/ team
Rehabilitation massage therapist
Classic, sports and rehabilitation massage. Back and neck, recovery after injury and surgery, work with military personnel and after stroke. The technique is chosen to fit your condition, not the price list.
30 min — UAH 1,000 (one area) · 60 min — UAH 1,800 (the whole back of the body) · 90 min — UAH 2,400 (full body).
/ what people come with
The reasons vary: fatigue, long hours at a desk, physical load, or pain people have simply got used to.
/ why massage in a movement lab
In a movement centre massage is not a pleasant standalone service but part of the recovery route.
Relaxation massage exists too. But that is a separate request, and it is called exactly that.
/ techniques
Not one technique for everyone, but a set from which a programme is built for a particular body.
Back, neck and shoulder area, upper and lower limbs. The base most work starts from.
Recovery in the post-operative period, work with patients after stroke, restoring joint mobility after long immobility.
Work with muscle overload and imbalances — when the body no longer recovers between sessions.
Work with spasms and areas that have held tension for years. The source of pain that “radiates” elsewhere often hides exactly there.
Gentle work with fluid rather than muscle. Different pressure, different pace, different indications.
A separate format: different duration, different pressure and a separate conversation with the parents about what is being done and why.
/ the common mistake
The most common thing he sees in people who finally make it through the door.
People wait for a very long time, hoping the pain will eventually go away by itself. But often it does not: first it becomes familiar, then chronic. And the person comes only when the problem has noticeably changed their everyday life — sleep, work, the ability to move freely.
You do not need to wait until the pain gets worse. It is better to deal with the problem when it is only starting to bother you.
Mykola Zarvanskyi
/ experience
An experience he mentions separately from everything else.
“Here you have to work not only physically but psychologically. It matters to talk a lot, to ask how the person feels, to listen carefully and to try to understand them and their condition.”
“The work always ended well. Military people especially feel it when someone genuinely wants to help — when they are listened to, understood, and the approach is built for their condition rather than taken off a standard protocol.”
/ boundaries
So that you arrive with the right expectations.
I never promise patients a specific result or a number of sessions after which the pain will definitely be gone. That would be wrong, because the result does not depend on the therapist alone.
Mykola Zarvanskyi
Pronounced swelling, altered or absent sensation, sharp severe pain — these are signals that call for a doctor first: a neurologist, an orthopedic trauma surgeon, depending on the situation. In that case he will say so directly and will not run the session “just in case”. What matters to him is not simply performing a massage, but knowing when it is appropriate and safe and when the person needs a different specialist.
The other half of the work is yours: whether you follow the recommendations, change your habits and give the body enough time to recover. That is why he explains honestly what to expect instead of promising on your behalf.
/ result
Feeling better right after a session is not yet a result.
A result is when the pain is gone or clearly reduced and has not returned: the person moves freely, works, trains and lives fully without constant discomfort.
And there is a second side that shows up later: along with the physical state the psychological one changes. The person becomes more active, the mood improves, the pleasure of ordinary life comes back. That is what he counts as a result — the whole picture, not the relief on the table.
/ outside the room
Why he understands the post-surgery fear of moving from more than a textbook.
The last thing he studied in depth was working with people after arthroscopic joint surgery. The subject is close to him: he went through knee surgery twice himself. So he understands not only the professional side of recovery but also what a person feels afterwards — the worry, the limits and the fear of moving fully again.
Outside work — football, stretching and active sport. And massage: he goes himself from time to time, not because he is a therapist, but when he feels his body actually needs it.
It matters to me not only to tell patients about taking care of their body, but to practise it myself.
Mykola Zarvanskyi
/ booking
Before any hands-on work there is a conversation about the nature and cause of the pain. After it you will know whether massage belongs here and how much time it will take.
30 min — UAH 1,000 · 60 min — UAH 1,800 · 90 min — UAH 2,400
/ questions
The first two questions are almost always the same.
This is the most common question — and the honest answer is always the same: it is highly individual. It depends on the cause of the pain, the person’s condition, how long the problem has been there, and many other factors.
But if we are talking about full recovery rather than temporary relief, one session is usually not enough. How many exactly becomes clear after the first meeting and conversation, not from a price list.
Relief after one session happens often. But that is not the same as a result: if the cause of the pain is still there, it will come back.
That is why no promises about a specific number of sessions are made here — it would not be honest.
There is always a conversation and a history first. If the symptoms fall outside a massage therapist’s scope — pronounced swelling, altered or absent sensation, severe pain — he will not take the work on by himself.
In that case he recommends seeing the relevant doctor first: a neurologist, an orthopedic trauma surgeon or another specialist depending on the situation. If you already have instructions from a doctor, bring them with you.
Yes, paediatric massage and work with children of different ages is a separate part of his practice. The format is different: different duration, different pressure and a separate conversation with the parents about what is being done and why.
