Earl Bedford: As my military career started winding down, I started noticing my body breaking down the older that I got. I’m a 30-year US Army veteran with special operations. I did four tours in Iraq, numerous parachute jumps. Being in special operations, it takes a toll on your body. It took its toll once I was able to actually sit down and relax and rest, and then I noticed that my knees were not in good condition. My quality of life started to go down. I was unable to walk. I was unable to do the things that you're able to do on a daily basis, ride a bike, swim, play with my kids. The pain was so excruciating that I had to do something real quick. My thing was looking at the quality of life, not only for today, but five, 10, 20 years from now. I wanted to be able to make sure that I can walk my little girls down the aisle. I talked to some friends; I talked to several physicians and they all (01:00) endorsed the Florida Orthopaedic Institute. When I first met Dr. Grayson, one of the first things he did was take an X-ray and then take a look at what the situation was. As he looked at it, he sat down with me to explain step by step everything that was going on in both of my knees: torn muscles in my right knee, torn ACL, PCL, MCL and meniscus in my left knee. A majority of time when you have knee replacement, you're told to wait until you get older so you just have one, but my knees were so bad that I needed to have it done as soon as possible. One of the best things that Dr. Grayson and his staff did was to prepare me prior to going into surgery. They made me feel comfortable, they made me feel relaxed. As of the day of the surgery, all I did was walk in there, sign some papers, put on my robe and they went ahead and did the surgical procedure. I didn’t have any problems with it shortly afterwards. You get some swelling. You get some pain (02:00), but for the most part, they pretty much had me walking within the first 15 days or so without a cane or a walker. The physical therapy personnel at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute did an outstanding job. I’m able to go swimming, walk with my kids, play with my dog, and the quality of life right now is much better because the pain is gone. Pick the Florida Orthopaedic Institute and the physicians that they have available on staff to perform any type of orthopedic or surgical procedure that you need. The doctors are well-trained. The staff is very experienced. It would change your life. It would change your quality of life than what your quality of life is right now living with pain.

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