Here's what 17 years of treating back pain in Leeds has taught us: if the assessment is wrong, the treatment can't work. Back pain is rarely caused where you feel it — which is why every treatment here begins with a structured assessment refined over thousands of sessions.
Most back massage starts where the pain is. The problem: lower back pain usually originates in the hips, glutes or hamstrings. Upper back knots are typically driven by posture and shoulder mechanics. Treat the symptom and the pain returns in days. Find the cause first — and the treatment actually holds.
How you work, sit, train, sleep and drive. Where the pain started, what makes it worse, what you've tried. Most causes reveal themselves here — if you ask the right questions.
How you stand and hold yourself under load. Pelvic tilt, shoulder position, head carriage — the structural patterns that load your back unevenly, hour after hour.
Specific movement tests that show which muscles are overworking, which are switched off, and where your range of motion is restricted — and crucially, why.
Palpation of the muscle tissue itself: knots, adhesions, tension patterns and trigger points — mapped against everything the first three steps revealed.
This protocol has been refined over 17 years and thousands of clients. It's the difference between a massage that feels nice for a weekend and a treatment that fixes the problem. The assessment tells us exactly where your treatment time should go — so you never pay for minutes spent guessing.
Eight hours of sitting shortens the hip flexors, switches off the glutes and rounds the upper spine. The result: lower back ache by mid-afternoon and knots between the shoulder blades. It's the single most common back pain we treat in Leeds city centre — and one of the most fixable.
Deadlifts, squats and overhead work expose every weakness in your movement. Tight hamstrings pulling on the pelvis, an overworking lower back compensating for inactive glutes — the assessment finds the pattern, the treatment releases it, and you get advice on stopping it coming back.
Repetitive lifting, carrying loads and long hours behind the wheel build tension that accumulates over months. We treat tradespeople, drivers and military personnel whose backs simply work harder than most.
Massage is the right tool for muscular back pain. If your back pain follows a trauma, comes with numbness, tingling or weakness in the legs, or includes fever or unexplained weight loss — see a GP before booking. We'll tell you honestly at assessment if your problem needs a different specialist.
The assessment is a standalone session — it's where the cause of your back pain gets found. Treatments are then targeted at exactly what the assessment revealed.
The full four-stage protocol: history, postural analysis, movement testing and hands-on tissue assessment. You leave knowing exactly what's causing your back pain — and the precise plan to fix it.
Book Assessment →Targeted treatment on the specific cause identified in your assessment. Ideal for a single problem area or maintenance between sessions.
Book →A comprehensive session with time to work the cause and the compensating areas around it. The choice for long-standing or multi-area back pain.
Book →Fill in the form and we'll come back to you the same day to confirm a time — appointments are usually available within 24 hours.
We're at 30 Park Pl, Leeds LS1 2SP — two minutes' walk from Leeds train station. Open Monday–Friday 8:00am–8:30pm, Saturday 9:00am–4:00pm.
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