Valentina Scalise is a physiotherapist and manual therapy specialist currently serving as a lecturer at Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She graduated in Physiotherapy from the University of Varese in 2005 and later obtained a specialization in Manual Therapy from the University of Padua, where she also worked as a tutor. In 2008, she earned the Certificate of Manual Therapy from the University of Perth in Western Australia. Her clinical career began in Lombardy in a leading hand rehabilitation and surgery center, and she later expanded her practice to Switzerland, where she is officially recognized by the Swiss Red Cross and the Federal Office of Public Health. She treats musculoskeletal disorders, including those in professional athletes, and founded a physiotherapy clinic specialized in this field. She has been teaching since 2015 in postgraduate programs focused on manual therapy for the hand and wrist. Valentina is a member of various professional physiotherapy associations and has received recognition for her contributions in clinical practice and academic education.