Dr John Etherington, Sport, Exercise & Musculoskeletal Medicine
Dr John Etherington
Sport, Exercise & Musculoskeletal Medicine
Dr John Etherington MBChB, MSc, MRCP, FRCP, FFSEM (UK), Elected Fellow FPM
Sport, Exercise & Musculoskeletal Medicine
Dr John Etherington
Sport, Exercise & Musculoskeletal Medicine MBChB, MSc, MRCP, FRCP, FFSEM (UK), Elected Fellow FPM
Areas of expertise
- Rheumatology including psoriatic arthritis inflammatory back pain
- Musculoskeletal and sports injuries
- Exercise-based rehabilitation
- Prosthetic rehabilitation
- Complex rehabilitation needs
- Bone health
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About Dr John Etherington
GMC number: 3142628
Year qualified: 1986
Place of primary qualification: University of Birmingham
Dr Etherington was the Director of Defence Rehabilitation for the UK Armed Forces for 10 years, responsible for the planning and delivery of rehabilitation services including musculoskeletal, neurological and trauma rehabilitation. He has been an active member of the FSEM (UK) Council and held the position of Vice President of the Faculty. He is currently working as a Medical Director at Pure Sports Medicine London. His clinical interests include bone health, sport and exercise medicine, exercise-based rehabilitation, rheumatology, and sero-negative arthritis.
He has developed a complex trauma rehabilitation service for the battle casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan, that achieved a world-class reputation. Dr Etherington is the President of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK and was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing cricket, reading particularly military and English history, theatre, music and family life.
Areas of expertise
- Back pain
- Bone health
- Chronic pain
- Clinical research
- Complex rehabilitation needs
- Concussion
- Exercise-based rehabilitation
- Fibromyalgia
- Healthcare management
- Lower limb overuse injury
- Mild traumatic brain injury
- Musculoskeletal and sports injuries
- Musculoskeletal rehabilitation
- Music and dance performance medicine
- Neurological rehabilitation
- Prosthetic rehabilitation
- Psoriatic arthopathy
- Reactive arthritis
- Rehabilitation
- Rheumatology including psoriatic arthritis inflammatory back pain
- Sero-negative arthritis
- Spinal pain
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Sport and exercise medicine
Frequently asked questions
What are the common symptoms that your patients tend to present with?
People present to me with joint or spinal pain. They may have issues about their arthritis treatment, which they wish to have more time to discuss. They may also have chronic pain or complex rehabilitation needs.
What are the treatments that you're able to offer your patients?
Joint injections, steroid therapy and the management of disease modifying drugs for people with long term arthritis.
What are your areas of sub-specialist interest?
I have considerable experience in the management and rehabilitation of complex injury and disease. I am a consultant rheumatologist with a particular interest in sero-negative arthritis which includes reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel associated arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.
Professional memberships
Articles by Dr John Etherington
Temporal Spatial and Metabolic Measures of Walking in Highly Functional Individuals With Lower Limb Amputations