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Juliana Prieto Ruedaphysiotherapist, respiratory care and orofacial myofunctional therapy

A state-registered physiotherapist who qualified in Brazil and then in France, specialised in respiratory rehabilitation, orofacial myofunctional therapy and sleep-disordered breathing. After ten years in intensive care and clinical research in São Paulo, she founded her practice in the Var and now coordinates a lung health prevention initiative.

Carqueiranne (83)
Qualified in Brazil and in France
Clinical research in respiratory medicine
Sleep disorders
French, Portuguese, Spanish, English

2006
Physiotherapy degree, UNINOVE, São Paulo
2016
State Diploma in Physiotherapy, Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis
3 years
Of clinical research into respiratory disease at the Heart Institute in São Paulo
2023
Founding of her practice and of a lung health prevention initiative

Juliana Prieto Rueda's career

Two countries, one speciality: breathing. Intensive care, non-invasive ventilation, clinical research, then respiratory rehabilitation for children and adults, orofacial myofunctional therapy and sleep-disordered breathing.

2002 to 2006 · Initial training
Physiotherapy degree
UNINOVE, in São Paulo, with distinction.
2007 · Specialisation
Inter-university diploma in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy
Santa Casa de São Paulo.
2008 to 2012 · Hospital and research
Adult intensive care, then clinical research
Mechanical and non-invasive ventilation in intensive care, then clinical research into respiratory disease at the Heart Institute in São Paulo: spirometry and therapeutic patient education.
2016 · Initial training
State Diploma in Physiotherapy
Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis, after placements in cardiac and respiratory rehabilitation.
2019 to 2021 · Hospital
Physiotherapist in rehabilitation and follow-up care
Centre hospitalier d'Hyères, in adult and paediatric respiratory rehabilitation.
Since 2023 · Clinical
Founder of her practice in the Var
Orofacial myofunctional therapy, respiratory rehabilitation for children and adults, sleep-disordered breathing and therapeutic patient education.
Since 2023 · Public health
Coordinator of a lung health prevention initiative
Regional delegate of a national respiratory health association, running workshops for patients with COPD.

Research, conferences and prevention

Publication in the journal CHEST: anxiety, depression and health-related quality of life in a population of patients with bronchiectasis, with and without cystic fibrosis.
Speaker at the Journées pratiques respiration sommeil in 2025 and 2026.
Public awareness: contributions to the regional and national press on mouth breathing and orofacial myofunctional disorders.
Continuing education: pulmonary rehabilitation, autogenic drainage, orofacial dysfunction and orofacial motor function in Brazil, polygraphy interpretation, sleep apnoea, dry needling, manual therapy.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Juliana Prieto Rueda?

Juliana Prieto Rueda is a state-registered physiotherapist who qualified in Brazil in 2006 and then in France in 2016. Specialised in respiratory rehabilitation, orofacial myofunctional therapy and sleep-disordered breathing, she worked in intensive care and in clinical research in São Paulo before founding her practice in the Var.

Does she teach a course at Physio Learning?

No course under her name appears in the current catalogue. Our available courses are gathered on the all our courses page.

What is orofacial myofunctional therapy?

Rehabilitation of the functions of the oral sphere — breathing, swallowing, tongue position — whose disorders are associated with mouth breathing and with sleep-disordered breathing, in children as much as in adults. It is the field in which she practises and speaks at conferences.