forward and optimistic without promising the world. He said he would do 3 treatments and then review for next steps. He sent pulsing current onto my leg and although it felt pricky, I wouldn’t say it was painful. After that first treatment, it felt so much better and when I saw him the next week, I explained that it was improved but the pain in my thigh was still there. The groin pain had already completely disappeared. However, after a second treatment there was more improvement and after a third treatment the pain was almost gone. I was back walking and in July I did a 5-mile walk! Considering I wasn’t able to walk 100 yds just a few months before I was simply over the moon! I’m now pain free. I have decided to see Keith ever 6-8 weeks for a check up mainly for my own piece of mind as I never want to have that pain again. I can safely say, Keith and his treatment has given my life back to me and I would really recommend him to anyone suffering the sort of nerve pain I had endured.
Jan Borlace (Eastbourne 2024)
Jan’s symptoms of pain down the outside of the leg combined with pain in the groin is very typical for nerve impingement affecting both the lateral cutaneous and femoral nerves. The MRI showed spinal degeneration in the lower lumber but the impingement affecting these nerves would either be L2/3 or L3/4. I used pulsed radio frequency down these nerve pathways and she immediately responded with significant relief. I’m so pleased to see that she is now pain free and enjoying her outdoor hobbies again.
Keith Atkinson (2024)
