Euripides Triantafyllou

Education

Euripides Triantafyllou graduated from the Department of Physiotherapy at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens (TEI Athens). He has successfully completed the Master’s Programme in Sports Physiotherapy at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, and is currently a postgraduate student at Sheffield Hallam University on the “MSc in Manual Therapy”, where the defence of his dissertation is pending.
Alongside his regular teaching activities in recent years in Greece and abroad, he regularly attends specialised scientific seminars with a view to his continuous professional development. For example, he has been trained in the following methods:

• Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy: IMTT-recognised Modules I, II and Dry Needling I (Instructors: Heidi Tanno-Rast, Heinz Hofer, Senior IMTT Instructors) – Athens, 2010 & 2011
• Neurodevelopmental Treatment – Bobath (for Adult Patients): I.B.I.TA.-recognised Basic I, II, III (Instructor: Jos Kurvers, IBITA Instructor) – Athens & Thessaloniki, 2012
• Neurodynamic Solutions: (Instructor: Michael Shacklock) – Athens, 2010
• Lumbopelvic Motor Control: (Instructor: Paul Hodges, DSs, PhD, MedDr, BPhty, FACP) – Athens, 2012
• Clinical Pilates – Clinical Reformer: (Instructor: Shari Rosenberg (UCT), Stott-trained Pilates instructor) – Athens, 2009–2013
• Fascial Manipulation course: (Instructor: Dr Antonio Stecco, MD) – Athens, 2013
• Mobilisation of the Nervous System: (Instructor: Gerti Bucher-Dollenz) – Athens, 2012
• Manual Concepts: (Instructor: Toby Hall) – Hamburg & Dresden (Germany), 2008 & 2009

Qualifications

He is a member of the Pan-Hellenic Association of Physiotherapists (PSF), the Hellenic Scientific Society of Physiotherapy (EEF) and the following scientific societies:

• Hellenic Lymphology Society (HLS)
• German Society for Phlebology and Lymphology (DGPL)
• Hellenic Society of Mastology
• International Society of Lymphology (ISL)
• European Wound Management Association (EWMA)
• ICC (International Compression Club)

In 2016, he was a founding member of the APLESO Scientific Group on Lymphoedema, part of the Pan-Hellenic Association of Physiotherapists, where he is now serving his second consecutive term as Coordinator. He served as chair of the Scientific Committee for the following conferences:

• 1st Pan-Hellenic Lymphoedema Symposium, Athens, 3–4 March 2018
• 2nd Pan-Hellenic Symposium on Lymphoedema, Athens, 19–20 March 2022.

Since 2013, he has also been a training member of the International Kinematic Taping Academy (IKTA), which specialises in the use of elastic tape for musculoskeletal and lymphatic applications, delivering seminars throughout Greece and the Balkans.
Since 2023, he has been a Key Opinion Leader for Lohmann & Rauscher, a company specialising in lymphoedema, where he evaluates new products and trains specialist therapists across Europe.
To support the development of lymphoedema care in Greece, in 2014 he co-authored and published in Greek the book «Lymphoedema – Management and Treatment» by Hans Pritschow and Christian Schuchardt. He has also edited the Greek editions of the books: “Therapeutic Bandaging for Musculoskeletal Disorders” and “Taping: Do It Yourself”. Additionally, he wrote the chapter on Manual Lymphatic Drainage in the book “Soft Tissue Techniques in Physiotherapy”.
He is highly active in the scientific community, having participated on numerous occasions as a guest speaker and trainer at national and international conferences, seminars and scientific workshops in countries such as Germany, Russia, Turkey, Denmark, Hungary, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Kosovo.
He has given numerous presentations and served as a member of the organising committee at the annual conferences of the Pan-Hellenic Association of Physiotherapists (PSF) (2016, 2018, 2023), as well as for scientific organisations such as APLESO, ELE, EEF, and ELFE, delivering talks and leading workshops. At the same time, he actively participates in oncology and microsurgery conferences, whilst demonstrating a strong commitment to social work.

Biography

Since 2009, Euripides Triantafyllou has been regularly visiting major centres across Europe to keep abreast of developments in the field of lymphoedema rehabilitation (such as the Foeldi Clinic in Germany, the University Hospital of Zurich and others), taking part in clinical seminars and working with patients.
From 2009 to 2023, he was a regular seminar interpreter for physiotherapists and healthcare professionals at the Health Professionals Training Centre Ltd. Having translated more than 1,000 days’ worth of seminars, he is one of the most experienced interpreters in this field in Greece, having acquired extensive knowledge across a wide range of physiotherapy subjects.
Furthermore, to ensure a more comprehensive and holistic approach to patient care, he has completed the Maitland Concept seminar series (2008–2013), whilst simultaneously undertaking the training programme for the OMT qualification (the most widely recognised distinction in manual therapy awarded by the IFOMPT). Since 2014, he has been the first Greek to become a member of the IMTA (International Maitland Teachers Association) training team and a member of IMTA Greece.
In 2022, he became the first physiotherapist to join the scientific committee of the Pan-Hellenic Association of Women with Breast Cancer, ‘Alma Zois’.
Since 2023, he has been collaborating with the Centre for Continuing Education (KEDIVIM) at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the seminar programme “Lymphoedema and Lymphatic System Disorders – Modern Treatments’, where he teaches both the practical and theoretical aspects of manual lymphatic drainage and compression bandaging.
Euripides Triantafyllou works regularly with the physiotherapy team at the Lymphoedema Department of Larissa University Hospital, with the oedema management team at Papageorgiou Hospital in Thessaloniki, as well as with other hospitals and therapists throughout Greece to support patients with lymphoedema.
In 2024, he was a founding member and Co-President of the Greek Chapter of the International Organisation LE&RN (Lymphoedema Education & Research Network).
He is an affiliated physician at Ygeia and Mitera hospitals in Athens, specialising in the care of patients with lymphoedema.
In recent years, he has been regularly involved in advising physiotherapists and patients, both in Greece and abroad, on issues relating to the management of oedema, as well as the assessment and formulation of treatment plans.

Specialties

• Physiotherapy

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