Siobhan Stynes

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

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

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