Joanna graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1995 and started her career at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital where she gained experience in a wide range of orthopaedic, medical, surgical and neurological disciplines. She moved to work at the Northern General Hospital in 1998 allowing her to gain experience and knowledge of acute trauma, fracture management, sports injuries and many other orthopaedic conditions eventually specialising in the management of lower limb conditions.

 

In 2002 Joanna started to work as a lower limb extended scope practitioner at the Northern General Hospital and supported her clinical skills by completing a Masters degree (MSc) in musculoskeletal physiotherapy in 2010.

 

Joanna continues to work as an extended scope practitioner at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals working closely with her orthopaedic consultant colleagues in the diagnosis, rehabilitation and management of complex conditions across hip, knee, foot and ankle disciplines and she also works with referrals from sports and exercise medicine. 

 

Alongside her clinical work, Joanna has been involved in multi-centre research projects looking at interventions and management of ACL’s, ankle fractures and Achilles Tendon pathology and she has contributed to published literature guiding the management of ankle injuries. Joanna continues to remain active in the research field.