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Tessadit Aissaoui, physiotherapist and instructor at Physio Learning

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Tessadit Aissaouiphysiotherapist, hand and wrist

A physiotherapist in private practice since 2013, specialising in hand and wrist rehabilitation since 2016. She opened a Lyon practice devoted to that work in 2021 and speaks regularly at conferences on Dupuytren's disease and complex regional pain syndrome.

  • Lyon (69)
  • In private practice since 2013
  • Hand and wrist since 2016
  • Member of GEMMSOR
  • Hypnosis and pain

Tessadit Aissaoui's career

Her career follows a single line, held for ten years: the hand and the wrist, from assessment to splinting, with a marked interest in what pain does to movement — algodystrophy, perception, hypnosis.

  1. Since 2013 · Clinical

    Physiotherapist in private practice

    Private practice in Lyon, at first as a generalist.

  2. Since 2016 · Specialisation

    Hand and wrist rehabilitation

    Hand trauma, algodystrophy and splinting become her main activity, informed by the programmes of the Académie de la thérapie de la main and of the GEM.

  3. Since 2019 · Conferences

    Speaker on Dupuytren's disease and then on CRPS

    Journées francophones de kinésithérapie, the GEM congress at the Palais des congrès in Paris, the ASTP congress in Sousse.

  4. 2021 · Clinical

    Opening of her hand and wrist rehabilitation practice

    A treatment facility given over entirely to the upper limb, in Lyon.

  5. Since 2021 · Teaching

    Teaching sessions and webinars

    Assessment and rehabilitation of CRPS for SPARA and ASTP, hand assessment and rehabilitation for Full Physio.

  6. Ongoing · Continuing education

    Pain, hypnosis and neurodynamics

    Pain management, hypnosis in physiotherapy levels 1 and 2, neurodynamics, neuropathies and nerve entrapment syndromes.

Conferences and teaching

  • Dupuytren's disease: assessment and rehabilitation at the Journées francophones de kinésithérapie (Montpellier, 2019), and the specific features of the disease in women at the GEM congress (Paris, 2019).

  • Complex regional pain syndrome: physiotherapy treatment at the JFK (2021), disturbances of perception at the GEM congress (2021), prevention at the GEM congress (2022).

  • Assessment and rehabilitation of the hand and the wrist at the ASTP congress, in Sousse (2021).

  • Webinars and online lectures with SPARA, ASTP and Full Physio, on the assessment and treatment of CRPS and on hand rehabilitation.

Their courses at Physio Learning

What participants say

  • Anatomy refreshers tied directly to the conditions! A superb approach, it is a huge piece of work! Well done Tessa.
    Mike G.Physiotherapist
  • Excellent course, rich, dense and well-referenced content! Huge thanks to Tessa for the quality of her explanations and the passion she passes on for this speciality!
    Anne-Sophie T.Physiotherapist
  • Clear and precise, with a great deal of content on the conditions but also tools to use in the clinic, plus a huge amount of advice!
    Héloïse L.Physiotherapist

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tessadit Aissaoui?

Tessadit Aissaoui is a physiotherapist, in private practice since 2013 and specialising in hand and wrist rehabilitation since 2016. She works in Lyon, in a practice she set up in 2021 for that work alone, and she is a member of GEMMSOR, the French society for hand rehabilitation.

Which courses does she teach at Physio Learning?

Four: hand rehabilitation level 1 on-site, the advanced hand and wrist course and elbow rehabilitation as e-learning, and a short format on using the French hand therapy board. Programme, duration and price are set out on each course page.

Can her courses be funded?

Funding arrangements depend on each course and are stated on its course page. The general framework is set out in our FIFPL and DPC guides, the two French funding schemes for physiotherapists.

What are her conference presentations about?

Two subjects: Dupuytren's disease, which she has presented at the JFK and at the GEM congress, and complex regional pain syndrome, to which she has devoted several presentations — physiotherapy treatment, disturbances of perception, prevention.