Welcome to Biking, Body and Planet!
Hi,
I’m Werner, physical therapist, cycle trainer and environmental scientist.
I’m from Belgium, but am currently finding my way to Ireland, a beautiful country with wonderful people!
Being an accredited KCR/CTR practitioner I’m happy to provide treatment sessions in the southeastern region of the Republic of Ireland. Click here for more information. The homework KCR stretches are described here.
As a physical therapist I try to maintain and promote a healthy life style (download pdf). As scientific evidence shows that regular physical exercise can contribute to maintaining good health, even at older age, I compiled a home fitness programme for seniors (download pdf/watch video) It will keep you fit and decrease your risk of falling.
As a cycle trainer my aim is to get as many people as possible on their bikes in a comfortable and safe way. Cycling is a wonderful activity. It promotes good health, respects the environment and – above all – is pure joy. The basic skills of cycling can be easily learned in 10 steps (download pdf/watch video) If you have reached an older age or feel unconfident because of lack of balance or any other health issue, you could first follow a home exercises programme preparing for cycling (download pdf/watch video ). Info sheets have been compiled that give specific recommendations for people suffering from Osteoarthritis, Parkinson’s disease or Polyneuropathy.
As soon as you feel ready to start cycling in traffic, applying the 5 golden rules for safe cycling on the road (download pdf) will help you keep safe, even when cycling infrastructure is poor. Start on roads with low traffic conditions, and gradually – with increasing skill and experience – you will be able to cycle confidently on more busy roads as well. Enjoy your ride!
As an environmental scientist I focus on climate change and its effects on human health. The WHO declared climate change to be one of the major threats to human health in the 21st century. Unfortunately there are still a lot of misconceptions about the existence of human induced climate change. Test your knowledge by doing the CC quiz (download pdf). You can find a summary of the state of the art scientific research in the latest IPCC synthesis report.
Apart from the threats and challenges global warming confronts us with, climate action does offer us a lot of opportunities. All the little things we do to benefit our planet also benefit our own health and happiness! Discover these ultimate win-win opportunities in the big 5 of Climate Action (download pdf).
Here you find all documents:
Fitness for Seniors_Home programme
Exercises preparing for cycling_Home programme
Cycling for people with osteoarthritis
Cycling for people with Parkinson’s disease
Cycling for people with polyneuropathy
The 5 golden rules for safe cycling on the road
Here you find all videos:
Fitness for Seniors_Home programme
Exercises preparing for cycling_Home programme
For any enquiries, please contact me: werner@bikingbodyplanet.com
This website was created by: Werner Dhondt MSc in Physical Therapy, Manual Therapy and Environmental Sciences