Persistent (in getting to the route of the problem)
thank you Robin for walking with me when required
attentive, experienced, highly professional, potent and polite
Together with Robin Kiashek I was able to define more clearly what I wanted to get out of life and what my long term goals were. He helped me define a method on how to work on those goals, and embed them in a weekly routine. He does not preach but helps you define your own solutions. Robin is like a mirror: reflecting upon what you say and showing things how they are, so you can, together with him, work on the image you want to see in the mirror in the near future. He breaks goals down into manageable steps and finds with you what daily routines you have to do in order to get a balance during the day – a necessary condition to achieve your goals. Specifically, he helped me realize that focussing on a lot of goals at the same time sets oneself up to fail. It is better to focus ones attention on one goal and do it well, and then move to the next.
“My back has more faults than a Toyota and, unlike the Japanese company, my dad (whose genetics are at fault) refuses to give me my money back or fix it. Thankfully I found Robin many years ago and whenever I have a back problem he is the first person I turn to. He professionally investigates it and always comes up with a programme that rapidly sorts it out. Robin is professional, courteous and has a warm sense of humour. I thoroughly recommend his services.”
“It was very simple actually. I slipped down the stairs one day, bumping down the steps on my back. I then spent probably two weeks with a dull, but constant back-ache which only subsided when I lay down. I was reluctant to get treatment. It took some coaxing by my wife to get me over to Robin’s clinic where I was quickly diagnosed with a couple of twisted vertebrae. After some manipulation, the back pain disappeared as if by magic. I now regret not going to Robin sooner than I did! I would highly recommend Robin to anyone suffering back ache as there may be a simple solution waiting in the forms of some expert hands!”
“When I sit before you
I often cease to find
The cause of pain and tension
And what lies festered in my mind.
I come to you with open soul
And share the roads I tread
I paint a picture past and present
Whilst you pull and twist my head.
But the reason for my writing
Is that finally I see
That from our conversations
You believe in me.
In my drive to write or teach
I show passion fully out
You sense my desire to achieve
But you never show me doubt.
You encourage me to live my dream
Don’t look back and cry
For the caterpiller is long gone
And so lives the butterfly.”
With much gratitude
In May 2009, I was looking for help and advice for an extremely painful and disabling arthritic hip – preferably avoiding surgery – and I found Robin’s website on Google. I chose to approach him because he offers both osteopathy and naturopathy and, having read a great deal about the importance of diet and supplements in controlling arthritis, Robin’s “holistic” approach attracted me.
After an initial visit, Robin agreed to do what he could to help me. He started to give me treatments to free-up the hip and suggested changes to my diet and an exercise programme. Following an X-Ray, however, it was clear that I had advanced degenerative changes in the right hip together with (milder) degenerative changes in the lower lumbar spine and left hip: I chose to have surgery, which seemed to me to be the best course of action. Robin helped me to prepare for the surgery, doing his best to maintain as much muscle tone and mobility as possible. Following surgery, Robin helped me “get back on my feet”.
I continue to have sessions with him on a regular basis, with a view to slowing down arthritic changes in the other hip and lumbar spine, and increasing mobility in the operated leg. As a measure of success, this time last year I was unable to walk very far and had to give up horse-riding because of pain and loss of mobility. I am now back to regular 10-mile walks and to horse-riding (albeit at a somewhat gentler pace!) and have just come back from an “Adventure Holiday” in Africa, which I could not possibly have undertaken this time last year. In a nutshell, Robin has given me back my life(style)!
On a personal level, I find Robin to be an extremely skilled osteopath and also a very astute and concerned individual. I can’t thank him enough for all he has done for me and I highly recommend him.
I have suffered with sleeping problems for most of my adult life, however over the last few months these problems got so much worse that my life became almost unbearable. In the past I had tried various remedies- lavender pillows, herbal treatments, meditation (I am a qualified Bach Flower Essence practioner and exhausted all my supplies!!). Nothing worked for me!
Even prescribed sleeping pills didn’t have the desired effect. It was then that Robin (who I’d been seeing for a back problem) suggested that I try Autogenic Training.
After 7 sessions my sleep has improved dramatically!! I’m falling asleep much more quickly than I ever have done before and am sleeping for longer too.
Also, because its so quick and easy to do, I sometimes use it during the day at work when things get a bit hectic.
After all these years and the many, many things I have tried, I really didn’t think anything would help me, thanks to Robin and Autogenic Training I have been proved to be wrong– and that’s a first!!
Robin as been my osteopath for 10 years. His addition of NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming & Life Coaching to his practice has been useful to me. After redundancy I found life increasingly depressing. After 3 sessions of NLP with Robin I felt much better about myself. He then helped me to develop actions to maintain my new level of self esteem.
Robin is a very nice man and highly competent.
