Annabel Bonten-Jennissen

Background:

I graduated as a physiotherapist in June 2007. During my studies I saw patients return to the practice several times with the same complaints. Physiotherapy could not offer them a solution. Due to one of my teachers during my last internship, I met an osteopath and became intrigued by his way of working. In October 2007, in addition to my job as a physiotherapist, I started the five-year part-time osteopath training at the International Academy of Osteopathy. I successfully completed this study in June 2012.
During this training I started to look differently at all sorts of complaints . Since then I have been able to make more connections within the complex system our body is, which makes my treatment much more efficient and effective. I see the body as a whole and treat it as such.

My greatest passion lies within treating gynaecological problems that are often misunderstood, such as pain during intercourse, pelvic pain and vaginal pain after childbirth, and pelvic instability. I can achieve very good results for such problems with Osteopathy.

Specializations:

General osteopathy
Osteopathy in case of (gynaecological) pelvic problems
Osteopathy during pregnancy and after childbirth
Osteopathy in babies and children (certified pediatric osteopath)
Osteopathy in case of fertility problems
Osteopathy for breastfeeding problems
Osteopathy for Women’s Health

Member of the following professional associations:

Dutch Osteopathy Association (NVO)
Dutch Register for Osteopathy (NRO)

Publications:

The influence of the mobility of the high thoracic spine on hand grip strength (2012, thesis)
Case study “Adenomyosis and Osteopathy” (2022)
Case study “Colic” (baby with cow’s milk allergy/intolerance, 2024)
Case study “The osteopathic treatment of a baby with plagiocephaly who cries a lot” (2024)

Ellen Ceelen

In 2015 I graduated as a physiotherapist from Avans University of Applied Sciences. This degree programme provided me with a good basis, but I continued to have many questions as to how and why certain problems arose. The holistic vision of Osteopathy appeals to me very much. As osteopaths, we try to find the cause of problems by looking at the whole body. Because back pain that does not go away in spite of intensive training and stretching may, for example, be caused by a disruption in the intestines.

Whether you are troubled by headaches, neck, shoulder, knee or foot problems: Osteopathy provides relief for various problems. You can also come to us with an earache or tinnitus, stomach ache or migraine. We gladly make time for you. Clients often tell us that they wished they had visited an osteopath years ago!

Specializations:

General osteopathy
Osteopathy for persistent complaints after (sports) injuries
Osteopathy in babies and children
Osteopathy in case of fertility problems

Member of the following professional associations:

Dutch Osteopathic Federation (NOF)

Publications:

Thesis (2019)

Working within Life Is Motion Centre, at Osteopathy Practice Life Is Motion, on behalf of Ellen Ceelen Osteopathy.

Lindsey Kerssemakers – van Bemmel

Background:
As a little girl I was already interested in everything related to the human body. This resulted in me completing my training as a physiotherapist in 2016 at Hogeschool Zuyd.
During physiotherapy training, I asked myself various questions such as: Why do complaints keep recurring? The body consists of much more than joints and muscles, why don’t we do anything about that mobility? And why do we treat almost every back complaint the same? Isn’t every person different? This is why osteopathy got my attention and so I completed the osteopathy course successfully in 2022 with a master’s degree at The International Academy of Osteopathy in Antwerp.

Specializations:
• General osteopathy
• Osteopathy during pregnancy and after childbirth
• Osteopathy in babies and children (certified pediatric osteopath)
• Osteopathy in case of fertility problems
• Osteopathy for breastfeeding problems

Member of the following professional associations:
• Dutch Osteopathy Association (NVO)
• Dutch Register for Osteopathy (NRO)

Publications:
• Case study: constipation and back pain (2020)
• Case study: frontolateral headache (2021)
• “The relationship between intrathoracic fasciae, shoulder mobility and shoulder function in recreational handball players.” (master thesis, 2022)
• Case study: plagiocephaly and restlessness in a 3-month-old baby. (2023)
• Case study: migraine and orthodontics in case of a twelve year old. (2024)
• Case study: tantrums and overstimulation in a three-year-old. (2024)

Working within Life Is Motion Centre, at Osteopathy Practice Life Is Motion, on behalf of Van Bemmel Osteopathy.

Maikel Sprengers

Achtergrond:
In 2014 ben ik afgestudeerd als fysiotherapeut. Tijdens de fysiotherapie opleiding wist ik al snel dat ik verder wilde studeren tot osteopaat om zo mensen met complexere klachten te kunnen helpen.
In 2021 heb ik de opleiding tot osteopaat bij het Flanders International College of Osteopathy in Antwerpen met succes afgerond.
Ik kijk graag door middel van sport gerelateerde analyses naar klachten bij specifieke sportuitoefening. Daarnaast heb ik me gespecialiseerd in de behandeling van complexe (veelal neurologisch verklaarbare) klachten. Hier ligt ook mijn voornaamste passie: een complexe klacht van een persoon uitpluizen tot een duidelijk behandelplan en vanuit dit behandelplan de klachten te verbeteren.

Zelf ben ik een recreatief triatleet en houd dus wel van een (duursport) uitdaging.

Binnen het vakgebied Osteopathie besteed ik een groot gedeelte van mijn tijd aan commissiewerk voor het bestuur van Nederlandse Vereniging voor Osteopathie (NVO).

Specialisaties:

Algemene osteopathie
Osteopathie bij baby’s en kinderen
Osteopathie bij sport gerelateerde klachten
Osteopathie bij craniale problematiek
Osteopathie bij neurologische problematiek
Osteopathie bij urogenitale problematiek bij mannen en vrouwen

Lid van de volgende beroepsverenigingen:

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Osteopathie (NVO)
Nederlandse Register voor Osteopathie (NRO)

Publicaties:

“De effecten van buik behandeling bij chronische rugpijn patiënten. ” (thesis, 2021)

Working within Life Is Motion Centre, at Osteopathy Practice Life Is Motion, via Sprengers Osteopathie

Your osteopath

Annabel Bonten-Jennissen started the Life is Motion Osteopathy Practice in Son en Breugel and Eindhoven in 2012. By now there are three colleagues affiliated at the Life Is Motion Centre.

They all started their career as a physiotherapist, and all of them had a wish to be able to offer more to their clients.
They went back to school and followed an Osteopathy training. They gained knowledge about anatomy, physiology and neurology, and learned to make connections between pain and the functioning of organs and the locomotor apparatus, among other things.

Every year, they all take extra training and refresher training courses in order to maintain their knowledge and to continue learning. “This is how we continue to grow as practitioners.”

The osteopaths affiliated to the Life Is Motion Centre search for the cause of your physical problems and stimulate the body to heal itself.

Annabel
Bonten-Jennissen