Jonathan Hobbs

Jonathan has 30 years experience as an exercise professional, with 25 of those being within physiotherapy within the NHS, private sector and professional sport.

He has practised acupuncture for over 20 years and was awarded his MSc in acupuncture in 2004. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Chairman of the AACP, the largest professional body for acupuncture in the UK.

He delivers acupuncture and dry needling training within the UK and internationally via his Hobbs Masters Needling Series programme and is published in a variety of textbooks including Sports Physiology and Injury Management (Elsevier, 2020) and journals including, Co-Kinetic, International Therapist, the Journal of Chinese Medicine, the Journals of both the British Chiropractic Council and the Alliance of UK Chiropractors as well as the Journal of the AACP.

Jonathan has previously been an MSc programme leader in clinical biomechanics, senior lecturer in BSc sport therapy, an external assessor for BSc courses in traditional acupuncture and sports rehabilitation and was the Principal of a school of physiotherapy.

He currently acts as a consultant and sessional lecturer to a number of universities throughout the UK including Keele University School of Medicine. He is also an expert legal witness and a consultant and tutor to physiotherapists within Team GB, Premiership and Championship football, English Institute of Sport, Ministry of Defence and the NHS. In the US he has also taught clinicians from the NFL and the US military. He currently splits his time between continued clinical practice, teaching & writing.

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Jonathan Hobbs

AACP Accredited Tutor | London

Jonathan has 30 years experience as an exercise professional, with 25 of those being within physiotherapy within the NHS, private sector and professional sport.

He has practised acupuncture for over 20 years and was awarded his MSc in acupuncture in 2004. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Chairman of the AACP, the largest professional body for acupuncture in the UK.

He delivers acupuncture and dry needling training within the UK and internationally via his Hobbs Masters Needling Series programme and is published in a variety of textbooks including Sports Physiology and Injury Management (Elsevier, 2020) and journals including, Co-Kinetic, International Therapist, the Journal of Chinese Medicine, the Journals of both the British Chiropractic Council and the Alliance of UK Chiropractors as well as the Journal of the AACP.

Jonathan has previously been an MSc programme leader in clinical biomechanics, senior lecturer in BSc sport therapy, an external assessor for BSc courses in traditional acupuncture and sports rehabilitation and was the Principal of a school of physiotherapy.

He currently acts as a consultant and sessional lecturer to a number of universities throughout the UK including Keele University School of Medicine. He is also an expert legal witness and a consultant and tutor to physiotherapists within Team GB, Premiership and Championship football, English Institute of Sport, Ministry of Defence and the NHS. In the US he has also taught clinicians from the NFL and the US military. He currently splits his time between continued clinical practice, teaching & writing.