Founder Story
Why I Created ARONARO Health™
For most of my life, I genuinely believed I was indestructible.
Like many people who work in physically demanding jobs, I never really thought about my health. I worked hard, stayed active, trained when I had time and simply got on with life. I assumed my body would always keep up with whatever I asked of it.
I was wrong.
One injury changed everything.
What followed was nearly a year of pain, uncertainty, financial pressure and one of the darkest periods of my life. I lost confidence. I questioned my future. I wondered if I'd ever work normally again, let alone train or enjoy life the way I once had.
Looking back now, I realise that losing my health also meant losing a part of my identity.
But it also gave me something I never expected...
A second chance.
ARONARO Health was born from that second chance.
Not because I believe I've got all the answers, but because I know exactly what it feels like to believe your life has been turned upside down. If my journey can help even one person find hope, make better decisions or believe recovery is possible again, then everything I went through will have been worthwhile.
My Background
For more than twenty years I built my career in the construction industry, specialising in passive fire protection. It was honest, demanding work that required long hours, physical strength and a willingness to keep going regardless of the weather or the challenges on site.
Like many tradespeople, I was always the person who just got on with things.
If something hurt, I worked through it.
If I was tired, I carried on.
If a job needed doing, I found a way.
I'd served in the Army, enjoyed training in the gym and had always taken pride in being physically capable. I genuinely believed I could push through almost anything.
That mindset had served me well for years.
Until one day it didn't.
The Injury That Changed Everything
In August 2025 I was working in Glasgow.
While carrying heavy materials through a building and up a couple flights of stairs I felt both knees give way at exactly the same time.
It was a strange sensation, but I brushed it off.
I convinced myself it was just one of those knocks you pick up doing physical work.
Like most people, I carried on.
Over the weeks that followed the pain slowly became worse.
Then worse again.
Simple jobs became difficult.
Eventually something as ordinary as building IKEA furniture became almost impossible because I couldn't kneel on the floor without putting a pillow underneath both knees.
That was the first time I realised something was seriously wrong.
Looking for Help
I booked an appointment with my GP hoping I'd finally get some answers.
I was diagnosed with bursitis, prescribed painkillers and anti-inflammatory medication and advised to come back if things became worse.
Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened.
The medication wasn't solving the problem.
Walking became painful.
Getting upstairs became exhausting.
Even standing for long periods became difficult.
As someone who ran their own business, this wasn't just affecting my health anymore.
It was affecting my livelihood.
I'd manage one day's work before spending the next four days recovering from swelling and severe pain.
The income stopped.
The bills didn't.
Each visit to the doctor seemed to end with stronger medication rather than real progress.
I'm grateful for the care I received, but personally I felt like I was managing symptoms rather than moving towards recovery.
I knew something had to change.
When Your Mental Health Starts Breaking Too
Nobody ever tells you what pain does to your mind.
The physical pain was difficult.
The mental side was worse.
Every day I worried about money.
About work.
About letting my family down.
About whether I'd ever get back to the person I used to be.
I stopped answering the phone.
I avoided messages.
I became withdrawn.
The stress, anxiety and uncertainty slowly took over.
Looking back now, I don't think I realised just how much I'd changed until much later.
Pain doesn't just affect your joints.
It affects your confidence.
Your relationships.
Your sleep.
Your future.
Eventually it starts affecting who you believe you are.
The Decision That Changed My Life
Then one morning something inside me changed.
I remember thinking...
Nobody is coming to fix this for me.
That wasn't giving up.
It was taking responsibility.
I knew I still needed medical support and answers, but I also realised I couldn't spend the next six months simply waiting for another appointment while my health continued getting worse.
I decided I was going to throw absolutely everything I could at my recovery.
Not shortcuts.
Not miracle cures.
Just consistent effort.
Taking Back Control
I still had supplements at home from when I'd previously been training.
I started taking:
Turmeric
Creatine
Vitamin D3
After a couple of weeks something remarkable happened.
I noticed I was moving better.
The pain hadn't disappeared.
But for the first time in months...
I was improving.
That tiny improvement gave me hope.
From there I became obsessed with learning.
I used AI as a research assistant to help me organise and understand information before checking it against reliable evidence. I read about recovery, inflammation, nutrition, exercise and rehabilitation.
I refined my supplement routine by adding Omega-3, magnesium glycinate, zinc and ashwagandha.
At the same time I improved my nutrition, sleep and daily habits.
Slowly...
Everything started changing.
Small Wins Become Big Victories
Recovery wasn't one magic supplement.
It wasn't one exercise.
It wasn't one appointment.
It was hundreds of tiny decisions repeated every single day.
I began tracking everything.
Pain.
Swelling.
Mobility.
Exercise.
Nutrition.
Body weight.
Recovery.
I introduced gentle bodyweight training before progressing to calisthenics.
Every week became slightly better than the last.
Within six weeks I estimated I'd regained around half of what I'd lost.
Over the following months the swelling disappeared completely.
The pain reduced dramatically.
My confidence returned.
I went back to work.
Then back to training.
Today I'm working five or sometimes six days every week, training consistently and living a life that once felt impossible.
The MRI
Nearly eleven months after everything began I finally underwent MRI scans.
The results confirmed meniscus tears in both knees together with severe patellofemoral degeneration.
I'm currently waiting for specialist physiotherapy and surgery may still become part of my journey.
But by the time those results arrived...
I'd already rebuilt my life.
I'm probably eighty to ninety percent recovered today.
Would I like the final ten or fifteen percent back?
Absolutely.
But compared to where I started...
I feel incredibly fortunate.
Why I Created ARONARO Health
During my recovery I realised something.
There must be thousands if not hundreds of thousands of ordinary people quietly going through exactly what I went through.
People in pain.
People worried about work.
People struggling financially.
People losing confidence.
People searching the internet late at night hoping someone, somewhere, has the answers.
I can't promise miracle cures.
I can't promise every journey will look like mine.
What I can promise is honesty.
Everything you'll find through ARONARO Health is built on real-world experience, continuous learning and a genuine desire to help people make informed decisions about their own health.
If something helped me, I'll tell you.
If something didn't, I'll tell you that too.
My Promise To You
If you're reading this while living with pain...
If you're struggling physically...
If you're worried about your future...
Or if life simply feels harder than it used to...
Please don't lose hope.
Recovery rarely happens overnight.
Sometimes it takes months.
Sometimes it takes years.
Sometimes you never get back to one hundred percent.
But progress is still progress.
Small steps become big victories.
Consistency beats perfection.
Your body is often capable of more than your mind believes.
I once thought my life had changed forever.
In many ways...
It had.
But not in the way I expected.
That injury didn't just take something away from me.
It gave me a purpose.
If an ordinary bloke from the Midlands can rebuild his life one day at a time, then I genuinely believe you can start rebuilding yours too.
Welcome to ARONARO Health.