{"id":13177,"date":"2025-08-21T11:03:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balancebelt.net\/?p=13177"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:53:06","slug":"intensive-exercise-and-the-balancebelt-brought-back-my-balance-and-my-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balancebelt.net\/nl\/intensive-exercise-and-the-balancebelt-brought-back-my-balance-and-my-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Intensief sporten \u00e9n de BalanceBelt brachten mijn balans \u00e9n plezier terug'"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-story-of-tjitske\" style=\"font-size:48px\">Het verhaal van Tjitske<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tjitske (69) kreeg in 2016 de diagnose bilateraal vestibulair verlies (BVL), na meerdere episodes van neuritis vestibularis in de jaren daarvoor. Wat volgde, was een periode waarin haar evenwicht, energie en dagelijks functioneren enorm werden be\u00efnvloed. Toch vond Tjitske, dankzij intensieve training \u00e9n met de hulp van de BalanceBelt, een manier om haar leven opnieuw zo volwaardig mogelijk te leven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-an-active-life-to-daily-struggles\">Van een actief leven naar dagelijkse uitdagingen<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/balancebelt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0851-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13186\" style=\"width:374px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balancebelt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0851-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balancebelt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0851-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/balancebelt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0851-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/balancebelt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0851.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em> Tjitske loopt met de (oude) BalanceBelt.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tot haar 60e werkte Tjitske als maatschappelijk werkende, eerst in een TBS-kliniek en later op een afdeling acute psychiatrie. Daarnaast gaf ze als Neerlandicus freelance workshops en trainingen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ze leidde een druk en sociaal leven, had een tweede huis in Griekenland en genoot volop van het leven, zowel daar als in Nederland. Maar toen haar evenwichtsproblemen begonnen, veranderde alles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>\"Het voelde alsof ik straalbezopen was, maar zonder de lol. Lopen was moeilijk, ik was constant duizelig en ik had ernstige oscillopsie*. Mijn wereld werd heel klein.\"<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sociale afspraken werden een uitdaging, ook lezen lukte niet goed meer, reizen evenmin en uiteindelijk moest ze haar huis in Griekenland verkopen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">* Oscillopsie is een visuele stoornis waarbij objecten in het gezichtsveld lijken te oscilleren, springen of heen en weer bewegen, ook al staan ze in werkelijkheid stil. Mensen die oscillopsie ervaren, beschrijven het vaak als \"stuiterend\" of \"schuddend\" zicht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-road-back-to-balance-move-move-and-move-again\">De weg naar meer balans: bewegen, bewegen en nog eens bewegen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ondanks deze uitdagingen weigerde Tjitske op te geven. Ze ging meer bewegen, eerst wandelen, toen hardlopen en uiteindelijk kickboksen. Tegenwoordig sport ze dagelijks: een uur hardlopen of 75 minuten kickboksen, gecombineerd met dagelijks wandelen en tuinieren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ze stelde zichzelf ook bewust bloot aan drukke omgevingen om haar hersenen te trainen in het verwerken van prikkels. Stap voor stap slaagde ze erin haar symptomen tot een stabieler niveau terug te brengen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\"Hoe slecht ik me ook voel, bewegen helpt altijd. Zelfs op de slechtste dagen ga ik naar buiten - en daarna voel ik me vaak beter.\"<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ze ontdekte kickboksen tijdens een revalidatieprogramma in 2022. In november 2024 begon ze lessen te volgen die speciaal waren ontworpen voor mensen met de ziekte van Parkinson of een niet-aangeboren hersenletsel (NAH). Door de combinatie van complexe oefeningen en harde muziek in een groep, leerde haar hersenen scherper te focussen, wat een positief effect had op haar dagelijks functioneren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-balancebelt-more-stability-more-confidence\"><strong><strong>De BalanceBelt: meer stabiliteit, meer vertrouwen<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tjitske probeerde de BalanceBelt voor het eerst in 2019 via MUMC+. Al tijdens de proefperiode merkte ze hoeveel het haar hielp haar evenwicht te bewaren en ze besloot er een aan te schaffen. Ze droeg hem tijdens het hardlopen op oneffen terrein, zoals het op strand of straatjes met keitjes, en op moeilijke dagen gaf het haar de extra stabiliteit en het vertrouwen dat ze nodig had om buiten te lopen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onlangs heeft ze de nieuwste versie van de BalanceBelt getest. De verbeterde ondersteuning, vooral tijdens het sporten en op dagen dat haar klachten erger zijn, is een game-changer. Dankzij de verbeterde functies is de band gemakkelijker te gebruiken, waardoor ze hem nu ook tijdens het kickboksen kan dragen; ze voelt zich stabieler, heeft meer vertrouwen en beweegt met meer zekerheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>\"Met de BalanceBelt voel ik me zekerder, ben ik meer bereid om mezelf te pushen en hoef ik niet over elke stap na te denken. Het maakt een enorm verschil, vooral op oneffen terrein of tijdens kickboksoefeningen.\"<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-energy-and-a-greater-sense-of-freedom\"><strong>Meer energie en een groter gevoel van vrijheid<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Een ander groot voordeel van de BalanceBelt is dat het haar minder vermoeid maakt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>\u201cNormaal is mijn brein constant bezig om mijn evenwicht te compenseren, dat kost ontzettend veel energie. Met de BalanceBelt wordt die druk verlicht, waardoor ik meer energie overhoud voor andere dingen.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Met de combinatie van dagelijkse beweging en de BalanceBelt kan Tjitske meer uit haar dag halen, vrijer bewegen en zich richten op de activiteiten waar ze van houdt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tjitske's boodschap aan anderen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>\"Blijf in beweging, ook als het zwaar is. Geef niet op, want iedere stap helpt. 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