OSTÉOPATH PhD. DO.
RESEARCH
• Space physiology, particularly the intervertebral disc (with the support of CNES)
• As part of the international SOLAR program, I participate in various collaborative projects (surveys, data from PBRN, literature reviews and other scientific productions).
• Osteopathy and sport (STAPS-CREPS)
• Osteopathy and oncology (ALGOS ITO-Oncopole study, Member of AFSOS and MASCC)
• Health pedagogy
My research covers several themes:
SPACE PHYSIOLOGY
"There are only two infinite things, the universe and human stupidity... but for the universe, I have no absolute certainty."
(Albert Einstein)
Since 2013 I have been participating in research programs within the Toulouse space clinic (Medes-IMPS), with the support of CNES.
The goal is to understand the back pain experienced by astronauts during space flight, and especially upon their return to Earth where "vertebral deconditioning" is observed.
This is characterized by amyotrophy, osteoporosis, pain associated with more herniated discs (cervical and lumbar), as well as postural control disorders.
Spinal changes and postural disorders experienced by astronauts are my priority research areas, which were the subject of my doctoral thesis. Thanks to the support of CNES, I notably participated in experiments in partnership with the Chinese space agency in Shenzhen and with Russian researchers from IBMP.
RESEARCH IN OSTEOPATHY
As part of the international SOLAR program, I participate in various collaborative projects (data from PBRN, literature reviews, and other scientific publications).
SOLAR is an international leadership capacity building project for osteopathic research initiated by the Sydney School of Public Health (UTS-ARCCIM) in Australia by Professor Jon Adams and Dr. Amie Steel.
The SOLAR team is composed of researchers from around the world whose vision is to improve and facilitate evidence-based osteopathy.
SOLAR'S OBJECTIVES:
• Help identify and nurture a critical mass of emerging leaders in osteopathic research
• Instill and develop trust and strengthen research collaborations and networks among these researchers
• Facilitate and encourage multidisciplinary, multimethod, and multisectoral research approaches and designs for osteopathy
• Provide explicit research and leadership mentoring, training, and support to assist each SOLAR researcher
• Enable reflection and sharing and encourage "big picture" strategic thinking in public health
• Help produce a prolific range of tangible research findings, products, and communications (for a range of audiences both internal and external to osteopathy).
Web site : solar-arccim.com
OSTEOPATHY
& ONCOLOGY
Since 2022, I have been working in partnership with the Toulouse Oncopole. There, we have developed several research projects on breast cancer and palliative care.
I therefore have the pleasure of working with patients in connection with cancer.
I am a member of the French-speaking Association of Supportive Care in Oncology (AFSOS). I am working on updating the AFSOS Osteopathy Reference Framework. I had the opportunity to present our work at the MASCC International Congress in Lille in 2023 and at the ROE Congress in Mallorca.
I had the honor of conducting a pilot study (ALGOS Project) on neuropathic pain after breast cancer, in partnership with ITO - IUCT Oncopole de Toulouse. My interventions are both in private practice in the monitoring of people with cancer, as well as in the supervision of final dissertations in osteopathy in connection with oncology.
