About me

My name is Ercan Sönmez. For more than two decades I have worked with chiropractic, manual therapy and therapeutic massage. I see clients at Stikliai Hotel SPA (Relais & Châteaux), in the historic centre of Vilnius, at Gaono g. 7.

I came to this work through sport. In 2001 I graduated in Physical Education and Sport from Erciyes University in Kayseri, Türkiye, and a year earlier, in 2000, I earned my sports masseur certificate from the General Directorate of Youth and Sports while still a student.

My career began with professional football clubs in Türkiye — Fethiyespor (2001–2002), Bergama Belediyespor (2002–2003) and Yimpaş Yozgatspor (2004). Day after day I worked with sports injuries, muscle overload and sports massage. The athlete's body was my first school: that is where I learned to tell a tired muscle from a joint that has stopped moving.

Between 2004 and 2010 I taught massage at the Yakut Private Vocational Training Centre, and from 2004 to 2006 at the Fethiye Public Education Centre. Since October 2020 I have been working in Vilnius, at Stikliai Hotel SPA (Relais & Châteaux).

After settling in Lithuania, I formalised my qualifications under the country's own standards. In 2019 I completed 144 hours of sports massage training and received a Republic of Lithuania certificate; in 2021 I earned my masseur diploma (level IV) from the Klaipėda Ernestas Galvanauskas Vocational Training Centre.

Every session begins with a conversation and an assessment: where it hurts, when it started, which movements are restricted, and what your work and daily load look like. Only then do I choose the technique — chiropractic, manual therapy, therapeutic, deep-tissue or sports massage, and often a combination of these. I do not apply the same template to everyone, and I do not sell prepaid session packages.

People most often come saying “my back hurts” or “my neck hurts.” Alongside that: tension between the shoulder blades, restricted rotation, headaches that start in the neck, posture-related discomfort from long hours at a desk, and muscle overload from training. For these I combine chiropractic, manual therapy, deep-tissue and sports massage.

In most people who come with back pain, the real cause is muscle tension, restricted movement and the load that posture places on the body. That is what I work with: therapeutic massage, deep-tissue work, manual therapy and movement advice for everyday life.

My job is to take the pain away. I work with pain and tension — I release tight muscles, restore freedom of movement and ease the discomfort. People carrying a heavy load also come to me: long hours at the computer, intensive training, physical work. In every case I first understand what is going on, and only then begin.

I work seven days a week, 09:00–18:00. The easiest way to book is WhatsApp — write and tell me what is bothering you, and I will suggest the right service and length.