Dr Roland Claes
D.C. ICSC
Chiropractor, strength and conditioning coach. Certified M.S. in exercise physiology, sports science, and nutrition. With his holistic approach, Roland 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 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 daily life.
His specialty is strengthening the posterior chains and back biomechanics, the basis of all rehabilitation.
CARE, SUPPORT, TRANSMISSION:
Willy Claes, D.C. (grad. 1963). 2 x Olympian in Olympic weightlifting (1956 & 1960)
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, a renowned Olympic weightlifting athlete, and followed in 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 studied at Life College of Chiropractic in Marietta, Georgia (USA), where he graduated in 1991. He then continued his training with world-renowned experts such as:
- 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 – 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.
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 practicing strength and conditioning training.
APPROACH:
“Never stop learning, never stop training, never stop growing, never stop giving, never ever quit.”
LANGUAGES spoken: French, Dutch, English
- E-MAIL: roland.claes@weareesp.com
- PHONE: +32 498 521 521
- INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS: @rolandclaes & @weareesp
- WEBSITE: weareesp.com