Physiotherapists near Chaumont-Gistoux

As a young physiotherapist and martial arts practitioner for many years, I have discovered that knowledge of oneself and one's practice lead to an intelligent, healthy and efficient practice. The thirst for learning that has driven me since my childhood in a variety of fields led me to physical therapy and, coupled with a love of sports, to martial arts. The main common points between these two practices are for me the constant learning, the adaptation to the other, the open-mindedness, the questioning, the evolution and the research of fusion of the different principles. My practice, which is constantly evolving, focuses on the patient as the main actor in his or her treatment, which can therefore be considered as a team effort where decisions are made together and where the patient's understanding of the pathology and the treatment is, in my opinion, the best way to approach healing serenely.

After obtaining my diploma, I decided to train in respiratory physiotherapy. I evolved in this field as a physiotherapist performing respiratory guards at the Cliniques Universitaires de Saint-Luc in Woluwe. I therefore work with both infants and the elderly (bronchiolitis, bronchitis, COPD, pneumonia, etc.). Another area that directly interested me is pre-/post-natal care. Following several birth training courses, I help relieve pregnancy-related pain, prepare for childbirth, as well as take care of young mothers. Through different training and professional experience, I also work in visceral physiotherapy, geriatric revalidation as well as musculoskeletal physiotherapy.

With a bachelor's degree in Physical Education, Sports and Leisure, and a master's degree in Kinesitherapy and Rehabilitation, I have always been passionate about the incredible capabilities of the human body. As an artistic gymnastics coach for more than 15 years, I have been taking care of children from 5 to 18 years old and of all levels, from simple leisure to international level. This experience has allowed me to develop my sense of adaptation to the person in front of me, which I apply in my treatment sessions. A natural perfectionist, I am constantly seeking to improve myself. This has led me to follow training courses in the two fields that I am passionate about: sport and paediatrics. After graduating, I started with a training course on the holistic care of infants and young children. This training highlighted the specificity of the infant and the mother and taught me how to help them from the beginning of the pregnancy until the end of the pregnancy and during all the first years of the baby's life. The areas treated range from a simple global check-up related to childbirth, insomnia, digestive problems, sucking problems, ... to more important problems such as plagiocephaly, congenital torticollis, ... I then went on to a training course on how to care for the cervical spine which gave me a better understanding of this essential area of the body and its importance in the overall balance as well as all the relationships between this area of the spine and the problems we may encounter. In the same way that a cervical joint blockage can lead to a simple torticollis, we can find cardiac, respiratory or digestive problems due to irritation of the vagus nerve at this level, hormonal problems due to tension on the thyroid gland... The implications are multiple and this has reinforced my idea that the body is not just a mechanical unit but much more than that. These first two trainings led me to reconsider the importance of the belly in our care. This naturally led me to train in visceral physiotherapy. This training allowed me to put the different parts of the abdomen (stomach, liver, gall bladder, kidneys, intestines, ...) in relation to each other and to better understand their importance in general immunity and in chronic and inflammatory pathologies (colic, nausea, irritable bowel syndrome, portal hypertension which can lead to digestive haemorrhages, Crohn's disease, ...). The phrase "the intestine is our second brain" therefore took on its full meaning. Still unsatisfied and still wanting to learn, I started studying osteopathy. This new way of approaching the patient, of understanding the underlying mechanisms of pathologies and not only of treating the cause, opened up a new universe of possibilities which fascinates me a little more each day. During these years of study, I was able to access more advanced knowledge in the orthopaedic (sprain, dislocation, spasms, ...), visceral, neuro-vegetative, hormonal, ... Contrary to popular belief, it is not always necessary to thruster (crack) but the treatments are done with respect for the body and the individual and there are a multitude of ways to proceed that do not use thruster. My next training course will be based on "Individualised prevention and management of pain through postural, motor and cognitive preferences" in order to adapt the treatment to each person even more precisely, whatever their level or pain. Besides these trainings, I have also been interested in complementary fields such as Chinese medicine, epigenetics, somato-emotional osteopathy and the emotional language of the body, ... I attach great importance to communication between the therapist and the patient in order to build up the rehabilitation in the best possible way and to obtain the results as efficiently as possible. Looking forward to working together

As an independent physiotherapist specialized in musculoskeletal disorders, I work mainly, in addition to classical physiotherapy, in the rehabilitation of the spine, the resumption of sports and the post-operation. My professional approach is supported by continuous training which is part of a therapeutic practice based on recent, reliable and verified science. The therapeutic objective is defined together and constantly re-evaluated according to the context or the results. The goal? To move better and with confidence!