EXPERTS
Our Experts in Foot, Ankle, and Lower Leg Complaints
At FA Education, we collaborate with some of the leading experts in the field of foot, ankle, and lower leg complaints. Our instructors combine extensive clinical experience with the latest scientific insights. This ensures that our courses are not only relevant and practical but also grounded in the most recent developments in physiotherapy and sports science.
We’re proud to introduce them to you:
Romain Tourillon
Romain Tourillon is a leading sports physiotherapist and researcher specializing in foot and ankle conditions. He treats elite athletes at the Hôpital de La Tour in Geneva and conducts innovative research on the role of foot muscles in sports performance.
Brice Picot
Brice Picot is a French sports physiotherapist, researcher, and associate professor at the Université Savoie Mont Blanc. His research focuses on traumatology, rehabilitation medicine, and physiotherapy. His current projects include injury rehabilitation and the prevention of chronic ankle instability.
François Fourchet
François Fourchet is a French sports physiotherapist, osteopath, and researcher with extensive international experience in sports medicine. Since 2017, he has been providing national and international education to physiotherapists, (sports) physicians, and coaches. Throughout his career, he has worked with numerous international and Olympic athletes.
Jente Wagemans
Jente Wagemans is a sports physiotherapist with a PhD in ankle rehabilitation, specialized in ankle injuries, chronic ankle instability, and return to sport.
Nicolas Haelewijn
Nicolas Haelewijn is a sports physiotherapist and teaching assistant at KU Leuven, where he obtained his PhD in 2025 on the biomechanics of the multi-segment foot and intrinsic foot muscles in flexible flatfeet.
Patrick Vallance
Patrick Vallance is a physiotherapist, researcher and lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his PhD in 2025 on neurological mechanisms underlying pain and functional impairments in tendinopathy, for which he received the prestigious BJSM PhD Academy Award.