FOLLOW STEPS
Rehabilitation & Exercise Guidance
Your guide through immediate rehabilitation
and long term exercise support
Online anywhere, in person in West Flanders – Brugge
FOLLOW STEPS Exercise guidance
*Individual sessions and small groups ON LINE, go to our On line Exercise guidance page here:https://followsteps.be/on-line-exercise-guidance/
*Michaela works also with LEGS Local Exercise Groups for stroke and neurological conditions (UK based and registered charity NO. 1177659).
LEGS offers variety of exercise groups and classes. Please visit the LEGS website for more information (www.legs.org.uk/exerciseclasses) and contact LEGS physiotherapist on (++44 7471 210 359) for your initial contact/brief assessment, which will be carried out online or over the phone.
FOLLOW STEPS Rehabilitation/Physiotherapy
*Rehabilitation & functional physical activity/exercise guidance for adults with neurological conditions (West Vlaanderen, Brugge)
*Rehabilitation & Exercise guidance for adults with mobility and balance problems (West Vlaanderen, Brugge)
**this service is under construction
FOLLOW STEPS
Rehabilitation & Exercise guidance
Michaela Zelenkova MSc
Michaela before training as a physiotherapist worked as a GP Exercise referral scheme instructor. Michaela completed her bachelor degree in 2007 at Brunel University in UK (West London) and most recently in June 2025 completed also her masters degree in neurological rehabilitation specialisation at the University of Antwerp. Michaela started her physiotherapy profession by completing two years of core physiotherapy rotations in the Wexham Park Hospital in Berkshire, where she has also worked as physiotherapy assistant during her training. From 2011 to 2022 Michaela worked for West London Ealing Community NHS Trust – Enable team, in the physiotherapy neurology outpatients clinic, specialising in neurological and vestibular rehabilitation, treating clients with multisensory impairment and complex medical history.
Michaela believes that exercise and being physically active is a powerful tool for staying healthy. In rehabilitation regular exercise of the right intensity makes a crucial difference to functional ability, strength and balance. Regular physical exercise and early application of meaningful functional movement at suitable level applied with respect to one’s individual preferences must be part of management of any acquired but also progressive condition.
Michaela lives and works in Belgium but remains registered with the Health Professional Council and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in UK and it’s interest groups ACPIN (Association of physiotherapists interested in neurology) and ACPIVR (Association of physiotherapists in vestibular rehabilitation). She is also a member of AXXON the professional association for physiotherapist in Belgium and registered with the RIZIV (Het Belgische Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte-en Invaliditeitsverzekering). Michaela also works with LEGS – UK charity since 2021. LEGS caters for a wide range of neurological conditions and offers great quality physiotherapist-led affordable exercise guidance and classes.
Maximise Recovery
Time is crucial when trying to maximise your recovery after stroke or acquired brain injury. Access to suitable exercise guidance with the right intensity is therefore very important.
Personalised Rehabilitation
In recovery and in line with the neuroplasticity principles specificity, salience, repetition, intensity and time matters.
Exercise Is For Life
Help us build a suitable activity/exercise plan, which is maintainable long term.
Use it or lose it is one of the most important principles in rehabilitation.
Expert on line exercise guidance
Regular access to exercise
Contact info
Resources
So, how is exercise not like medicine?
Exercise and physical activity are preventative.
Encouraging all people to be physically active on a regular basis. It is more than preventing disease or rehabilitation from disease, it is about staying healthy.
Swisher AK 2010
Follow Steps is registered in Belgium
Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen
ondernemingsnummer 0804.064.771 (BE)
Phone: UK: ++44 7703 297 167
Phone: BE: ++32 468 099 299
Website: www.followsteps.be
Email: michaela@followsteps.be
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