{"id":5111,"date":"2026-03-06T13:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsmed-concept.com\/?page_id=5111"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:12:51","slug":"ioannis-stathas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sportsmed-concept.com\/en\/ioannis-stathas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ioannis Stathas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ioannis Stathas is a sports physiotherapist specializing in sports injuries with specialization in therapeutic exercise and functional rehabilitation. He is involved in the rehabilitation of professional athletes and has served as a physiotherapist in championship-level teams (football, basketball, handball). Until the summer of 2021, he served as a physiotherapist at AEK FC for 6 years (champion and cup winner of Greece). From 2022 to 2025, he was responsible for physiotherapy and rehabilitation at OFI 1925.<\/p>

He is a graduate of the School of Health and Welfare Sciences of the Athens Technical University in 2009, conducting a research study on the differences in static and dynamic balance between football and basketball athletes. He holds a Master's Degree in "Therapeutic Exercise" from the School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences of the University of Patras. His master's thesis was on functional rehabilitation entitled "Multivariate evaluation of the effect of two functional rehabilitation programs for musculoskeletal injuries in professional football players on their time to return to full competitive activity. A prospective study." He is a member of the Panhellenic Association of Physiotherapists (PAPH) and has undergone further training in sports physiotherapy as an exercise specialist (Sports physiotherapy Level 1, exercise specialist) through the program of the International Federation of Sports Physiotherapists (IFSPT). He has completed further training in several areas regarding physiotherapy intervention.<\/p>

Indicatively:\u2022 Manual therapy
\u2022 Dry needling
\u2022 Indiba active sports specialist, International
\u2022 Medical Flossing
\u2022 Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training
\u2022 Isokinetic \u2013 Assessment to Treatment
\u2022 Compex in rehabilitation
\u2022 Diamagnetic pump
\u2022 Kinesio taping \u2013 Evaluation and Treatment<\/p>

In addition, he has been trained remotely in rehabilitation programs from the University of Barcelona through the \u0392arca innovation hub:
\u2022 Training for Team Sports
\u2022 Strengthening: From rehabilitation to performance
He holds the FIFA diploma in football medicine-FIFA and the Acute Intervention in Sports for Physiotherapists degree.
He is a member of the Hellenic Scientific Society of Physiotherapy (HSPH) and has participated in numerous seminars and conferences in Greece and abroad, such as:
\u2022 Isokinetic Conference (2024)
\u2022 Barca Sports Conference (2019)
\u2022 Football Medicine Strategies for player care International conference on sports rehabilitation and Traumatology, FIFA (2015)
\u2022 4th Interdisciplinary Conference of Physiotherapy students \u2013 Presentation of research work (2009).
He has also served as a member of organizing committees for conferences:
\u2022 Member of organizing Committee 7th ECOSEP conference titled: 'Sports medicine and Science \u2013facts for the Future' (2021)
\u2022 Member of organizing committee of the 1st and 2nd conference of sports injuries, in AEK FC (2018,2019)
At the same time, as a speaker, he has presented important topics on functional rehabilitation in sports injuries:
\u2022 President-facilitator of the round table titled \u201cInjuries in football: the late (?) phase of rehabilitation\u201d - Speakers from Barcelona FC, Paris-Saint Germain and PSV Eindhoven (2021)
\u2022 Presentation ACL rehab in AEK FC in the 2nd conference of sports injuries of AEK FC (2019);<\/p>

Articles:
\u2022 All rehab should be on-field rehab: Testing the On FI.RE framework<\/p>

\u2022 Effectiveness of an On-Field Rehabilitation framework for return to sports in injured male professional football players: a single-blinded, prospective, randomized controlled trial
\u2022 From Injury to Impact: Optimizing Return-to-Play Outcomes and Reinjury Prevention via Four-Pillar Rehabilitation Strategy in Elite Football\u2014A Clinical Study in a Sports Scenario<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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