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A physiotherapist who qualified at the CEERRF in 2019, holder of the certificate of further studies in sports physiotherapy and trained in strength and conditioning. He has made myo-collagenous injuries of the lower limb his field of expertise, from the calf to the Achilles tendon.
2019
French State Diploma in Physiotherapy, CEERRF in Saint-Denis
2021
Certificate of further studies in sports physiotherapy, SFMKS
2023
Certification in strength and conditioning and sports performance
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Written works: a systematic review and an article on injury prevention
His practice fits into a single sentence, one he writes himself: bring together the scientific evidence, the patient's preferences and experience in the field. It was his regular reading of the sports literature that led him to myo-collagenous injuries, the subject of both his written works.
2019 · Initial training
CEERRF in Saint-Denis, with a final dissertation in the form of a systematic review on symptom modification in the assessment of the painful shoulder.
Since 2019 · Clinical
Rheumatology, trauma and sports injuries.
2021 · Specialisation
Awarded by the Société française des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes du sport, the French sports physiotherapy society.
2022 to 2023 · Specialisation
A long course, which complements rehabilitation with the development of physical qualities.
2019 to 2023 · Continuing education
Functional therapeutic movement with Ben Cormack, pain neuroscience and cervicobrachial neuralgia with Laurent Fabre, shoulder with Jo Gibson and Angela Cadogan, ankle with Brice Picot, foot core with François Fourchet, Know Pain with Mike Stewart, clinical psychology with Tamar Pincus.
2021 · Writing
On the value of sprinting in preventing myo-collagenous injuries.
Systematic review on the painful shoulder: the place of symptom modification in clinical assessment, final dissertation (2019).
Article on hamstring injury prevention: the value of sprinting in preventing myo-collagenous injuries (2021).
Supervising students in his practice, and sharing skills within a multidisciplinary team.
Myo-collagenous calf injuries and Achilles tendon rupture, from rehabilitation to patient self-management. A course born of his reading, of his exchanges with colleagues and of what he sees coming through a sports practice.
Discover the courseGreat course, Damien is incredibly clear. Managing the calf and the Achilles becomes simple and logical. Ideal for my caseload of runners.
At last something concrete on EBP! No theoretical waffle, only validated tests and clear algorithms for rehabilitation.
The structured assessment completely changed the way I triage my patients. No more doubts about red flags during the clinical examination.
Damien Rech is a physiotherapist who qualified at the CEERRF in Saint-Denis in 2019, holds the certificate of further studies in sports physiotherapy and is trained in strength and conditioning. He works in private practice in the Paris region, with a focus on rheumatology, trauma and sports injuries.
He teaches Myo-collagenous calf injuries and Achilles tendon rupture, on site. The programme and practical details are set out on the course page.
Myo-collagenous injuries of the lower limb — calf, hamstrings, Achilles tendon — and their prevention. It is the subject of his article on the value of sprinting and of the course he teaches; see also our guides on Achilles tendinopathy and on hamstring injuries.
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