Staff Profile
Dr Jon Thompson
Associate Professor of Physiotherapy
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I have been part of the academic team at York St John University since 2017. Previous to this I have 28 years of clinical experience in the NHS and private practice. Of this, 25 years have been spent specialising in musculoskeletal (MSK) practice with significant experience as an Extended Scope Practitioner and for the last seven years as a Consultant Physiotherapist providing expert practice and clinical leadership for a large MSK service.
My extended clinical skills include MSK injection therapy and the use of Ultrasound Imaging as a guidance tool for injections.
My previous NHS experience also includes service development, service tendering and working on a number of projects with the CSP developing national MSK strategy.
I completed my PhD in 2018 exploring the decision-making process between MSK Extended Scope Practitioners and their patients.
- School – School of Science, Technology and Health
- Email – j.thompson1@yorksj.ac.uk
- Phone – 01904 876 174
- Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Further information
Teaching
I teach across a wide range of physiotherapy modules in the undergraduate BHSc and pre-registration MSc programmes. I am module lead for MSK, Exercise Rehabilitation and Leadership and Service Development.
I am also the admissions tutor for the undergraduate BHSc programme.
Research
PhD completed in 2018. Title: An Exploration of the Decision Making Process Between Musculoskeletal Extended Scope Practitioners and their Patients.
As well as my research interests in advanced practice roles and decision making I also have interests in lower limb tendinopathy and management of soft tissue knee trauma.
Previous research experience has included:
- Research assistant on an MRC-funded project into the accuracy of diagnostic tests at the shoulder. 2004 to 2006
- MSc (2006) Pathophysiology and management of lower limb Achilles and Patellar tendinopathy
Professional activities
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Member of the Advanced Practice Physiotherapy Network
Publications and conferences
Research publications
Midgley, James, Thompson, Jonathan and Boyes, Christopher (2025)Clinical governance in musculoskeletal care - an online cross-sectional survey of what allied health professionals participate in, and what they value. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 31 (3). e70096.
Squire, Jamie ,Thompson, Jonathan and Boyes, Christopher (2025)Emergency medicine advanced clinical practitioners: an English workforce census. Emergency Medicine Journal.
Thompson, Jonathan , Macintosh, Fi, Beaumont, Nicola, Bedford, Lauren, Powley, Andrew and Bailey, Stephen (2024)The Experiences and Perceptions of First Contact Practitioners in Primary Care—A Qualitative Systematic Review. Musculoskeletal Care, 22 (4)
Thompson, Joanne H. ,Thompson, Jonathan and Bailey, Stephen (2024) Shared decision‐making in advanced physiotherapy and first contact physiotherapy management of adults with musculoskeletal disorders in the United Kingdom: An online cross‐sectional survey. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 30 (7). pp. 1297-1308.
Poacher, Eddie and Thompson, Jonathan (2023)The effectiveness of shockwave therapy to improve pain and symptom severity in patients with chronic patellar tendinopathy: a literature review. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 30 (12).
Thompson, Jonathan , Gabriel, Lynne , Yoward, L S and Dawson, Pam (2022) The Advanced Practitioners’ Perspective. Exploring the Decision-Making Process Between Musculoskeletal Advanced Practitioners and their Patients: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study. Musculoskeletal Care, 20 (1). pp. 128-136.
Thompson, J., Yoward, S. and Dawson, P., (2017). The role of physiotherapy extended scope practitioners in musculoskeletal care with a focus on decision making and clinical outcomes: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative research. Musculoskeletal care, 15(2), pp.91-103.
Hanchard N, Shanahan D, Howe T, Thompson J, Goodchild L (2006). Accuracy and dispersal of subacromial and glenohumeral injections in cadavers. Journal of Rheumatology, 33, (6), pp 1143-1146.
Moore A, Jackson A, Jordan J, Hammersley S, Hill J, Mercer C, Thompson J (2005). Clinical guidelines for the physiotherapy management of whiplash associated disorder. London: Chartered Society of Physiotherapy;
Conference papers
ESP National conference. York 2013. Exploring decision making in ESP practice.
ESP National conference. Edinburgh 2011. The role of ultrasound in the guidance of MSK injections.
