Beverley Walsh
Personal Trainer

My name is Beverley Walsh and I am a qualified Personal Trainer. My main
discipline is running.

I recently had a problem with my hip,
which became so painful impact exercise
was impossible.

I saw Marek in passing and sought his
advice. He diagnosed my injury. Then manipulated and massaged the area.

Marek advised and demonstrated the
specific stretches I needed to do to
alleviate and prevent recurrence.

After only 1 week of following his advice
I am running my usual distance, pain free.

Thank you Marek for helping my
body heal itself.

I feel so lucky to have been treated by Marek Holowenko. I returned to England this summer, for a well needed rest from my dance career in New York. My knees, feet, and for the first time in my life, even my hips had been aching for months prior to my visit. I suffered with chronic back pain in my middle back, stiffness in my pelvis and tight shoulders. I thought that my
body was simply changing due to my age and that the stresses I'd placed
on it were too much for it to handle. To my great relief and surprise I
realized this was untrue after just 2 visits with Marek.

Marek listened to my complaints and assessed my standing posture and flexibility limitations with a fine tuned eye. He began to assess and work through my muscles using a soft tissue massage, checking in with questions
as he went along. Through this, he was able to pinpoint the main areas of tightness, and imbalance, and used techniques to stretch, roll out and lengthen the muscles. His intuitions were all spot on and his massage was unlike any other I have experienced. He stretched out my imbalanced shoulders, my extra tight gluteus medius which was causing lower back pain, and after the session, I had largely increased the mobility in my shoulder
joint and could feel my chest and back relax finally.

The session ended with some stretching and Pilates exercises that I was to practice daily in order to help maintain my posture and keep the imbalances from reoccurring and causing pain.

The next day I could see a visible difference. My shoulders were lower and more equal, I looked less tense, and my rib cage looked relaxed. When I walked I could feel my tail bone releasing down toward the ground and my walk felt more cushioned.

Now, a few months on and back in New York, after only 2 physical therapy sessions, 2 Pilates lessons, and an exercise program that I have stuck to, I
feel so much healthier. Every morning when I wake up, my shoulders have crept a little towards my ears, but following the exercise program, I can feel my pelvis, rib cage and shoulder blades slide into a more efficient position
that allows more mobility in my limbs and allows me to go through the day
in a completely different way. My room mates have noticed that my body "looks different" and have commented on how the stretching I am doing looks really good. What Marek has really done for me, is more than pain
relief; Marek helped me realize that joint ache, can not only be down to
age, but also to muscular stress, and this I have control of, and so I
mustn't give up. Though I am a dancer, and have good body awareness,
his expertise was absolutely invaluable, and provided not just physical help
but an education of how to help myself. I am so grateful to him, and
would recommend him to any athlete or dancer.

My life before a recent RTA was pain free and active. It was essential for me in my line of work that I maintained a relatively good level of fitness. I used
to enjoy several sporting activities such as golf, swimming and squash.

My life was heavily disrupted due to the car crash which left me with damage to my shoulder and a tear in my left bicep muscle. This in turn left me unable to participate in sporting activities and left me unable to work and required 2 sets of surgery.

Over the past 10 months Marek has worked extremely hard in getting my
arm right and has guided me through ups and downs in my rehabilitation.
I have regained my lost mobility and I’m now pain free.

Marek has a very good understanding of my needs, and I feel that his methods to help me back to work and to my hobbies were very effective.
His sessions made me feel more confident in regaining full range of mobility
in my arm and shoulder as well as building up strength following both operations.

I would like to thank Marek for all his time and effort in helping me in my rehabilitation which has been most helpful. I’m back at work and more importantly I’m playing golf!