Lucian

My name is Lucian and I will be doing my senior internship at FRISKFYSIO in the first half of 2024. I already got to know FRISKFYSIO at the end of 2023 because I also had the opportunity to do my junior internship here. During my current internship, I want to continue the line started during the junior internship to further professionalise myself as a physiotherapist in training.

I grew up in Boekelo, a small village next to Enschede, where I have always enjoyed living. In August 2020, I moved to the Uilenstede student campus in Amstelveen for a Bachelor's degree in Movement Sciences (at the Vrije Universiteit). Ever since I was little, I have been very interested in the human body, which made my choice for Movement Sciences easy to explain. However, Movement Sciences did not offer what I was looking for at that time during the coronapandemic, so I started studying Physiotherapy at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. To seek more challenge within my physiotherapy training, I started a three-year in-depth course in top-level sports physiotherapy in my second year of study, guided by physiotherapists from AFC Ajax. In this way, I managed to link the affinity with top-level sport well with my education.

Besides my studies, I row (at the Bosbaan) at the student rowing association R.S.V.U. 'Okeanos', where I can be found many days a week. I am both rowing and coaching within the association. I am also part of the Competitions Committee and therefore visit many different rowing weekends throughout the Netherlands. Besides rowing, I go to the gym several times a week to stay active in another way.

Within FRISKFYSIO, I want to take a follow-up step in my training as a physiotherapist and hope to translate my passion for top-level sport back into practice. In addition, I want to link the goal from the field of Movement Sciences, concerning the prevention of complaints, to my learning process. Ultimately, I would like to apply treatment in such a way that complaints can be prevented in the future.