Specialty: Sport rehabilitation

Sarah Esposito

Passionate about an active lifestyle, she believes in exercise therapy as the best medicine that can be offered. She herself has always been engaged in sports, including football, gymnastics, skating, swimming, karate, volleyball, sailing, and horse riding, and she has been practicing weightlifting for 6 years. These experiences enrich her understanding of human movements and body biomechanics, providing precious knowledge that she always integrates into her work as a physiotherapist.
She is specialised in the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries of lower limbs, particularly ACL reconstructions, ankle sprains, and fractures. However, her holistic approach enables her to effectively treat a broader range of patients and conditions.
She also holds a certification as a “Bodybuilding and Fitness Instructor”, which gave her a solid foundation in resistance training and strength and conditioning.

University education:

  • Bachelor’s in Physiotherapy at Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II” (Italy)
  • Master’s in Sports Physiotherapy at KU Leuven (Belgium)

Non- university training:

  • Bodybuilding and Fitness instructor at CSEN Corsi (Italy)
  • Formation Course in Elastic Taping (Italy)
  • Formation in Mézières Method and Neuropostural Corrective Exercise for postural re-education (Italy)

Faycal Bouadjadj

As a passionate sports educator and qualified masseur, I prioritize listening to and understanding your needs. My experience as an educator has taught me the importance of creating a human connection, accompanying you, and adapting to your goals. This approach enriches every massage, making each session a tailor-made moment focused on you.

Sports massage is much more than a treatment: it’s an essential tool for optimizing your performance, preventing injury, and accelerating your recovery. Whether you’re a beginner, just getting back into the swing of things, or an experienced athlete, I offer precise, effective techniques, sometimes accompanied by tools such as Theragun, to prepare your body, relieve muscle tension, and improve your physical condition.

At ESP, my aim is clear: to combine technical expertise, attentive listening, and passion to offer you the very best in sports massage in an environment dedicated to your well-being and progress. Experience a professional treatment that combines performance and well-being.

Estefanía Ruiz Guerra

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” – Pablo Picasso. I like this quote because it emphasizes the importance of understanding body movement to achieve optimal performance, always keeping in mind that this should be done without pain.

In the 21st century, I believe it is a mistake to live with pain and discomfort, as often the solution lies simply in movement. Physiotherapy in older adults is of high importance when it helps them by preventing injuries and maintaining their independence, and therefore improving their quality of life.
My primary goal is to help my patients live fully and pain-free.

As a ballet dancer, my greatest fear is getting injured, but physiotherapy has always been and continues to be my lifesaver. Whether it’s by addressing a specific pain during an exercise or by preventing injuries, physiotherapy is essential for improving performance. Additionally, the correct application of sports techniques is crucial.

Half of my professional experience as a physical therapist has focused on working with dancers, helping them extend their years of performance in the best physical condition possible and without injuries. I use technical corrections and muscle strengthening as the basis of my approach.

Mircea Presura

“It is a shame for a man to grow old, without seeing the beauty and strength the body is capable of.” – Socrates.

Physical fitness and health are two essential elements in our lives that we don’t always consider, but are greatly needed for a happy life: after all, the mind is not separate from the body. Additionally, sometimes pain symptoms can occur that can cause a lot of discomfort. Therefore, it is my task as a physiotherapist to guide you towards a healthy way of living, where I stand for a personalized, methodical, and scientifically focused approach for maximum results.

Certifications:

  • Bachelor in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (KU Leuven)
  • Master in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (KU Leuven)

Florian Claes

Florian Claes is a ISSA certified personal trainer. As a strength and conditioning specialist, he is an expert in improving the performance of football (soccer) players and athletes from fighting sports alike (Brazilian jiu-jitsu, MMA, kickboxing, judo, and jiu-jitsu).

Florian is currently studying International Business to pursue a mission driving him since the early stages of his life: to help others while putting a smile on their faces. At ESP, he has been a personal trainer and strength & conditioning coach for many years, transmitting to others what he himself has learned from his father and grandfather: a sense of discipline, precision, hard work – and also what he personally sees as one of his main qualities: optimism, coupled with a problem-solving attitude.

He is particularly interested in nutrition and body transformation, which he considers as essential tools to take his clients to the next level.

Tristan Claes

Tristan is one of our Senior Strength & Conditioning specialists. Throughout his career, he has acquired multiple certifications of the highest degree in personal training, powerlifting, rehab & injury prevention, and nutrition. He also pursued a career as a legal scholar and is soon to complete his LLM (Law Masters) in the field of medical law.

With Physiology being one of his main interests, he holds years of particular expertise and is driven by helping you to treat your injuries sustained through everyday life tasks and/or sports participation, hereby regaining your normal pain-free mobility (ROM).

Whether you want to take your athletic and strength performance to the next level as a pro/amateur athlete or transform your body to regain your confidence and improve your overall well-being, Tristan is your guy. He works with people of all levels and ages by using a precisely targeted sport-specific methodology. He will not only help you improve your game but also make you become the best version of yourself and crush your competition both physically and mentally. His motto holds, therefore:

“Look good, move well, lift HEAVY!”.

