Anthony Halimiphysiotherapist, physiology and pain management
A physiotherapist in private practice in Dijon since 2015, closely involved in promoting evidence-based practice and the biopsychosocial model of pain. A speaker at some thirty conferences and training institutes and a co-founder of KinéFACT, he teaches the course “Managing complex pain”.
French State Diploma in Physiotherapy, and setting up in private practice
6
Training institutes where he has taught pain management
2018
Co-founded KinéFACT, a collective monitoring the scientific literature
Since 2019
Continuing education instructor in pain management
Anthony Halimi's career
A clinical practice, and alongside it a deeper piece of work: explaining pain, flushing out bias, and convincing the profession that rigour is not the enemy of care. He has done it at conferences, in training institutes, online and in continuing education.
2015 · Initial training
French State Diploma in Physiotherapy
Since 2015 · Clinical
Physiotherapist in private practice in Dijon
A general practice, with a strong leaning towards pain and therapeutic exercise.
Since 2016 · Involvement
Board member of the Société de physiothérapie de Bourgogne
Then webmaster of the pain interest group of the Société française de physiothérapie, from 2018 to 2021.
Since 2018 · Outreach
Co-founder of KinéFACT and editor of ThinKin'
A collective monitoring the scientific literature and a publishing space devoted to critical appraisal in physiotherapy.
2018 to 2023 · Conferences
Speaker at conferences and in training institutes
JFK, CIFEPK, the congress of the Société française de chirurgie de la main, the IPPP congress, regional physiotherapy societies; teaching the biopsychosocial management of pain at the IFMK physiotherapy schools of Dijon, La Musse, Strasbourg and Angoulême, and at Bordeaux University Hospital.
Since 2019 · Teaching
Instructor in pain management
A continuing education course delivered for several training providers in France and Belgium, and an e-learning course on the first physiotherapy session, built together with Théo Chaumeil.
Ongoing · Continuing education
Pain, central sensitisation and headache
Explain Pain with Lorimer Moseley, Know Pain with Mike Stewart, central sensitisation with Jo Nijs, functional therapeutic movement with Ben Cormack, neuropathies with Bryan Littré, headache with Anthony Demont, vascular disorders with Bryan Littré and Olivia Ferrand.
Publishing, teaching and outreach
Co-founder of KinéFACT in 2018: a collective devoted to checking the claims that circulate within the profession.
Volunteer translator for an international page promoting evidence-based practice in physiotherapy.
Lecturer in pre-registration training: the biopsychosocial management of pain at several IFMK physiotherapy schools, and the course “How to avoid being biased?”.
Creator of teaching resources: blog posts, infographics and quizzes for an exercise prescription app.
His long-standing course, delivered since 2019 in France and Belgium: understanding complex pain, assessing it and treating it within a biopsychosocial frame, without losing the clinical reasoning along the way.
Please note. Anthony Halimi works as a preventive physiotherapist for Axomove, an exercise prescription app, and is paid for that work. This information is published at his request, as part of our transparency on competing interests.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Anthony Halimi?
Anthony Halimi is a physiotherapist who qualified in 2015 and works in private practice in Dijon. A speaker and lecturer on pain management, and a co-founder of KinéFACT, a collective that monitors the scientific literature, he has been teaching in France and Belgium since 2019.
Which course does he teach at Physio Learning?
He teaches Managing complex pain, on-site. The programme, the duration and the price are shown on the course page.
Does he have any interests to declare?
Yes, and he publishes them: he works as a preventive physiotherapist for Axomove, an exercise prescription app, and is paid for that work. Our transparency rules are set out in our editorial methodology.
Is his course suitable for physiotherapists who are just starting out?
It is for anyone who sees patients in chronic pain and feels at a loss, however long they have been practising. The exact prerequisites are shown on the course page, and our evidence-based practice page sets out the approach.