THE HVN EXPERT TEAM

Emanuele Calabrese BSc (Hons) Ost, DO, MSc Pain is an osteopath and pain specialist whose patients often arrive having already tried everything else. Chronic back pain that hasn’t responded to physio. Muscle tension so long standing it has become background noise. Joint pain managed rather than resolved.

His practice is built around a clear belief: pain is rarely just a mechanical problem. Physical structure, movement patterns, stress load, lifestyle, inflammation, recovery capacity and the nervous system all play a role. Meaningful progress requires a clinician who can understand the full picture, not just the painful area.

A former professional basketball player, Emanuele brings a personal understanding of the physical and mental demands placed on the body, and of what genuine recovery requires beyond short-term symptom management. His approach combines osteopathic care, pain science, movement analysis, regenerative techniques and personalised recovery strategies.

He is among a small number of UK-based clinicians with formal academic qualifications in oxygen-ozone therapy, a regenerative approach used in the management of joint pain, soft tissue injuries, spinal conditions and inflammatory musculoskeletal presentations. As Chair of BOOTA, the British Oxygen and Ozone Therapies Association, he helps lead the development of safe practice, education and professional standards for oxygen-ozone therapy in the UK. He also teaches internationally in physical medicine and pain science at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

At The HVN, Emanuele offers something that exists nowhere else in quite the same form. The HRU Health and Performance Assessment – a 90 minute physiological consultation that analyses stress load, recovery capacity, inflammation and cellular health – produces a fully personalised protocol that maps exactly what your body needs: how to sleep, how to eat, how to move, and which treatments will have the most impact. It is, for many clients, the clearest picture of their own health they have ever been given.

On-site musculoskeletal ultrasound diagnostics allow precise structural assessment with no radiation exposure and a clinical report available within minutes, removing the usual gap between concern and clarity.

For those who have been managing rather than resolving, Emanuele’s practice at The HVN offers a different starting point entirely.

Catia has over 13 years of experience working in leading five star hotels and resorts across the UK, Ireland and Portugal. Her background spans Spa Management and a wide range of therapeutic disciplines, including Ayurveda, Shiatsu, and vibrational sound therapy.

She combines these traditional approaches with advanced Western techniques to create personalised, results driven treatments that support both physical recovery and emotional wellbeing.

Known for her intuitive approach and attention to detail, Catia tailors each session to the individual, offering a calm, restorative experience that supports the body’s natural ability to rebalance and renew.

Susan Gu is a highly experienced Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and acupuncture specialist with a distinguished clinical background shaped by her family’s longstanding TCM heritage.

She is recognised for her integrative approach to internal and aesthetic wellbeing, and brings to The HVN her pioneering Three-Dimensional Acupuncture Method – a technique that unites constitutional diagnosis with precise facial and body acupuncture to support hormonal balance, stress resilience, circulation, and skin vitality.

Susan Gu’s work is defined by her ability to create personalised treatment pathways that address the root causes of imbalance while enhancing overall appearance, delivering results that feel both restorative and visibly refined. Her calm, meticulous approach offers clients a renewed sense of equilibrium and clarity, making her method a natural fit within The HVN’s longevity-led philosophy.

Xiaolan Lu is a highly experienced Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Acupuncturist with over 40 years of clinical experience across China and the UK. She spent more than 20 years practicing at the University Hospital of Hebei in Shijiazhuang, China, before continuing her career in London, where she has worked in a range of specialist clinics for a further two decades.

She has particular expertise in pain management, fertility support, including diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) and PCOS, sleep disorders, anxiety and depression, weight management, and aesthetic acupuncture.

Cindy Zheng is a highly skilled acupressure therapist whose practice is grounded in the foundational principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine and shaped by training under President Su of the Beijing Qigong Association, a lineage that informs both the precision and the philosophy she brings to every treatment.

Her work centres on the relationship between the muscular and skeletal systems, using targeted acupressure along meridians and key acupoints to restore the body’s natural energy flow.

Combined with advanced soft tissue release and subtle structural adjustment, Cindy addresses not only the immediate site of discomfort but the underlying patterns that cause it to persist. The result is a treatment that is both deeply restorative and clinically purposeful.

Cindy is particularly effective in addressing neck and shoulder tension, lower back pain, jaw and head tension, and discomfort in the feet and lower limbs. Her treatments also support recovery from physical overuse and strain, improve circulation, and help regulate the stress-related conditions – fatigue, disrupted sleep, systemic tension – that accumulate when the body is held under sustained pressure.

At The HVN, Cindy works with clients seeking relief from chronic physical discomfort as well as those looking to maintain structural balance as part of a longer-term approach to health. Each session is assessed and adapted to the individual, attentive to what the body needs on the day, and oriented toward lasting recovery rather than temporary relief.