Read the testimony of Pascal Maillé, director of Clairefontaine Medical Center and trauma doctor and Guillaume Vassout, MKDE at the Clairefontaine Medical Centre, on the integration of the Allyane method into their daily practice.
Why did you decide to train in the Allyane method?
Pascal Maillé (PM): As a trauma doctor, I have had to follow many patients, and for a number of years now I have been convinced that they must be treated holistically, particularly on a cognitive level.
I have also observed AMI (Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition) in my clinical practice, and I needed tools that would allow me to make progress on this, as classical rehabilitation was sometimes failing.
From there, and having learned about the Allyane method, I wanted us to be able to integrate it into our practices at the Clairefontaine Medical Center.
What contribution has the method made to the care of your patients?
Guillaume Vassout (GV): What's interesting is being able to resolve a situation and track our progress. We're better equipped to find the most relevant approach for the session.
PM: What seems important to me is to start with a diagnosis, both in relation to the pathology, the joint in question, the state of the muscle, and also in our activity at Clairefontaine, the advantage of Allyane is to be able to go as far as the function.
How have you integrated the Allyane method into your daily practice?
PM: Regarding decision-making, we have a collective operation with a staff for our strategic decisions, during which we decided to integrate Allyane.
GV: In terms of practical implementation, five physiotherapists and the strength and conditioning coach are being trained, and we're working closely with him in his role of rehabilitation. The interesting thing is being able to schedule Allyane sessions at strategic times of the day, depending on whether the player is returning to action on the field or focusing on muscle strengthening.
What is also relevant is that the players stay at the Centre all day, so we can position the sessions at the time that seems most relevant to the objective we are seeking.
For which indications do you observe the most results?
GV: We have conducted about thirty sessions since our training 6 months ago. We initially wanted to consolidate the "simplest" sessions which allowed us to work on the release of purely muscular inhibition.
PM: AMI's indications include inhibition of patellar syndromes, cruciate ligament rehabilitation, and flexion contractures. We also observed motor inhibition via EMG measurements.
Would you recommend that your colleagues get training? Why?
PM: From a medical perspective, the answer is yes. The real challenge in recommending this method lies in defining motor inhibitions and ensuring practitioners understand them, because prescribing a treatment and method effectively requires a thorough understanding of the pathology. Therefore, as a physician, I recommend the method, but only based on a very precise diagnosis.
GV: To confirm what Pascal said, as a practitioner I recommend the Allyane method if you already have a strong commitment to working in a positive way, to always being engaged in this mental imagery research, which is what we were already doing before. You could say that Allyane came along and structured and provided a method for empirical practices we had that were working, but the method also lends credibility to these practices and opens the door to evaluations and tests to validate the results obtained from the sessions.