Physio Learning instructor
A sports physiotherapist since 2016, he spent four seasons at Olympique lyonnais and then a season as physiotherapy coordinator at Olympique de Marseille. He now works with professional and amateur athletes through his own consultancy, and teaches the course on reconditioning.
2016
Started practising as a sports physiotherapist
4
Seasons at Olympique lyonnais, from the U19s to the professional squad
2
Coupe Gambardella titles won with the teams he supported
2020
Founded his own reconditioning and physical preparation practice
Elite sport taught him two things he passes on today: an injury is managed as a team, and the return to the pitch is planned in measurable stages. Everything else — the protocols, the tests, the communication between staffs — follows from that.
2016 to 2021 · Clinical
Including care of the National 2 squad at AS Saint-Priest.
2018 to 2022 · Elite sport
Care of the Pro 2, women's professional and U19 squads, assessment and planning of reconditioning, individualised injury prevention protocols. Coupe Gambardella winner in 2022.
2023 to 2024 · Elite sport
Structuring the therapeutic processes, organising communication between staffs, following the Pro 2 and U19 squads — Coupe Gambardella winners in 2024 — and running in-house training.
Since 2020 · Entrepreneurship
Personalised reconditioning and physical preparation, on-site and remotely, for professional and amateur athletes, with a healthcare network built around them.
Since 2023 · Teaching
Instructor in sports physiotherapy, and creator of a podcast devoted to performance.
Ongoing · Continuing education
EXOS mentorship on strength development and recovery strategies, FRC Mobility Specialist certification, expert pathway in sports physiotherapy — core training, blood flow restriction, video analysis of movement, multidirectional speed.
Five seasons in professional clubs: Olympique lyonnais from 2018 to 2022, Olympique de Marseille in 2023-2024, with professional and academy squads.
Instructor in sports physiotherapy since 2023, on reconditioning and injury prevention.
Creator of a podcast devoted to performance, where he brings physiotherapists, strength and conditioning coaches and head coaches into conversation.
Certifications: EXOS mentorship, FRC Mobility Specialist, expert pathway in sports physiotherapy.
What he did at the club, made workable in private practice: structuring every stage between the injury and the return to play, with progression criteria and tests that make the decision for you.
Discover the courseClear course that sheds light on many topics around physical preparation, very clear and the instructor was very available.
New knowledge to get the most out of patients' recovery.
The venue is perfect, it is a very good introduction to the subject.
Maxence Ponthus is a sports physiotherapist and strength and conditioning coach. He qualified in 2016, worked with the Olympique lyonnais squads from 2018 to 2022, then was physiotherapy coordinator at Olympique de Marseille in 2023-2024. He now runs his own reconditioning practice.
He teaches From injury to return to play, on-site, devoted to structuring reconditioning. The programme, duration and price are on the course page.
No. The course starts from what happens in private practice: patients who want to get back to their sport without a recurrence. The criteria and tests presented come from elite sport, but they are chosen to be workable without specialist equipment. Our other courses in this field are gathered on the sports physiotherapy page.
On developing strength and power, on recovery strategies — sleep, nutrition, training load — and on optimising joint capacity, subjects he has trained in with EXOS and the FRC programme.
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