Thirty years of clinical massage.
Personal care, one client at a time.
Aleksey Khomenko is a Licensed Massage Therapist in New York and New Jersey with more than 30 years of hands-on experience. His practice focuses on therapeutic and clinical massage, pain management, mobility, and personalized one-on-one care. He founded the Staten Island Center for Alternative Therapies in 2000 and Hands on Rehabilitation in 2006.
Experience shaped by
sport & clinical care.
I was born in Ukraine. Before becoming a massage therapist, I competed as a professional Olympic weightlifter, earned Master of Sport, became a USA National Champion, and won three World Masters bronze medals. That experience taught me how pain, compensation, workload, and recovery feel from the client’s side of the table.
Before I ever touched a massage table I studied Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in Ukraine. That training was the quiet foundation of everything that came next. When I came to the United States I enrolled at the Somerset School of Massage Therapy and earned my license. I have held licenses in both New York and New Jersey ever since, and I am a member of the American Massage Therapy Association.
In 2000 I opened the Staten Island Center for Alternative Therapies, which is still running today. In 2006 I opened Hands on Rehabilitation in Manalapan, New Jersey. Between the two studios I see clients from across Monmouth County and the Staten Island South Shore.
Today, my work is centered on massage therapy. The athletic background informs how I understand movement and recovery, but every appointment is a personal clinical massage session designed around the client’s pain, comfort, and goals.
Four ideas I keep returning to.
The body is a single tensioned system.
Knees rarely hurt because of the knees. Shoulders rarely hurt because of the shoulders. A full session begins with an assessment of the whole chain, not the site of complaint.
Pressure is a conversation, not a competition.
Deep tissue should never be defined by how much it hurts. It is defined by how precisely the pressure matches what the tissue will give. The rest is bravado.
Relief should be measurable.
You should feel the difference by the time you stand up. If the session worked you will carry the change for days, not minutes. If it did not work we talk about it and change the plan.
One client deserves one complete session.
Your appointment is personalized from intake through hands-on care. There is no generic spa sequence and no rotating therapist — the plan changes with what your body presents that day.
Licensed. Experienced.
Focused on your care.
- — Licensed Massage Therapist — New York
- — Licensed Massage Therapist — New Jersey
- — AMTA Member
- — Somerset School of Massage Therapy
- — Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation — Ukraine
- — Certified Prenatal & Postnatal Therapist
- — Myofascial Release
- — Neuro-Muscular Therapy
- — Cupping Therapy
- — Kinesio Taping
- — Master of Sport — Weightlifting
- — USA National Champion
- — 3× World Masters Bronze Medalist