{"id":6201,"date":"2025-06-25T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/?page_id=6201"},"modified":"2025-06-25T09:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:46:24","slug":"matthew-low","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/matthew-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Low"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Consultant Physiotherapist, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Low is a Consultant Physiotherapist at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Fellow at Health Sciences and Bournemouth Universities.<\/p>\n<p>He has over two decades of clinical experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, with particular interests in spinal pain, clinical reasoning, and the translation of theory into practice. In 2024, he was the inaugural recipient of the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer\u2019s Gold Award for Excellence from NHS England.<\/p>\n<p>He has contributed to research and education initiatives, including the CLEAT trial for hip osteoarthritis and the development of Health Education England\u2019s Complex Clinical Reasoning e-learning programme.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew has published in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to textbooks such as <em>Petty\u2019s Principles of Musculoskeletal Practice<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Grieve\u2019s Modern Manual Therapy<\/em>. He regularly teaches on postgraduate courses and supervises clinicians undertaking Advanced practice training.<\/p>\n<p>In his Consultant role, he supports clinical governance, service quality, and Advanced practice development. He is a non-medical prescriber and continues to manage a complex musculoskeletal caseload.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew is a member of the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists, the Critical Physiotherapy Network, and the APPN.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/files\/2024\/10\/Matt-Low.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4978 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/files\/2024\/10\/Matt-Low-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/files\/2024\/10\/Matt-Low-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/files\/2024\/10\/Matt-Low.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consultant Physiotherapist, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. Matthew Low is a Consultant Physiotherapist at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Fellow at Health Sciences and Bournemouth Universities. He has over two decades of clinical experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, with particular interests in spinal pain, clinical reasoning, and the translation of theory into&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/matthew-low\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Matthew Low<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3924,"featured_media":6196,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6201","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6202,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6201\/revisions\/6202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}