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Our lungs are essential, because they allow us to breathe. With healthy lungs, breathing starts automatically, so you would almost forget how important the lungs are. Yet for a lot of people it is not guaranteed that they will be able to breathe normally. Because of a lung disease it is not always possible for these people to do the things they actually want to do. In some cases, aids offer a solution. In this article you can read about the possibilities of adapted bicycles for people with lung disease.
Every year on the first Tuesday of May Asthma is commemorated during World Asthma Day. The theme of this day is to raise awareness about asthma and to improve the care and treatment possibilities for people with asthma. The lungs of people with asthma react very sensitively to stimuli, such as house dust mites, exhaust fumes, smoke or pets. People with an asthma attack can breathe in or out much less air than usual.
In addition to pulmonary asthma, there are many other pulmonary diseases. These include COPD, tuberculosis and cystic fibrosis. Although these diseases can occur in different ways, they all have the effect that people with breathing problems and / or have problems with breathing.Â
The following solutions may offer a solution in the field of mobility.
As a manufacturer of adapted bicycles, Van Raam makes bicycles for people with a disability and for people who can no longer or dare to cycle on a traditional two-wheeler. It also happens that we make bicycles for people with lung disease.
There are several possibilities to continue cycling despite a lung disease. For example, our pedal assistance helps you while pedaling and ensures that you can still move with little effort. The pedal assistance can then also be operated with the Van Raam cycling app and different bike positions can be selected.Â
If you like to walk, but a normal walk costs you too much energy and air? With Van Raam's City walking aid, walking requires less effort and it becomes easier to cover longer distances.Â
Do you have a very variable condition and energy level due to a lung disease? Then the mobility scooter Easy Go might offer a solution. With this bike it is possible to cycle as well as mobility scooters. This makes this bike suitable for people with varying energy levels. This way you can cycle the way there and turn on the mobility scooter mode on the way back.Â
In addition to the City walking aid and Easy Go mobility scooter, we also have other tricycles, wheelchair bikes, tandems and Side-by-side Tandems that can offer a solution for people with lung disease. Are you interested or would you like to know more about the possibilities of our custom bikes? Then schedule a free test ride with one of our technical advisors.Â
Healthy lungs are essential. From birth, your lungs provide oxygen. So that your heart keeps beating and your brain keeps working. Here are a few tips to help you keep your lungs healthy.
In order to stay healthy and maintain your condition, it is wise to exercise for half an hour at least five days a week. This can be done by doing sports, a walk or a bike ride. This way you get a better condition and stronger lungs. We, as a bicycle manufacturer, can of course recommend this.
Fresh air is very important. Make sure you get enough fresh air per day. For example, open your windows every day for half an hour so that the fresh air can flow in properly. In addition, a visit to the fresh air also helps a lot. Bike or walk around the block.
If you are regularly out of breath or have been suffering from coughing for a longer period of time, it may be wise to go to your doctor with these symptoms instead of continuing with them.
Are you or do you know someone with lung disease who uses a modified bicycle? Then we would like to hear about his/her experiences! These experiences give us the opportunity to keep optimizing our products, potential end users can read other people's cycling experiences and these experiences in combination with the cycling information give a good impression of our customized bikes.
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More than 251 million people worldwide suffer from COPD. COPD is a general term for lung diseases characterized by narrowing of the airways. This leads to symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing and/or mucus dissolution. Breathing is not a matter of course for this group of people. Enough exercise, such as cycling, is good for everyone, but essential for people with COPD.
According to the Dutch foundation ‘Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds’ there are around 600 different muscle diseases. This includes SMA, ALS, Duchenne's disease and Pompe disease. With a muscle disease, muscles getting weak or sometimes fall out completely. The weakening or the failure of the muscles makes it increasingly difficult to move. To keep your mobility as long as possible, there are mobility aids that can be used, including special needs bicycles. In this article you can read the possibilities to continue and enjoy cycling as long as possible despite a muscle disease.
For people with polyneuropathy, it is important to keep exercising as much as possible. For example, by cycling or walking for half an hour a day. This will keep you fit and strong. Read more about this condition and about the use of Van Raam bicycles with polyneuropathy in this article.
Nearly 1 in 6 of world’s population suffer from neurological disorders, according to a UN report. Neurological disorders are, for example, Alzheimer and Parkinson disease, strokes, multiple sclerosis and brain injuries, depression, autism and neuroinfections. All these disorders have a major impact on the patient's life. Where people used to be mobile and independent, it is sometimes difficult to accept that walking around with the dog is sometimes no longer possible. At Van Raam, we work every day on the mobility of our fellow human beings, and we ensure that people with a disability can stay mobile and independently for as long as possible. We also do this for people with a brain disorder. It is therefore good to hear that people with a brain disorder can still remain mobile, because of our special needs bicycles. In this article you can find more information about what we can do for people with a brain disorder.
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