Soldier invents a way of preventing chronic pain

A former Household Cavalry soldier has developed the first treatment of its kind for hypermobility, a painful condition that dislocates joints if they are overextended.

Adam Foster, 33, from Somerset, was injured in 2009 in Afghanistan by an explosion that left him with chronic pain. After trying NHS therapies to no avail, he developed his own treatment programme and now runs The Fibro Guy clinic nationwide.

Some patients of his 1,500 clients ceased to use wheelchairs within weeks of starting the programme, which focuses on teaching patients to recognise where their limbs are when completing movements.

Many hypermobility patients dislocate joints because their brain does not process their movements well.

Exercises used for hypermobility focus on building muscles around joints that are not strong to accomplish that. Mr Foster aims to open clinics in every major European city.