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It is important to keep active after a stroke. This helps prevent new strokes and contributes to recovery. It may be that you have suffered (permanent) damage after a stroke. Van Raam's adapted bicycles can ensure that you remain mobile after a stroke.
For the best possible recovery after a stroke, it is important to keep exercising. You can think of walking, cycling, but also small household chores. Try to keep doing things yourself as much as possible. By regular exercise you also reduce the risk of a new stroke and you get less tired. (Source: Hersenstichting - Brain Foundation)
The consequences after a stroke vary from person to person. Persons can suffer both physical and mental damage. Because of this, cycling on a regular bike may suddenly not be possible anymore. Van Raam's bicycles may offer a solution after a stroke.
Note: Whether it is possible for someone to cycle after a stroke varies from person to person! Consult with your doctor/physician about the possibilities.
Van Raam has several types of bicycles in its range for people who want to continue riding their bike independently after a stroke. These are the:
Tricycles
Low step through bikes
Walking aid
Tricycles offer extra support and stability while cycling. Van Raam has various tricycles in its range:
Traditional tricycle: two wheels behind one wheel in front, high seating position.
Low step through tricycle: with both feet on the ground.
Tricycle with two wheels in front and one rear wheel.
Comfortable tricycle: met zitting, lage instap en lagere zitpositie.
Electric scooter bike: can also be used without pedaling.
Read more about our tricycles in the article 'Tricycle for adults'.
The Balance low step trough bike is a bike with two wheels. The unique frame gives you a low sitting position, allowing you to put both feet on the ground. This means that you do not have to get off the saddle and you can still cycle with your legs optimally stretched out. The center of gravity is lower on this bike, which makes cycling extra easy and comfortable. The Balance has a unique ergonomic seating position which relieves wrists, shoulders and the neck.
The City walking aid can provide a solution for people who do not want a walker, but still need help with walking. The body weight is carried by the saddle, which relieves your back, hips, knees and ankles. Getting on is easy and safe because of the low step trough and the handbrake which fixes the walking aid when getting on.
When cycling independently is no longer possible, it may still be possible to cycle together. Van Raam has several bicycles that can be used by 2 persons. This ranges from wheelchair bikes, transport bikes, tandems to side-by-side tandems. Read more in the article 'Two person bike'.
The Fun2Go is a side-by-side tandem with three wheels where you sit next to each other. It is expandable with the FunTrain.
Van Raam has two wheelchair bicycles: the VeloPlus wheelchair transport bicycle and the OPair wheelchair bicycle.
Van Raam also has the Chat rickshaw bike in its range. In this bike, 2 people can be transported at the front.
Van Raam has different types of tandems. Both for children and adults, and tandems with 2 or 3 wheels.
All bicycles are custom made at Van Raam. This makes it possible to assemble your ideal bike with options and accessories you need after a stroke. For example, you can choose to purchase a bike with pedal assistance, or with leg fixation. Configure your own bicycle in Van Raam's online configurator. For more information, please read the article 'Put together your Van Raam bike with the bike configurator'.
A stroke is a collective term for a TIA, cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage. In a TIA, a blood vessel is closed off for a short time by a clot. In a cerebral infarction, the clot remains stuck in a blood vessel. In a cerebral hemorrhage, a blood vessel in the brain ruptures open.
Tip: Also read the article 'Cycling after a brain haemorrhage'.
After a stroke, people can suffer permanent damage to the brain. The consequences are different for each person. Possible consequences of a stroke are:
(Unilateral) paralysis in the body or face
(Unilateral) numbness or tingling
Problems speaking or finding words
Eye problems
Fatigue
Hypersensitivity to stimuli
Difficulty with planning
Anxiety and mood swings
(Source: Hersenstichting - Brain Foundation)
Are you curious how other people, who have had a stroke, experience a Van Raam bicycle? Read below some customer experiences.
Tim Hofman, host of "Je zal het maar hebben", a Dutch TV show whose translation literally means, "You would have it", takes a look into the lives of young people who have an illness or disability. In one of the episodes he visited Pieter Van Diepen (32 years old) who has had a brain haemorrhage. Because of the brain haemorrhage, Pieter has some disabilities, but he enjoys life and the things he can still do, such as cycling on the Van Raam tricycle Easy Sport.
Cycling with Hemiplegia? Yes! Van Raam offers you options that can make cycling possible again. Read more about Van Raam bicycles for half-sided paralysis here.
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.
For physically and/or mentally handicapped people, a therapeutic bike from Van Raam can (again) offer a lot of freedom of movement! Van Raam makes a adapted therapeutic bike for you, so that you can become and remain mobile. In the following you will get to know the Van Raam therapeutic bicycles and you will also learn more about aids, electric motors and experiences of people who have a Van Raam bicycle.
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