As an active rugby player, Conor has been playing the game since he was 7 years old and enjoyed playing at a high level. Rugby is a big part of his life and his talent was recognised at an early age: He participated in both the U16s and U18s Wasps Academy team, captained North Midlands U18s and has recently started pre season at Loughborough University as well as at Moseley Rugby Club. 

In early 2019,  Conor's dreams of making it the big league were abruptly halted after suffering a catastrophic injury. During what Conor throught would be an average match, he took a direct hit to his knee causing it to crunch and buckle.

Immediately Conor's knee started to swell, and from that point onwards any form of movement was a struggle, even just walking caused him pain. He explained "I knew something was wrong straight away as the pain was immense."

Mr Williams explained in great detail the risks involved of the surgery. Speaking with Andy and having him reassure Conor about returning to sport was a great relief, him and his parents agreed this would be the best course of action and he was scheduled in for surgery to save his Meniscus.

Conor had a Hamstring graft put into his right knee as well as having his Meniscus stitched back together. In addition, Mr Williams sanded the bone down in order to allow for full mobility as this was impacted from a previous operation.

Immediately after surgery, Mr Williams confirmed to Conor that it had been successful which was such a relief! It was explained that he would not be weight bearing for 8 weeks as he needed to give the Meniscus the best chance at healing. However, the most important advice was to keep Conor's leg as straight as possible.

Conor found the first few weeks of recovery extremely challenging as he didn’t leave the house and was still experiencing quite a bit of pain, although the prescribed painkillers did help with this. He is used to training three or four times a week, so having to do no sport at all was very tough.

At present, almost 15 months after surgery, Conor is over the moon with his progress,  he has no issues with his knee on and off the pitch and has returned to the level of rugby in which he can still pursue a career in. Conor explained "This is all down to the hard work and effort by all the members at Fortius Clinic, whether that be Mr Williams himself, the physios teaching me how to walk with the crutches or even the chefs who cooked my dinner. I certainly felt that I chose the right option going to Fortius Clinic, and I cannot thank you enough for all the support you have given me!"