Professional athletes
Regular care that adapts to your calendar: training blocks, tapering, competition, transition. Sessions follow your season, not the other way round.
Season-long care
Preparation · Recovery · Elite level
At home, at your hotel, in training camp or at competitions. Full confidentiality.
The approach
For an athlete, the body is the tool of the trade. Recovery is not a luxury: it is part of performance, alongside training load, sleep and nutrition. That is the logic I work with, aligned with the demands of your discipline and your calendar.
The work supports load management: myofascial release, flushing of metabolic by-products, targeted deep tissue on the muscle chains specific to your sport, joint mobilisations. Before competition, the tissue is activated without being fatigued. In recovery, we speed up the return to baseline and spot overload zones before they turn into injuries.
Every protocol is built with you, and, where relevant, in coordination with your team: strength and conditioning coach, physiotherapist, head coach. I replace none of them; I add a reliable, regular, complementary link in the chain.
Michèle
Who it is for
A framework built for the demands of competitive sport.
Regular care that adapts to your calendar: training blocks, tapering, competition, transition. Sessions follow your season, not the other way round.
Season-long care
Group interventions: post-match recovery, rotations of short sessions in training camp, presence at an event. Organisation built with the staff.
Camp · event
A key event is approaching: a marathon, an Ironman, a championship, an open-water crossing. We structure the preceding weeks, the day before the event and the recovery that follows.
Pre-competition
High-profile athletes, executives and public figures: fully confidential sessions, at home, at your hotel or at your training base.
Confidential sessions
The method
The four phases
Pre-competition (24 to 48 hours before). Activation of the muscle chains, drainage, warming of the tissues. We prepare the tissue without fatiguing it: no aggressive techniques close to an event.
Post-effort recovery (1 to 24 hours after). We flush metabolic by-products, ease muscle tone and help the fibres relax. This eases delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) over the following 48 to 72 hours.
Between competitions. Between close events (tournament, stages, back-to-back matches), short targeted sessions keep the body available without draining its reserves.
Season-long care. At regular intervals, outside competition: overload is released before it crystallises into tendinopathy or muscle tears. This is the heart of prevention.
In practice
1. Focused assessment. Discipline, training volume, upcoming events, problem areas, injury history. If you work with a support team, I build on their guidance.
2. Targeted work. Sustained pressure, cross-fibre friction, myofascial release, joint mobilisations: the protocol matches the point in your season and the chains specific to your discipline.
3. Debrief and guidance. Hydration and recovery advice, points of vigilance noticed during the session, feedback to your staff if you wish.
4. Consistency. The benefits of hands-on work are cumulative. We set the rhythm that matches your load together: weekly in full season, spaced out in transition.
Bespoke
Every situation is different: individual year-round care, a week-long training camp, an event, a full team. Terms and conditions are defined together, with a personalised quote, after a first conversation.
Regular sessions aligned with your sporting calendar, with a single therapist who knows your body and your history.
On-site at your training base: individual sessions or team rotations, coordinated with the training programme.
Support on the day or across an entire event: pre-effort activation, immediate recovery, back-to-back rounds.
At home, at your hotel, at the club or at the venue, across the French Riviera and Monaco. Further afield, by arrangement.
Discretion & trust
Working with high-profile clients requires clear rules. They are non-negotiable and apply to every intervention, whatever the context.
Experience
A practice built with athletes.
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“Recovery is part
of training.”
Frequently asked
Gladly. In fact, I prefer it. Sports wellness massage complements the work of the physiotherapist and the strength coach, it does not replace it. Where a team is already in place, I fit into their setup and share my observations if the athlete wishes.
The core of my activity covers the French Riviera and Monaco, from Cannes to Menton, as well as the inland villages and Isola 2000. For a more distant training camp or event, each project is studied case by case during the first conversation.
By principle first: no mention of my clients, ever, anywhere. In writing if needed: a non-disclosure agreement can be signed before the collaboration. Sessions take place at the location of your choice, with complete discretion.
It depends on load and calendar. During competition periods, a weekly session is a solid base, complemented by pre and post-effort work around key events. In transition, the rhythm spaces out. The protocol adjusts continuously.
With a phone conversation: your discipline, your competition dates, your needs, your context. I then build a tailored proposal, with no commitment. If it suits you, the first session serves as a baseline assessment.
Preparation, recovery and injury prevention for active bodies.
→Deep work for chronic tension and long-standing postural patterns.
→The classic European technique: circulation, tension relief, deep relaxation.
→Seated, fully clothed, 15 to 30 minutes. Ideal in camp or at an event.
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