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Dr John Tanner
Musculoskeletal & Sports Medicine Physician and Registered Osteopath
MBBS BSc FFSEM DM-SM DSMSA and registered osteopath
After medical training at the Royal London Hospital, Dr Tanner began his career as a GP. His interest in sports medicine and musculoskeletal disorders led him to qualify further and he is now an authority in these areas. He has been awarded a Fellowship of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine in the UK and Ireland.
Dr Tanner teaches and lectures both nationally and internationally and is a member of the International Academy of Manual and Musculoskeletal Medicine. He is also an instructor for the Spine Intervention Society which instructs other specialists in minimal intervention techniques for the spine. He is Past President of the British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine and teaches diagnostic ultrasound at AECC Bournemouth University MSc programme.
He has written three books on back pain: 'Better Back' (Dorling Kindersley), 'Your Guide to Back Pain' (Hodder Arnold), and the BMA Guide to Back Care (DK). He also writes for textbooks in Musculoskeletal medicine and training manuals, and is an adviser to the Education committee of the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine.
He is currently engaged in a clinical research study on prolotherapy for sacroiliac dysfunction in the NHS.
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