
Dr. Areti Zoe Cheimonidou
PhD, MSc Sport Physiotherapy, PT Exercise Therapy Specialist, Lecturer in MSK Physiotherapy, Clinical Pilates Educator
Dr. Areti Zoe Cheimonidou is a physiotherapist and holds a PhD in Physiotherapy from the European University Cyprus, specializing in Therapeutic Exercise and Myofascial Release. She is a graduate of the Technological Educational Institute of Lamia and holds a Master’s Degree in Sports Physiotherapy.
She is a certified Clinical Pilates Instructor and has been applying the method since 2010 in individual and group rehabilitation programs for patients with neuromusculoskeletal disorders and various pathologies.
In 2016, she developed a specialized Clinical Pilates Therapeutic Exercise method based on motor control, motor development, and myofascial chain principles. Since then, she has been an educator of the Clinical Pilates method, training professional physiotherapists with the aim of advancing their clinical practice.
She is a member of EUSSER and is specialized in motor control for performance enhancement, movement pattern retraining for rehabilitation, and injury prevention (Kinetic Control – Performance Stability Training). She is a distinguished clinical physiotherapist in Greece and Cyprus, with more than 15 years of experience in the field of rehabilitation. Her expertise spans multiple approaches in musculoskeletal and sports rehabilitation (Sports Physiotherapy, Strength & Conditioning, CBT, MFR, Dry Needling, Trigger Point Therapy, OMT, Medical Neuroscience, etc.), enabling her to deliver education through an integrated, holistic perspective.
She serves as lead instructor and academic staff at TherapyLab Academy, focusing on advanced training in Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy.
She has been active in academia since 2011, teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy programs in universities in Greece and Cyprus. Her research interests include therapeutic exercise, Clinical Pilates, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, sports physiotherapy, and shoulder disorders—particularly RCSPS. She has contributed to several scientific publications and has presented her research at national and international physiotherapy conferences.