Natalia Romanchuk

How she got here

Natalia came to rehabilitation through her own injuries. She was an athlete and an aerial gymnast, and like many athletes she developed back problems: five disc herniations. After her son was born, things got worse. Prescribed treatments did not help, so she started figuring it out herself — and then decided to study.

1. Before 2015

   Sport and her own injuries

   Sport, aerial gymnastics and five spinal disc herniations. Personal experience showed her how much depends on understanding your own body.

2. 2015

   Medical college

   Nursing diploma. In the same year, retraining as an exercise therapy instructor.

3. 2016–2018

   Emergency hospital

   Neurosurgical intensive care, the children’s burns unit, trauma and neurology. Complex and bedridden patients, new cases every day. Here Natalia studied how the brain and muscles work together and how exercise can influence that.

4. 2019–2021

   Symmetry rehabilitation centre

   Back pain, disc herniations, injuries, scoliosis and flat feet. Alongside the work, more training: taping, manual muscle testing, Bobath therapy, manual therapy, SEAS and fascia work.

5. Since 2021

   Her own studio, Health Technique, Minsk

   Natalia assesses each client herself, builds a recovery plan and chooses the exercise programme. Most people come with pain, and there are many children with flat feet, scoliosis and posture problems.

Approach

• Anatomy and biomechanics

  Every programme is built on knowing how the body is made and how it moves. The recovery plan grows from that.

• The body as one chain

  The position of the foot affects the shin, the knee and the pelvis. So the work starts with the base of support, not just with the place that hurts.

• A system, not chaos

  Exercises follow a clear sequence that Natalia has refined over years of practice. Master one step before moving on to the next.

• Plain language

  The structure and function of the foot can be explained so that anyone understands. That is when people start to change.

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Examples from practice

• A child’s elbow after a fracture

  A fracture-dislocation of the elbow joint. The prognosis was that the arm would not fully straighten. After two months of regular work, the boy returned to professional sport.

• L5–S1 disc herniation

  A woman had been advised to have surgery. After six months of intensive work her pain was gone, and within a year she was back to a full life.

These are individual stories, not a promise of results: every body recovers in its own way, and decisions about treatment and surgery are made by a doctor.

Media and TV

Natalia has appeared on a television programme about health and body practices.