Siobhan Stynes

Biography

Biography

Dr Stynes holds a joint clinical academic post, working in clinical practice as an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner and as a Research Fellow at Keele University.

She was awarded a HEE/NIHR ICA Clinical Lecturer in Physiotherapy fellowship (2020-2024) which includes developing and leading the POiSE cohort study: Predictors of Outcome in Sciatica patients following an Epidural steroid injection.

From 2012-2016 she held a NIHR/CNO Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship and completed her PhD in the diagnosis and classification of low back-related leg pain, alongside ongoing clinical practice and development.

She has a background in education and prior to moving to Keele University, was a Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Brunel University (2003-2008) and completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education.

Research and scholarship

Research and scholarship

Dr Stynes’ research interests are in the assessment and management of musculoskeletal conditions, in particular, spinal pain. She is currently leading a multi-centre longitudinal cohort study to determine prognostic factors for patients with sciatica having an epidural spinal injection (the POiSE study).

She co-led the First Contact Practitioner National Evaluation phase 3 (2018-2020), a mixed-method national evaluation of the Physiotherapy FCP model of care >>link

She contributes to teaching on the Research Methods masters module and the medical school undergraduate curriculum.

Further information

Further information

Professional body membership 

• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP)
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) 
• Membership of Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists 
• Advanced Physiotherapy Professional Network member (APPN) 

Research group membership 

• Lead for Spinal Pain Research Group, within the Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research
• Secretary Elect Society for Back Pain Research (SBPR) which promotes research into spinal pain

Publications

Publications