“During the early stages of my life, I always was the largest kid of the class, often subject to being bullied about my weight or being picked last on every recess sports team. I felt horrible, unconfident, and revolted by my own body. Although I was a strong kid, it was only during my adolescent period that I started to use this to my benefit and decided to drastically change my life. I educated myself in physiology, fitness, and performance which resulted in sparking a passion for sports that I still hold to this day. In the past, I have participated in different sports at a national level such as Judo (Poseidon Judo Club), American Football (Brussels Tigers), and Power Lifting. I have made it my life’s mission to share and transmit this passion and knowledge with others, guide them to regain control of their lives, and become the best version of themselves where others would not. It is you vs you, dream, hustle & achieve. Let me guide you in reclaiming that smile on your face, ready to take on the world!”

-Tristan

Certifications:

  • ISSA-certified Personal Trainer
  • ISSA-certified Powerlifting Instructor
  • ISSA-certified Nutrition Specialist
  • McGill Method Seminar Certified Level 1, 2 & 3
Jordi Ribas Ribas

Jordi Ribas Ribas

Jordi is a physiotherapist and holds a PhD in Sports and Physical Activity Sciences. Passionate about the body, he has always combined care and sport, both in his training and in his professional life. He has been a crossfit trainer, a physical trainer in different sectors, and a physiotherapist for athletes. He has also integrated other services (palliative, cardiology, mental health, among others).

Trained in manual therapies applied to TMJ disorders, dry needling, crocheting, fasciatherapy, and kinanthropometry (International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry), Jordi is equipped to provide quick relief to his patients.

University education:
  • PhD in Sports and Physical Activity Sciences (Spain)
  • Master in Physiotherapy (Spain and Belgium)
Non-University training:
  • Manual Therapies applied to disorders of the Manducatory System (TMJ)
  • Dry Needling Training
  • CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (2014-2019)
  • Crocheting Training
  • Fasciatherapy Training
  • Kineanthropometry Level I ISAK (International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry
Professional background:
  • Physiotherapist certified by the INAMI since 2017 (Belgium)
  • Physiotherapist in a Neurology department (IMC) since 2015 (Belgium)
  • Physiotherapist in a Mental Health department since 2013 (Belgium)
  • Physiotherapist in ICU / Cardiology / Oncology / Palliative Care services between 2017 and 2018 (Belgium)
  • Physiotherapist and Physical Trainer in Hockey Clubs 2013-2016 (Belgium)
  • Physical Trainer in different Services / Fire stations 2007-2010 (Spain)
  • University Professor in Sport and Physical Activity Sciences 2008 (Spain)
  • CrossFit Coach 2014-2018 (Belgium)
  • Physiotherapist athletes / events / CrossFit competitions 2014-2019 (Belgium)

Roland Claes

Chiropractor, strength and conditioning coach. Certified in exercise physiology, sports science and nutrition. With his holistic approach, Roland Claes puts the overall health of his patients at the heart of his priorities. With over 30 years of experience in the fields of sports and health, he creates a personalized treatment and rehabilitation for each of his patients.

He accompanies those who practice sports at an amateur or professional (elite) level. Focusing on prevention and care, he works with children, adolescents and adults alike. He is an empathic expert to those who are injured and those who pursue a specific objective wishing to improve their physical condition for sports, and for daily life.

His specialty is strengthening the posterior chains and back biomechanics, the basis of all rehabilitation.

Care, Support, Transmission:
A Calling From Father to Son
Willy Claes

In the Claes family, caring and transmitting constitute a vocation passed on from father to son. Roland was mentored by his father, chiropractor Willy Claes, renowned olympic weightlifting athlete, and followed his footsteps, taking on his profession with the same rigorous precision and deep listening skills. These are the qualities Roland learned, cultivated, refined and passed on to his two sons, Tristan and Florian, who decided to also become coaches and to open new paths in their turn.

An international career in constant evolution

Roland Claes studied at the Life University in Marietta, Georgia (USA), where he obtained the title of Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.). He then continued his training with world-renowned experts such as Prof. Stuart Mc Gill and obtained the Mc Gill Clinician & Coach Certification (3 levels). He also graduated from the DNS Prague School of Rehabilitation (Level A) of Prof. Pavel Kolar. He regularly attends seminars with highly renowned international coaches and therapists in order to apply the teachings received on his patients.

He represents Belgium within the FICS (Fédération Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport, based in Lausanne, Switzerland).

Like his training, his career has taken him to the international sports scene. He has shaped the careers of many renowned world, European and national champions, both in Belgium and internationally, in the professional worlds of football (soccer), tennis, athletics, triathlon, cycling, motor racing, and combat sports (Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, MMA, judo, etc.). He has been a high-level athlete himself and maintains his fitness level every week by practicing strength and conditioning training.