Yaroslav Hatsenko

/ Team

Hatsenko
Yaroslav

Rehabilitation and physical therapist

Kyiv · center (Universytet metro)

Works with the back and neck, prepares people for surgery and brings them back to full load afterwards. He works through exercise: tests, sets the load and explains what to keep doing on your own.

5years of practice
KPIphysical therapy, master’s
10+years of his own training

Works with adults. Does not work with scoliosis or with grade 4 knee and hip osteoarthritis.

Experience5 years
Fieldback and neck
Handlesbefore and after surgery
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/ What people come with

What people come to him with

Not the diagnosis on a referral, but the way people describe it themselves.

  • «My back hurts when I walk for a while»
  • «My muscles tire quickly from ordinary everyday tasks»
  • «The joint hurts and there was no recent injury»
  • «Surgery is coming up — I want to be in better shape for it»
  • «The surgery is behind me and it is unclear what to do next»

/ The main mistake

What people get wrong before they come

Two extremes, and neither works.

  • Do nothing at all about the pain — waiting for it to pass on its own
  • Do everything at once without understanding what is for what — and feel no result

«Exercise is something you do for life»

A phrase Yaroslav repeats at almost every first meeting

/ Case

It does not always get «to zero»

A case Yaroslav brings up himself — and not because it is a pretty one.

A woman over 65. Severe pain in the thoracic spine and the shoulder joint, markedly limited mobility: every movement came with pain.

The hardest part was the first stage — the range of exercises that did not provoke pain was very narrow, and the work had to be built inside it.

The pain did not go away completely. But it stopped being acute, mobility improved noticeably, and everyday loads became possible without major limits.

/ Path

Education and practice

A medical college, a master’s in physical therapy at KPI — and practice in large Kyiv centers.

  • college

    Kyiv City Medical College

    General medicine, junior specialist.

  • master’s

    Igor Sikorsky KPI

    Physical therapy and occupational therapy.

  • practice

    Dobrobut medical center

    Work with back and neck pain, recovery after surgery.

  • practice

    Opora rehabilitation center

    Orthopedic rehabilitation.

  • to this day

    Physical therapist at Dynamica

    Back and neck, preparation for surgery and the return to full load afterwards.

What he does with his hands

  • dry needling
  • manual therapy, modules 1–2
  • physical therapy for neck pain
  • setting and adjusting load to the condition
  • preparation for elective surgery and follow-up afterwards

/ Boundaries

What he does not do

This is not about «cannot» — it is about where another specialist or another method gives the result.

  • Does not work with scoliosis
  • Does not manage grade 4 knee and hip osteoarthritis conservatively — at that stage the conversation is about joint replacement
  • If a case is outside his field he says so directly and refers you to a colleague

/ Outside the clinic

What he does for his own body

A question clients ask more often than you would think.

For over ten years he has combined strength and functional training. It is not a hobby next to the job but the same regime he writes out for clients: regularly, with a load that changes, and no pauses «until better times».

«The person got back to their usual life and manages their own training»

The moment Yaroslav counts as the result

/ Booking

Book with Yaroslav

If you are between «keep putting up with it» and «agree to surgery» — this is the consultation that makes it clear what to do.

Sees patients at the center, Universytet metro · no prepaid packages