THE OSTEO 43 TEAM
Founder & Owner
Gunter Knockaert
Gunter Knockaert (born 1973) has been trained as a Physiotherapist (1995) in HIPB Belgium, with Master degrees in Sport Physiotherapy (1996), Osteopathy (2006) and Muscular Chains by Busquets (2009). He was born in Ieper – Belgium and is living in Lanzarote since 1996.
With almost 25 years of experience in athlete’s treatment, he is collaborating as a Sports Physiotherapist & Osteopath with a large number of professional athletes; IRONMAN world champions, Olympic athletes, duathletes, cyclists, endurance athletes, etc… He is specialized in triathlon endurance sports.
Gunter has been practising triathlon Ironman distances himself for several years and since 2010 active in marathon MTB races.
Gunter created a series of specific O43 structural techniques & proved exercise programs, which are used in the OSTEO43 clinics and definitely mark the difference!
OSTEO43 is a registered trademark.
Osteo43 Therapist
Christian Aguilera Jacobsen
Christian Aguilera Jacobsen (born 1961) has been trained as a Sports Teacher ( INEF – 1984) and later as a Physiotherapist (1989). He finished his 6 year Osteopathy master in 2004. He was born in Barcelona and has double nationality Spanish – Danish. He lives in Lanzarote since 1990.
Christian has been active as an athlete himself in sports especially in athletics, he was a very talented pole vaulter. Later he played tennis at a high level and since 5 years he is practising triathlon.
Christian can look back on more than 25 years of combined knowledge in sports teaching and body treatment. He has been using the O43 techniques & programs for many years and is an absolute specialist in using the patient’s muscular system to improve structural position and decrease tension within the musculoskeletal framework.
Osteo43 Therapist
Hermann Zimmermann
Hermann Zimmermann (born in 1986) with double nationality German and Spanish, trained as a physiotherapist in Madrid (2010).
He has a master’s degree in Manual Therapy (2010) which provided him with an osteopathic vision and techniques in addition to Muscular Chains (GDS).
In 2018 he completed a master’s degree in Kinesiology (Vienna – Austria).
He has a large amount of experience treating professional athletes, including professional basketball & handball teams, Triathlon and Ironman World Champions, Track and Field athletes, cyclists, swimmers and Olympic athletes.
One of his roles brought him to be the responsible therapist for the US basketball team (U23).
Nowadays he is treating as well football players of the Premier League, Calcio Serie A, Bundesliga and La Liga.
Manual therapy, osteopathy and a global vision of the patient are his main specialized fields.
Hermann is a former basketball player, international rescue swimmer and is an absolute sports addict!
He has lived/worked in multiple countries: France, Germany, Austria, Spain and China.
His language skills allow him to speak fluently in German, Spanish, English and French.
Osteo43 Therapist
Alessandra Carlotti
Alessandra Carlotti, born in Italy (1995), has been trained as an Osteopath in C.R.O.M.O.N. (Rome – 2019) with Master in Sports Osteopathy (Milan – 2023) and Kinesiology Taping (2021).
She has experience in treatment with athletes,especially figure skaters and swimmers.
She has always been addicted to sports and has been active as an athlete herself in figure skating where she has competed and also worked as a coach.
Since a couple of years she practices water sports like kitesurf and surf. She combines passion, knowledge in coaching and osteopathy treatment.
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