Daniel Bontems, osteopath D.O.
Making the link between disciplines, forms of medicine and bodies.
A former PE teacher with a Master's in sports science (STAPS), I have been an osteopath D.O. since 2011. I have added university diplomas in anatomy applied to medical imaging and in micronutrition, training in pain neuroscience, a master's in sports osteopathy and more than 90 postgraduate courses.
I practise in Neuilly-sur-Seine and Aix-en-Provence, I work with elite athletes in France and abroad, and I teach at osteopathy schools (CEESO Paris, IFFCO) and shiatsu schools.
Why this particular practice
What set me in motion did not come from books.
Between 2004 and 2016, I supported many people close to me through illness. I saw what years of searching without an answer and delayed diagnoses mean. Since then, I have never stopped training and surrounding myself with the best, so that others do not go through what I went through.
That is where my standards come from: never to run out of answers, and to look for the link when no one is connecting the pieces. Years of training, travel and encounters with practitioners from around the world have shaped this way of reading the body.
My training
More than 90 postgraduate courses, including: sports osteopathy, pain neuroscience, neurology, the neuroscience of palpation, endocrinology, and the osteopathic approach to phonation and dentistry.
- 2026Expertise in mitochondrial healthThe neuroscience of pain and perception, and sports micronutrition
- 2022Neuroscience of pain and palpation
- 2022(R)EVOLUTION: exploring the traditional heritage in the historical principles and practices of osteopathy through neuroscienceRafael Zegarra-Parodi, BMS Formation
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- 2020Revisiting cranial, visceral and myofascial techniques in osteopathy with the neuroscience of perceptionRafael Zegarra-Parodi, BMS Formation
- 2019University diploma (DU) in micronutrition, nutrition, prevention and healthFaculté de médecine Paris Descartes
- 2018Western Medical AcupunctureJosé Kunzler
- 2017Functional movement therapyBen Cormack (United Kingdom), CFPCO
- 2017Motor control, arthrokinematic manipulation and joint techniquesPhilipp Moulaert and Daryl Herbert, London (United Kingdom)
- 2016Osteopathy and dentistry: the temporomandibular jointIsabelle Hue, CFPCO
- 2015Master's in structural sports osteopathyUniversidade Lusófona, Lisbon
- 2015Advanced training in Chinese medicineÉcole Champenoise de Shiatsu
- 2014Pain neuroscience
- 2014Osteopathic approach to painPhilipp Moulaert (Belgium), CFPCO
- 2014Osteopathy and endocrinologyCFPCO
- 2013Dry needling, osteopathy and endocrinology, osteopathy and painCFPCO
- 2012Sport Ostéo ProFrench National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (INSEP)
- 2011Osteopath D.O. diplomaCentre Européen d'Enseignement Supérieur de l'Ostéopathie (CEESO Paris)
- 2011Inter-university diploma (DIU) in clinical anatomy applied to medical imagingHôpital Ambroise-Paré
- 2006Shiatsu and Chinese medicineÉcole Tourangelle de Shiatsu
- 2005Master's in sport sciences (STAPS)Education and motor skills, coaching option
A practice without borders
- 2011
FCF Juvisy, now Paris FC
Designated osteopath for the women's club, without interruption ever since.
- 2012
Clairefontaine
First large-scale application of my breathing protocols, with the French women's national football team.
- 2015
The professional tennis tour
Madrid, Rome, Roland-Garros and Wimbledon alongside Serena Williams, then on a private basis.
- Since 2015
Compagnie DCA, Philippe Decouflé
I work with the dancers of the company of Philippe Decouflé, a choreographer whose creations range from Cirque du Soleil to the Crazy Horse.
- 2021
Musée Olympique de Lausanne
Talk on osteopathy for young athletes.
- 2021 to 2024
French Paralympic fencing team
Support during competition preparation.
- 2022
Intensive course in Lausanne
Three days of teaching on breathing, based on a 367-slide deck and around 800 references.
- 2022 to 2025
Roland-Garros alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Care throughout the tournament.
- 2025
Sport Unlimitech and Weembinamic
Talk at the Sport Unlimitech trade show. Support for Weembinamic at the French Indoor Skydiving Cup.
- 2026
Monaco
Talk on the LightBack device.
Teaching and talks
- CEESO Paris and IFFCO, osteopathy schools
- Shiatsu schools in Troyes, Paris and Tours: anatomy and physiology
- Réseau Douleur Paris talks, including on chronic and complex myofascial pain syndromes
- Corporate talks and workshops
More than 150 international assignments
- Around a hundred in the United States
- Central and South America: Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic
- Europe
- Africa: Morocco, Mali, Mauritania
They placed their trust in me
Organisations and athletes I have worked with in a professional capacity.
Football
Paris FC women's team since 2011, from FCF Juvisy to Paris FC. French women's national team, within Bruno Bini's medical staff.
French national teams
Men's basketball. Paralympic fencing.
Tennis
The professional tour, including Roland-Garros and Wimbledon in 2015.
Dance
Compagnie DCA, Philippe Decouflé, since 2015.
Medicine
Réseau Douleur Paris, as designated osteopath and speaker. Collaboration with Clinique Drouot Sport & Arthrose.
In the press
- Ostéomag2021
- CEESOInterview #ParolesdAnciens, YouTube
- Sport UnlimitechTalk, 2025
Have you worked with me?
Athletes, staff, doctors and surgeons: you are welcome to write a few lines about our collaboration. Nothing is published without your written consent.