WaveCare, a medico-sports centre project at the heart of the Village
WaveCare, working name of the medico-sports centre project that Surfers Village Paris ambitions to develop at the heart of the Village, inspired by the great European Sports Rehabilitation Centres (CERS). Where sport can also become care.
WaveCare (trademark being registered with the INPI) is the name of the medico-sports centre project that Surfers Village Paris wishes to develop at the heart of the Village. The exact scope of activities, the required health authorisations and the medical governance will be determined in consultation with the ARS Île-de-France and the competent health authorities. This page sets out the project's ambitions, not a service open to the public at this date.
⚠️ Ambition page, project being structured. This page sets out the medico-sports ambitions of the Surfers Village Paris project. WaveCare (INPI registration in progress) is the working name of the medico-sports centre project that SVP ambitions to develop at the heart of the Village. The exact scope of activities, authorisations and agreements will be determined in consultation with the ARS Île-de-France and the competent health authorities. No medical service is open to the public at this stage and no health authorisation has been granted.
Three missions
Treat, prevent, perform
From prevention to performance, WaveCare aims to cover the full sport-health pathway for the patient, the committed amateur, the athlete, the senior, the child. A multidisciplinary team envisaged in a single location, subject to applicable authorisations.
Treat
Ambition: to welcome sports medicine, post-traumatic and post-operative rehabilitation, and chronic pain management. Subject to applicable health authorisations.
Prevent
Vocation to be part of the Sport on Prescription scheme (in connection with local prescribing physicians) and to develop APA (Adapted Physical Activity) programmes. Terms to be determined in consultation with the ARS and prescribing physicians.
Perform
Physical conditioning, re-athletisation, optimised return to practice, high-level medico-regulatory monitoring.
A project rooted in its territory
A territory under overall medical pressure
The project is located in northern Seine-et-Marne, a territory classified as a Priority Intervention Zone (ZIP) by the ARS Île-de-France. WaveCare intends to complement existing primary care provision.
The territorial reality
84 to 94% of the department affected depending on the ARS-IDF general medicine zoning.
GP density: 89 / 100,000 inhabitants (vs 138 national average).
Source: DREES
Our positioning
Without claiming to replace primary first-contact care (which falls to MSPs, CPTSs and conventional community medicine), WaveCare positions itself as a complement.
Our focus
A specialist medico-sports dimension: sports medicine, post-traumatic rehabilitation, prevention, accompanying everyday pathologies through physical activity.
WaveCare content
What a reference centre could contain
Drawing inspiration from the great European Sports Rehabilitation Centres (CERS) that have set the benchmark in France (Capbreton, Saint-Raphaël, Lyon), the WaveCare project ambitions to progressively bring together, in a single location, the six worlds of sports medicine and rehabilitation, subject to applicable authorisations and agreements.
Consultations pole
Consultations & medicine
- Sports medicine, specialist consultations
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation (MPR)
- Sports cardiology, fitness to practise, ECG, stress tests
- Osteoarticular medicine
- Sports podiatry, orthotics
- Sports nutrition, dietetics
- Sports psychology
- Medico-regulatory monitoring (elite athletes, federations)
Rehabilitation pole
Rehabilitation & care
- Physiotherapy, dedicated platform, individual treatment rooms
- Osteopathy
- Progressive re-athletisation, medicalised weight room
- Physical conditioning, individualised coaching
- Post-operative management (knee, shoulder, ankle, spine)
- Ambition of outpatient day care in time, strictly subject to prior receipt of the healthcare activity authorisation provided for in Article L.6122-1 of the French Public Health Code. No activity will be offered until such authorisation has been issued by the ARS Île-de-France.
