THE BEGINNING
A story that starts with the back
In 2015, the founder, an occupational therapist and case manager by training, created the Rachis Programme® with physiotherapist partners. The idea is simple and demanding: to offer people suffering from chronic back pain a structured outpatient rehabilitation programme, rather than a fragmented care pathway.
In 2021, Rachis Clinic was founded to roll out this programme on a larger scale and bring an interdisciplinary approach under one roof. Occupational therapy became its core, alongside physiotherapy and specialist doctors, with one firm conviction: the patient is not just a body to be treated, but a person to be supported.
OUR PATH
Ten years of building, step by step
2015
Creation of the Rachis Programme®
2021
Founding of Rachis Clinic. The first centres open, the first patients arrive, referred by their treating physicians.
2022–2024
The network grows across French-speaking Switzerland, driven by results and the trust of referring physicians. Rachis Clinic becomes the outpatient benchmark for managing chronic spinal pain.
2025
Dr Adrien Manderlier, a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation, joins the team. Dr Nils Osseiran, a specialist chiropractor, gets involved in building the project. The medical leadership takes shape
2026
The expertise officially expands to cover the entire musculoskeletal system. Rachis Clinic becomes Holentis. Lausanne-Vennes is strengthened as the network’s specialist centre, surrounded by 12 consultation centres.
a shared clinical vision
An integrated medical leadership
Dr Adrien Manderlier, specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation, board member. He drives the company’s clinical vision and ensures the medical quality of care pathways.
Dr Nils Osseiran, specialist chiropractor. Involved in building the Holentis project, he practises at the Lausanne-Vennes specialist centre.
Supported by the general manager Sébastien Bernard, they move forward aligned around a shared vision: rehabilitation that is clinically rigorous and deeply human in practice.
An insight that came from the field
The body doesn’t stop at the back
Year after year, referring physicians and patients came to us for conditions beyond the back: shoulders, upper limbs, hips, lower limbs.
The expertise of our teams and the quality of our care naturally led us to respond.
Broadening our care was no longer a choice, it was self-evident.
Our convictions
What guides us
Six values have shaped our practice since day one.
Humanity
By humans, for humans. A hands-on approach to care, where how you are with people matters as much as your technical skill.
Empowerment
Our goal is not to keep our patients, but to give them back control over their body and their daily life
Safety
A reassuring environment where everyone can heal and rebuild, stronger than before.
Collaboration
An interdisciplinary team where professionals genuinely work together, not just side by side.
Accessibility
Excellent care, open to everyone.
Vision
A clear idea of what health should be, pursued with honesty and consistency.
OUR ESSENCE
A culture that’s lived
At Holentis, company culture isn’t something displayed on the walls. It’s lived in the daily work of our teams.
It shows in the time given to each patient. In professionals who have the skills around them and the trust needed to do their job well. In a commitment that goes beyond the employment contract.
This is the culture that carried Rachis Clinic through these years. It is the same culture that carries Holentis today.
If you are a healthcare professional who shares our vision of outpatient musculoskeletal rehabilitation and would like to bring your personality and expertise to a team that’s moving forward, let’s talk.
Write to us at communication@holentis.ch
