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About Us

ABOUT US

aristherapy

Hello there!

I’m Aris, an Exercise & Massage Therapist (a.k.a. Sports Therapist), and Personal Trainer.

I was born and raised in Zimbabwe to Greek parents. When living in Greece, I trained and qualified as a Sport Scientist and gained extensive experience in personal training. 

As a personal trainer, I worked with overweight and unfit clients. My knowledge of how the body functions revealed to be particularly useful when I was training people whose body was impacted by poor health conditions, like smoking, binge drinking or inadequate diet.

I also loved training professional athletes, such as basketball and volleyball players, fitness fanatics of all levels including amateur bodybuilding competitors.
Early in my career, I decided to combine my passion for biomechanics and my knowledge of the physiological adaptations occurring to the human body during exercise – to help clients who needed injury or post-surgical rehabilitation.

EXPERIENCE

Having experienced firsthand how a chronic condition can affect the quality of our daily lives, I developed a deep interest in the treatment and management of long-term, ongoing illnesses, from chronic pain to autoimmune diseases.
In 2012, I moved to London to set up my own business and get another qualification under my belt. I achieved the Level 5 Sport Massage Qualification. The skills learned are now integrated into my rehabilitation sessions, combining exercise and soft tissue massage therapy.

I’m a strong believer in the mind-body connection concept. Clients get the best results when they understand how their body works and responds to exercise and recovery. Hence, my commitment to individualise my sessions with clients and explain what I am doing to address their anatomical and clinical needs. It’s all about tailoring solutions – from a single exercise to long-term training or treatment plans.

If you want to know more about how I can help you, please get in touch.

The word “sports” before “therapy” or “massage” quite often misleads one to believe they need to be an athlete in order to require consultation with a exercise therapist. Indeed, sports therapy was designed to cover the needs of an athlete, but it is not only athletes who have goals to achieve and musculoskeletal issues that hinder them from achieving them.

There is a dividing line between a request and what your case may actually require. In the ideal world, a treatment would be dictated by the given case. It is not uncommon though that someone may not be a fan of physical activity. These individuals can still benefit from massage exclusive sessions, but the level of recovery will be limited to the extent of what sports massage can offer and vise versa.

The reason and nature of your problem will be identified through observation (posture, gait analysis, compensation patterns) and testing (motion, proprioception, strength, balance, co-ordination). An individualised plan will then be designed, with the integration of specialised exercise training and sports massage, to address the problem at its roots. Should the findings fall outside the scope of practice, you will be presented with guidelines - options as to how to proceed with your therapy and referrals in accordance with your needs.

Hippocrates

ancient Greek physician

"All parts of the body that have a function, if used in moderation and exercise in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age slowly; but if unused and left idle, they become liable to disease, defective growth and age quickly."