- Complex dressings, pain management, nursing care (ambition)
Technical pole
Assessment & physical treatment
- Hydrotherapy, hot/cold therapeutic pools, aquatic course
- Whole-body cryotherapy, cold chambers
- Isokinetics (muscle strength), Cybex / HUMAC
- Posturography, movement analysis
- VO₂max assessment, lactatemia, ergocycle / instrumented treadmill
- Electrotherapy, pressotherapy, shockwave therapy
Technical diagnostic pole
Imaging
- Conventional radiology envisaged (spine, joints, post-traumatology)
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound
- Shared MRI envisaged within conventions with partner imaging platforms
Prevention & public health pole
Prevention & APA
- Vocation to be part of the Sport on Prescription scheme, in connection with local prescribing physicians
- APA (Adapted Physical Activity) programmes
- Prevention assessments, screenings, nutritional advice envisaged
Research & training pole
Research & teaching
- University partnerships, continuing medical education
- Clinical sport-health research, partner studies
- Internal & external placements, training ground for the next generation
- DEA / STAPS Master / physiotherapy agreements
WaveCare content
What a reference centre could contain
Consultations pole
Consultations & medicine
- Sports medicine, specialist consultations
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation (MPR)
- Sports cardiology, fitness to practise, ECG, stress tests
- Osteoarticular medicine
- Sports podiatry, orthotics
- Sports nutrition, dietetics
- Sports psychology
- Medico-regulatory monitoring (elite athletes, federations)
Rehabilitation pole
Rehabilitation & care
- Physiotherapy, dedicated platform, individual treatment rooms
- Osteopathy
- Progressive re-athletisation, medicalised weight room
- Physical conditioning, individualised coaching
- Post-operative management (knee, shoulder, ankle, spine)
- Ambition of outpatient day care in time, strictly subject to prior receipt of the healthcare activity authorisation provided for in Article L.6122-1 of the French Public Health Code. No activity will be offered until such authorisation has been issued by the ARS Île-de-France.
- Complex dressings, pain management, nursing care (ambition)
Technical pole
Assessment & physical treatment
- Hydrotherapy, hot/cold therapeutic pools, aquatic course
- Whole-body cryotherapy, cold chambers
- Isokinetics (muscle strength), Cybex / HUMAC
- Posturography, movement analysis
- VO₂max assessment, lactatemia, ergocycle / instrumented treadmill
- Electrotherapy, pressotherapy, shockwave therapy
Technical diagnostic pole
Imaging
- Conventional radiology envisaged (spine, joints, post-traumatology)
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound
- Shared MRI envisaged within conventions with partner imaging platforms
Innovation
Ambition: a medico-sports centre that lives within its ecosystem
The great French CERS (Capbreton, Saint-Raphaël) are dedicated medical centres. The WaveCare project ambitions to add a complementary dimension, to be integrated into a site where sport would be practised on a daily basis.
- Aquatic re-athletisation in the SurfPark, resuming real practice
- Accommodation continuity, patient stays in on-site residence or hotel
- Coherent nutrition, adapted catering integrated into the site
- Free-access health trail, performance gym, wellness spa
- Direct synergy with the Pôle Espoir Surf IDF (medico-sports monitoring of young athletes)
Partnerships
A project in dialogue
The WaveCare project is intended to be built in dialogue with institutions, prescribing physicians, payers and federations. A framework of agreements to be formalised as the project progresses.
ARS Île-de-France
Partnership 01
An involvement identified as an absolute necessity, health authorisations, agreements, integration into the regional health scheme. The WaveCare project ambitions an agreement with the ARS Île-de-France as part of the review process. No agreement has been signed at this stage.
Prescribing physicians
Partnership 02
Network of community physicians (GPs, sports medicine doctors, MPR) referring to the Health Centre. Direct communication, rapid return of results.
Mutual insurers & health insurers
Partnership 03
Coverage agreements for prevention programmes, APA, Sport on Prescription, rehabilitation stays.
Sports federations
Partnership 04
Medico-sports monitoring of licence holders, programmes specific to partner disciplines. Ambition to apply for the Pôle Espoir Surf label in Île-de-France with the FFS, in consultation with the French Surf Federation. No labelling has been obtained at this stage.
Commitments
A progressive, controlled opening
WaveCare will ramp up progressively, consultations and basic care from opening, technical platforms and specialist programmes as agreements and health authorisations are obtained. Target: 2030-2032.
Calendar
Project milestones
Closing, framework agreements
Finalisation of the investor round by the second half of 2028 at the latest. First framework agreements with the ARS, federations and medical partners.
Planning permission & construction launch
Planning application review phase, then start of construction. Preparation of specific health authorisations.
Construction & recruitment
Construction of the Health Centre, recruitment of medical teams, finalisation of ARS and payer agreements.
Progressive commissioning
Launch of consultations, rehabilitation, APA programmes and prevention, ramping up progressively in line with agreements and health authorisations obtained. Target: 2030-2032.
★ Timeline for phases after closing is indicative, subject to regulatory procedures (planning permission, ARS health authorisations, agreements) and the Village's overall calendar. Target: 2030-2032. No health authorisation or signed agreement at this stage.
WaveCare project contact
Let's stay in touch
Whether you are a curious citizen, a health professional or an institutional partner, share your interest, we will get back to you personally.
Talk to the Surfers Village Paris Team about the project?
30 minutes by video call to go through the SurfPark, the figures and your specific interest (investor, operator partner, federation, local authority…).
