Been seeing Istvan for 2 years now , and have received excellent treatment. With his help I have had huge improvement in my symptoms. Can’t recommend him highly enough.
Brian, manager

I always had a sore back. I was told I grew up to fast and have posture problems.
After years of physio and yoga not very helpful, I have tried a scan and pills. It went nowhere. I was waking up every morning with sore muscle and could not run.One day, I hurt so badly my upper back that I could not sleep more than one hour at the time.
Istvan started to treat me, it was torture, my muscles where as hard as bones! Margaret had to use her energy treatment to stabilise me before Istvan could do anything.
Now I sleep well, run, wake up rested and feel younger than when I was 20 !
I go regularly to Istvan and feel it is the only answer for my body.
I recommend it to everybody who have tried Physio, NHS and alternatives like yoga, pilates without improvement.
Nicolas – plumber

Warm, welcoming and soothing atmosphere awaits me whenever I go to see Istvan. I always feel relaxed and calm. He does an excellent job having a friendly manner and applying fantastic massage techniques. I work in an environment where I have been starting to notice posture related aches and pains in certain areas of my body, such as in my upper and lower back and shoulders. Istvan always concentrates on the affected areas and ensures he uses the right pressure to my comfort level. I can honestly say since I started coming to him for regular massages my lower back pain has eased a lot. I am happy to confidently recommend his work.

Melanie – dental nurse

We start with a 5 minute consultation to find out about your injuries and your previous medical history, also what you do for a job, what sports you play and what is your dominant hand, etc. All of this tells us about the stresses your body deals with on a daily basis and gives clues as to how it might be stressed to cope with them.

I encourage my clients to communicate with me so that we can figure out where the source of the pain is – often where the pain is manifesting is not the origin. This a large part of our work together, we are trying to find the origin, this involves systematically working through different muscles.

I will start with gentle warming and kneading strokes and gradually work deeper, accessing which muscles are tight or overstretched. Using very deep strokes, Tapotement (tapping), Trigger point (finding a knot and placing pressure on it and then working the tension out of the fibres of the muscle). I use a technique called Myofascial Release which involves stretching the limbs and muscles to stretch the fascia (fascia is connective tissue that binds everything together in the body), reducing tension and restoring balance.
Communicating with the client I use a number scale to access the intensity of the pressure, there is nothing worse than a massage that is not deep enough or else one that is painful! (too much pressure is counter-productive because the body tenses to endure painful pressure as it struggles to protect itself and this also makes my work a lot more difficult. Ideally we want our work to be as relaxing as possible!

Post massage I spend 5 minutes showing you what muscles I believe are affected and why, so you can visualise what is happening. Finally I show you a few stretches or strengthening exercises to help you continue your recovery.