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Glenmore House, St Anne's Rd, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Email: matteoluc73osteo@gmail.com
Tel: 00353 085 1489337
Opening Hours:
Mon - Thu: 9am - 10pm
Friday: closed
Saturday: closed
Sunday: closed
My name is Matteo Lucchini, I'm Italian now living in Killarney, County Kerry. My journey in this world begins almost by chance, after having studied in a completely different field. Even though my mother was a masseuse for years, I had never shown interest in her work, then a series of events brought me closer to this world. In 1996 I was working a lot with the sole purpose of making money, and when this money started coming in I realized that I was sacrificing so much time and energy, for something that wasn't worth it, at least for me. So, I decided to go abroad as it was something I had been thinking about doing for a long time. But the idea of travelling alone was a little daunting for me, as it wasn't the done thing for Italians to travel in this way. I decided to take a trip in Italy as a trial run before setting off. I choose Venice, a beautiful city that I had not yet visited. After I arrived and found accommodation, I began to sightsee this marvellous place. Walking through the winding streets, I met a really nice souvenir merchant, who complained of a pain in his shoulder, so I offered to try to do something that I had seen done thousands of times by my mother, but never done before. To both of our amazement, I managed to sort out his pain and his shoulder problem. From that moment, a door opened up for me. I could use my hands to do something, that could help others and that gave me great satisfaction. So I started studying with my mother and exploring a world that was new to me. My decision to go abroad for a while led me to Dublin, Ireland, where I got an ITEC International diploma in holistic massage and started taking my first steps as a massage therapist. After more than a year, I decided to leave for a trip to Asia, I was thinking of staying for a few weeks and then going back home, but it didn't work out quite like that. I stayed in Thailand for more than five months, studying Thai massage in different schools and with different masters, and have continued studying & practicing it till now. It is a technique that I really like, giving the possibility to help muscle-tendon problems and increase body energy, elasticity and mobility.
Upon returning to Italy in 2000, I opened a studio in Arona on Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy, where I worked till 2019. During these years, I worked as a Thai massage therapist and became a recognised teacher with the Italian Federation of Traditional Thai massage. I also studied & added many complimentary therapies to my work like PRALD, Kinesio Tape and specific work on the TMJ (temporomandibular joint). I'm currently working as an osteopath in Killarney, Co Kerry and practicing and studying Born technique.
I completed a master's degree in BFD Osteopathy in June 2024 and had the honor to study with D.O. Claude Altieri, an amazing teacher with a lot of experience and knowledge. I did a course on the osteopathic approach to arterial circulation in Nice in September of the same year
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