About Roland
Roland places the overall health and wellbeing of his patients at the centre of his work. With more than 30 years of experience in sport and healthcare, he develops personalised treatment and rehabilitation programs tailored to the individual needs and goals of each patient. He works with people participating in sport at both amateur and professional levels, with a strong focus on prevention, recovery and performance. His patients include children, adolescents and adults, ranging from those recovering from injury to athletes and individuals seeking to improve their physical condition for sport and everyday life. Roland has a particular interest in posterior-chain strengthening and back biomechanics, which form an important foundation of his approach to rehabilitation and physical performance.
Within FICS, Roland serves as President of the Belgian National Chiropractic Sports Council (NCSC) and as the European Representative on the FICS Executive Council.
Roland is also the founder and owner of ESP โ Elite Sport Performance, established in 1991. Based in Kortenberg, Belgium, ESP is an internationally recognised sports medical clinic welcoming athletes and patients from around the world for rehabilitation, chiropractic care and performance training. Approach: โNever stop learning, never stop training, never stop growing, never stop giving, never ever quit.โ
Roland was mentored by his father, Willy, a renowned Olympic weightlifter and chiropractor, and followed in his footsteps, bringing the same precision, discipline and ability to listen deeply to his own professional practice. These qualities were then passed on to Rolandโs two sons, Tristan and Florian, who also chose to become coaches and continue developing the family legacy in their own way.
Professional Training
- Chiropractor, strength and conditioning coach. Certified M.S. in exercise physiology, sports science, and nutrition.
- Stuart Mc Gill: Mc Gill Clinician & Coach Certification (3 levels)
- DNS Prague School of Rehabilitation (Level A): with Prof. Pavel Kolar.
- He regularly attends seminars with highly renowned international experts
- He represents FICS as the NCSC president of Belgium and EXCO Representative Europe.
- Roland is the founder & owner of ESP โ Elite Sport Performance (www.weareesp.com), an internationally renowned sports medical clinic located in Kortenberg, Belgium, where athletes and patients from all over the world come for rehab, chiropractic care and performance training. He also runs a busy chiropractic clinic in Brussels (European Quarter) since 1991.
Sport Career
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, powerlifting, field hockey, athletics, triathlon, cycling, motor racing, and combat sports (Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, MMA, judo, ju-jitsu, etc.). He has been a high-level athlete himself (soccer, karate, French boxing, powerlifting, paintball) and maintains his fitness level every week by rigorously practising strength and conditioning training.