The Winter Olympic Games offer a timely reminder of a fundamental truth: muscle is not only responsible for athletic prowess and sporting performance, it is, above all, a major public health issue. By interacting with many organs, muscles are central to our overall good health. To strengthen public awareness and promote the integration of muscle health into public policy, the Institute of Myology and the AFM-Téléthon will host two major events in 2026: the 4th Muscle Week from June 1 to 7 and the 2nd « Muscle Conference » on June 2 at the French Ministry of Health!
Without muscle, it would be impossible to move, walk, talk, laugh, or even eat or breathe… But beyond these essential functions, muscle interacts with many organs and biological mechanisms. Long underestimated, this organ is now recognized as central to the major challenges facing modern societies: preventing common, serious and disabling diseases (cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, etc.), combating sedentary lifestyles, adapting to changing living conditions, supporting healthy ageing and autonomy, and driving therapeutic innovation. Muscle health plays an essential role at every stage of life. This recent awareness, driven by advances in myology, the science of muscle, must now translate into concrete action across all sectors: medicine and biomedical research, prevention, education, workplace organization and urban planning.
The AFM-Telethon and the Institute of Myology invite you to join them:
- From June 1 to 7, the 4th edition of the Muscle Week will continue to raise public awareness of the importance of healthy muscles through information, outreach activities and open days at laboratories dedicated to muscle research.
- On Tuesday June 2, the Muscle Conference 2026 (following its inaugural edition in 2023) will be held at the Ministry of Health and will address the following question: why and, above all, how should we act today to place muscle health at the heart of public policy?
Experts from the business world, sports professionals and doctors, will participate in three roundtable discussions:
→ Muscle health, from before birth to the end of adolescence: building lifelong capital
→ An active life…not so active! Maintaining and developing muscle capital
→ Advanced age: a health and societal challenge. Preserving muscle capital and the challenges of muscle reconditioning
Further details on www.lemuscle.fr (in French)
