Creator of the hypopressive techniques — and not only of those: also of Neuromyostatics, Peripartum, Physiosexology and the therapeutic concept that bears his name, Caufriez Concept®.
One of the founding fathers of modern uro-gynaecological and abdomino-pelvic visceral rehabilitation. Creator of perineal tonimetry and of the clinical instruments used to measure it: tonimeter, profilometer and urethro-inclinometer.
Where hypopressives come from. An expert in measuring internal body pressures, in the early 1980s he proposed a set of preventive and curative techniques for conditions linked to hyperpressive syndrome: prolapse, incontinence, reflux and oxidative deficit.
Doctor in Motor Sciences from the Free University of Brussels (1991). Graduate in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (1977) and in Sports Rehabilitation (1981), with training in Clinical Sexology from the Catholic University of Louvain (1984).
More than 45 years of clinical experience, largely in university settings: the Gynaecology-Obstetrics, Urology and Andrology departments of the Free University of Brussels. Urodynamics expert at the Erasme University Hospital in Brussels for seventeen years (1982-1999).
More than two decades of university teaching: Free University of Brussels (1994-2009), Universitat Gimbernat in Barcelona (1997-2011), University of Castilla-La Mancha (2003-2006), the Paul-Henri Spaak and Charleroi colleges (1998-2009) and the National Institute of Physiotherapy in Paris.
More than 200 scientific publications and 8 books on visceral rehabilitation, pelvic biomechanics and the hypopressive method. Researcher at the human biomechanics unit of the Free University of Brussels (1981-1991) and head of scientific research at the physiology laboratory of the French Community of Belgium (1998-2009).
Decorated three times by the Belgian State: Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Crown (1984), Knight’s Cross of the Order of Leopold (2000) and Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Crown (2004). Also awarded by the International Biomechanics Association (1991), the International Prize for Body Sexology (2009) and the First International Angel Bayo Prize in Andrology (2011).
President of the International Association for Uro-gynaecological Rehabilitation (1987-1997) and of the International Association of Visceral Biomechanics (1988-1992). Rector since 2005 of the institution that issues the Caufriez Concept® certification, and the person who personally signs this course’s certificate.
