I started FixMe Collagen because I have seen all three of my children suffer from Severs and/or Osgood-Schlatter. I know how heartbreaking it is to watch your daughter cry her way around a cross-country track because of the pain in their knee, or watch your son hobble around a football pitch with dagger like pain in their heels.
We tried all kinds of remedies. Knee straps, special insoles, acupuncture, and chiropractic manipulation but none of them seemed to work. Physiotherapy helped a little bit, but getting kids to regularly do stretching exercises is about as hard as getting them to keep their rooms tidy.
In 2020 I became involved in a work project to extract collagen from fish skin. The aim of that project was to develop collagen to tighten and firm up skin. But through the associated research that I became aware of other types of collagen proteins and the benefits and uses of them. I obtained some collagen specifically for tendon support and started to experiment on my children.
It was a bit too late for my daughter, but my son after several years of Severs, which translated to Osgood-Schlatter through the application of insoles he is now playing Senior First Team Football at the age of 15.
My youngest son started to develop Severs symptoms at the age of 10 but through the regular intake of Collagen has managed to stay pain free to date.
I have since tested FixMe Collagen on friends and extended family members. It has brought relieve to sufferers of achilles tendon and patella tendon pain or trauma.