A RUGBY man, crippled in a rail crash four years ago, claims "energy healers" have given him back his life.

Former train driver Paul Wharton, aged 38, of Manor Road, suffered severe back and neck injuries. Since then he has endured excruciating pain, has had to wear a surgical collar 24 hours a day and walked only with the aid of crutches. But seven weeks ago he discovered the Ireland based Plexus Bio Energy Clinic, when it was featured on the Paul McKenna television show.

Mr. Wharton said: "It sounds totally ludicruos but they release blockages in your electrical energy by manipulating the body’s magnetic aura and electrical impulses just using the movements of the hands. "There’s hardly any contact with the body at all but it really and incredible feeling. It sounds crazy but the feeling you get from the results you get isn’t crazy. I’ve gone from having extremely high levels of drugs, to having no pain killers, no sticks, and no collar I feel like I could do anything. They’ve given me my life back" The clinic set up temporary bases in London and Nottingham after receiving floods of calls for help following the programme. Mr. Wharton who lives with his wife Freda, aged 51, is undergoing the second of three four-day courses which in total will cost him £360. He added: "It cost me more than that in prescriptions for the first year after the accident. I think it’s a great deal. When I had the first lot of treatment I went to bed thinking will it be back in the morning. But even if it did return, because of the relief I have had, it would still be worth it. I was looking at never working again. Now I can think about having a normal working life as soon as they give me the all clear. My wife and I like anyone else had a lot of dreams and the accident put that out of the window and smashed our life apart. Now we can look at putting it together again".