Dr Mitchell Gibbs
Lecturer
PhD - 2021 Western Sydney University
MRes - 2017 Western Sydney University
BHlthSc(Sp&ExSc) - 2015 Western Sydney University
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Medicine & Health
School of Health Sciences
Dr Mitchell Gibbs is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Health Sciences at the University of New South Wales. Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Exercise Science, a Master of Research, and a PhD from Western Sydney University. Mitchell鈥檚 research focuses on back pain, mainly, the use of active interventions (exercise and education) under a biopsychosocial framework. Mitchell teaches/convenes musculoskeletal rehabilitation and strength and conditioning for Exercise Science/Physiology students at UNSW. Mitchell is an Accredited Exercise Scientist and Strength Coach with 10-years in the industry. Mitchell continues to consult on complex pain cases and in some pro-sport settings.
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Level 2, Wallace Wurth Building
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Associate Investigator:
2023-2026: CAPACITY: A telehealth, effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial to increase physical activity in adults with chronic low back pain (MRFF2023932, $1,384,136) - Led by Dr Matthew Jones听
My research program seeks to understand how exercise can be best integrated into the management of chronic pain under a biopsychosocial framework. My work focuses on investigating the efficacy of exercise and education interventions for people with chronic pain, including those with comorbid presentations. Additionally, I am interested in practitioner-focussed research to understand the barriers of these approaches to being utilised in clinical practice.
As an Accredited Exercise Scientists and Strength and Conditioning coach, with 10-yrs of clinical/practical experience, I also collaborate on several resistance training research projects. Overarchingly, I see my research as trying to combine understanding of clinical and strength and conditioning settings.
2023听'Exercise as part of a Biopsychosocial approach to pain' -听
2023听'' - The Conversation - coauthored with Dr Mandy Hagstrom
鈥2023听Biopsychosocial Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain - ESSA Webinar
2022听听- UNSW Newsroom听
2022 ABC radio interview - Powerlifting for low back pain?
鈥2021听- Understanding Sports and Exercise Medicine Research Show
鈥2019听听- TEDx
My Research Supervision
PhD candidate:
Adrian Ram:听What are Exercise Physiologists saying? Developing targeted pain neuroscience education to improve exercise outcomes for knee osteoarthritis
Andrew Natoli:听Exploring the effectiveness and mechanisms of pain education and patient-led goal setting to increase physical activity and reduce blood pressure in adults with chronic low back pain
Emily Walker:听Does pain education and patient-led goal setting increase physical activity and reduce blood pressure more than guideline care in people with chronic low back pain?
Master of Research candidate听
Grant Holmes:听Accuracy of different methods of predicting proximity to failure during resistance training?
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My Teaching
Dr Mitchell Gibbs convenes HESC3501 Advanced Exercise Science and EXPT3152 Musculoskeletal Movement Rehabilitation. Mitch is also leading development for EXPT2169 Strength and Conditioning.听
Mitch's vast practical experience as both a practitioner working with people facing MSK pain conditions and as a strength and conditioning coach greatly inform his teaching approach. Mitch firmly believes in the importance of translating research to practice and has this as a cornerstone of his teaching approach, with learning opportunities designed around practical competency and critical thinking. Mitch is an advocate of exploring learning opportunities relevant to new-grads, such as the use of social media (SoMe) for dissemination of information. Mitch has pioneered SoMe-informed assessment modes, presenting these at faculty level.听
Learn more about Dr Mitch's teaching here:听https://myeducationportfolio.unsw.edu.au/profile/798听