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Qualifications: Diploma of Physiotherapy Diploma of Manipulative Therapy Register of Physiotherapy Acupuncturists Postgraduate Certificate of Sports Medicine (Otago) Accredited Sports Medicine New Zealand - Physical Conditioning Level 1 Credentialed Therapist, McKenzie Institute Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy Tagged Member of the former New Zealand College of Physiotherapy (Manipulation) Tagged Member of the former New Zealand College of Physiotherapy (Acupuncture) Accredited Mulligan Concept Teacher (MCTA) Masters of Physiotherapy, Otago (with Distinction) Professional Memberships: Physiotherapy New Zealand PNZ Occupational Health Group New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapists Association Physiotherapy Acupuncture Association of New Zealand Other Positions Held: Tutor, Research Officer Physiotherapy Acupuncture Association of New Zealand Independent Advisor to the Health and Disability Commissioner of New Zealand Competency Assessor, Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand Accredited Mulligan Concept Teacher and International Chair of Mulligan Concept Teachers Association Past Sporting Affiliations: NZ Women’s Softball Team Southland Sevens Rugby Team Southland Women’s Rugby Team Sting Development Netball Team Publications: McDowell JM. Reported adverse reactions to physiotherapy acupuncture in New Zealand 1999 - 2003. In Proceedings of the 4th International Pan Pacific Medical Acupuncture Forum; 2004; Taupo, New Zealand McDowell JM. The classification and weighting of word descriptors of adverse reactions to acupuncture. Dunedin: University of Otago; 2008. Thesis McDowell JM, Johnson GD, Hale L. Measuring practitioner opinion on adverse reactions to acupuncture. Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine 2011;6(2):28-35. McDowell JM, Johnson GM, Bradnam LV. Towards a neurophysiological mechanisms-based classification of adverse reactions to acupuncture. Physical Therapy Reviews 2011;16(2):118-125. McDowell JM, Johnson GM, Hale L. Adverse reactions to acupuncture: policy recommendations based on practitioner opinion in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy. 2013;41:94-101. McDowell JM, Johnson GM, Hetherington BH. Mulligan Concept manual therapy: standardizing annotation. Manual Therapy. 2014;19:499-503 McDowell JM, Johnson GM. Acupuncture needling styles and associated adverse reactions to acupuncture. Medical Acupuncture. 2014; 26(5):271-278 1. Contributor to textbook: Hing W, Hall T, Rivett, D, Vicenzino, Mulligan B. (Ed) The Mulligan Concept of manual therapy: textbook of techniques. Sydney: Elsevier; 2015. 1. Oliver MJ, McDowell JM. Sacroiliac Joint. In: Hing W, Hall T, Rivett D, Vicenzino B, editors. The Mulligan Concept of manual therapy: textbook of techniques. Sydney: Churchill Livingstone; 2015. McDowell, JM, Kohut, SH, Johnson, GM. Trigger point acupuncture (dry needling) and associated fecal incontinence in multiple sclerosis: a case report. Medical Acupuncture. 2015. DOI 10.1089/acu.2015.1102 McDowell JM, Johnson GM (2016) Adverse Reactions to Acupuncture: The New Zealand Scene. Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies. Abstract iSAMS Conference paper McDowell, J. & Sole G. (2016) Defining Professional Supportive and Evaluative Relationships: A Physiotherapy New Zealand Perspective, Wellington: Physiotherapy New Zealand McDowell JM, Sole G. (2016) Professional Relationship Record template. Wellington: Physiotherapy New Zealand McDowell JM, Sole G. (2016) Professional Relationship Contract. Wellington: Physiotherapy New Zealand McDowell JM. A critical overview. Waqqar S, Shakil-ur-Rehman S, Ahmad S. McKenzie treatment versus Mulligan Sustained Natural Apophyseal glides for chronic mechanical low back pain. Pak J Med Sci. 2016;32(2):476-479.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9127. MINZ News. 2017:7-9. McDowell JM, Sole G. (2017) Peer review information and guidance. Wellington: Physiotherapy New Zealand McDowell JM, Sole G. (2017) Peer review patient consent form. Wellington: Physiotherapy New Zealand McDowell JM, Sole G. (2017) Peer review template. Wellington: Physiotherapy New Zealand Contributor to textbook: Hing W, Hall T, Rivett, D, Vicenzino, Mulligan B. (Ed) The Mulligan Concept of manual therapy: textbook of techniques (2nd Ed). Sydney: Elsevier; 2019 McDowell JM, Kohut S, Betts D. Safe acupuncture and dry needling during pregnancy: New Zealand physiotherapists’ opinion and practice. The Journal of Integrative Medicine. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joim.2018.11.006 McDowell J, Kohut S, Betts D. Safe acupuncture and dry needling during pregnancy: A survey of New Zealand physiotherapists’ practice. Integrative Medicine Research. 2020;9:100576. KIOM-SARS Conference proceedings. Poster presentation D Betts. Kohut S, McDowell JM. Guidelines for safe acupuncture and dry needling practice. Wellington: Physiotherapy Acupuncture Association of New Zealand; 2021. Contributor to textbook: Worsfold, C., et al., Not a shoulder, in The Shoulder ; Theory and Practice, J. Lewis and C. Fernandez-de-las-Penas, Editors. 2022, Handspring Publishing: UK. McDowell, J.M., T. Mitchell, and B.R. Mulligan, Self treatment for back, neck and limbs: the Mulligan Concept approach. 4th ed. 2022, Invercargill: Plane View Services. Professionally registered since: 1991