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8 years ago
LADIES BEWARE. I was touched inappropriately by Tony and when I said that area does not need massaged repeatedly, he laughed, stopped for awhile and kept doing it again. For obvious reasons i want to remain anonymous and the purpose of this review is to prevent more women from going through what I was put through and what I have heard other women have gone through. Here are the details of the horrible experience: I went to Tony for a sports massage which involved a back, shoulder, neck and pec massage. I have been for hundreds of massages in my life, both sports and therapeutic and know what to expect from each. The massage started off with my back and neck which was ok, and then my pecs. Initially he started of within the appropriate boundaries for pec massage, but later started 'massaging' my breast (he got as low as just above my nipple and the top of my nipple was revealed). I then told him that that area does not need massaged ie telling him to stop, after which his response was to laugh. At this point I was afraid and did not know what to do and thought that by warning him off once he will not do it again and will be more professional. He stopped temporarily but then returned to the area repeatedly. This happened at least 3-4 times, each time I told him no. His approach was different at each attempt. ( He approached from the armpit down to the lateral side of my breast just next to my nipple, and the other approach was he massaged from the front and subtly cupped my breast). All of these approaches were subtle, but obviously crossing the line as these areas are definitely no go areas during any massage. This was a traumatising and distressing situation of which I did not know how to react to. It took me months to write this review as I have been chatting to other sports therapists and trainers whose customers have reported similar experiences to them while dealing with Tony. This made me realise that its important for me to say something. I'm from Belfast, not San Francisco as yelp seems to think btw. read more
8 years ago
Tony is amazing he fixes injury quickly and totally professional. Can't recommend highly enough! His experience speak volumes as does the number of professional sports people he treats ! Know his stuff! read more
16 years ago
Believe me, this is not the sort of place you really, ideally want to end up in - and that's not because it's bad - it's because it means you've got a bad back. And that's what's been bothering me these last few weeks. So, on the recommendation of my Dad, and a couple of friends who he had also referred, I went forth with some trepidation with my sore 'aul back - hoping for a miracle. Well, he isn't a prophet or a God (no Tony, you're not!) but he is very much the miracle worker in modern terms. I was in so much pain when I went for my first consultation and treatment, and he was able to stand me up, look at my back and tell me immediately what was wrong. He wasted no time in getting down to treatment and I have to say, despite being a bit tender the following day (no pain, no gain!) my particular pain began to subside. I'm just back from a second treatment with him, and I'm much improved. One more and I should be jumping about like a 5 year- old...well, maybe not - but you know what I mean. This is THE place to go if you want to look after your back - after all, you've only got the one! read more
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385 Lisburn Road
Belfast BT9 7AA
United Kingdom
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8 years ago
I wasn't going to write this, and it took alot of debating with myself but I feel I need to say what happened to me to warn other women about Tony. I visited the back practice due to having problems with my back/shoulder. It started off with Tony saying unprofessional things, by telling me ( I did not know the guy) about how he got put in a cell for fighting at the weekend etc which was totally unprofessional..But that's not even the worst of it. He also made a comment about me being 'good looking', again unprofessional... It gets worse. While he was massaging my back (don't forget im lying on my stomach with no top on and with my bra unclipped, he proceeded to crawl up the bed, hovering on top of me, with one of his legs in between mine elevating himself (which I thought was strange but I assumed he was trying to get a better angle), he then proceeds to say " look in the mirror, look at the position we're in" then he laughed. I looked around to the wall length mirror which is paralell to the bed and I literally just froze and turned away while he was smiling into the mirror as it looked like he was on top of me.....I've never felt so uncomfortable. Then..again on the bed, he came around to the right side where he would be facing the mirror across the bed, and positioned my left arm(mirror side) where he began to pull up to stretch my arm whilst my left side was being pulled up and my boobs were being lifted from my bra and I was facing the mirror with him looking!! I tried to force my weight down and he just told me to relax. He done the exact same thing to the other arm but whilst I was facing him, again, lifting me up while I was becoming seperate from my bra and my boobs were out facing him...I wanted the ground to swallow me up.. Lastly, Face down, While being massaged, Tony proceeded to press his penis through his thin sports shorts, almost setting it into my hands through his shorts, as he slowly walked around the table massaging me at different points in my back, continuously doing this. Again, I froze. And I just wanted to cry, I could feel myself welling up. I honestly couldn't believe that all of this happened to me. I was in total shock, I had just graduated from uni and I honestly felt so vulnerable like he had just taking advantage of my niavity. After this he arranged to book another appointment and acted like nothing happened. Needless to say I didn't go back! It has taken alot for me to write this, and for obvious reasons I have left myself anonymous, but I just hope that women reading this will stay away from the place, away from this sleaze who is clearly unfit to work as a professional within this business as I see i'm not the first female to have had issues with Tony and his inappropriateness!! I doubt we are the only women also. read more
8 years ago
Personalized, challenging and fun workout plans help you bring a positive change in your life. Motivating coaches helping all the way to push your limits and achieve your goals...great team environment where each one encourage and pushes each other...amazing place to relax by working out... read more




















