Relevant Qualifications:

- MSc Acupuncture with Merit
- BSc Physiotherapy First Class Honours
- NVQ III Fitness Instructor
- Advanced member of the Acupuncture
- Association of Chartered
- Physiotherapists.

Relevant Experience:

- Senior Physiotherapist in the NHS and private practice.
-Lecturer and practical instructor in acupuncture to the NHS.
- Previously invited to speak internationally on Acupuncture.
- Invited to lecture at Coventry University on ongoing MSc Acupuncture course.

Previous Posts included:

- Leader MSc Clinical Biomechanics:
- School Of Health and the School Of
- Sports, Health & Exercise, Staffordshire -
- University.
- Senior Physiotherapist (Full time), Port
- Vale Football Club, 2000 - 2001, LDV
- Trophy Championship Season.
- 1999-2006: Extensive experience in both -
- public (primary and secondary care) and -
- private sector including;
- musculoskeletal outpatients, trauma and
- elective orthopaedics, neurology, neuro
- surgery and rehab, MultipleInjuries Unit,
- Intensive Care Unit, High Dependency
- Unit, surgical and respiratory inpatients,
- care of the elderly, domiciliary, supported
--early discharge scheme (COPD), mental -
- health, Older Persons Mental Health,
- paediatrics, sports injury and rehab and
- specialist football and rugby physio.


Medical Articles:
Previously published in "The Journal of Chinese Medicine" and awaiting publication in "Acupuncture in Medicine".

Additional Articles:
Sports injury and rehabilitation consultant to international publication MMAUniverse magazine and WWW.MMAUniverse.com

To Contact Jon

Email: J.Hobbs@Derby.ac.uk