StarPhysio

StarPhysio Physiotherapy and aquatic therapy for babies, children and young people with complex, diverse and multiple neurological conditions.

Star Physio are a small team of physiotherapists (Steven Southwell, Jo Wilkes and Holly Garwell) with over 30 years’ experience, specialising in treating babies, children and adults with neurological and developmental disabilities. The story of Star Physio began when Steve and Jo met as college students, and went on to train together as physiotherapists at Brighton University. Even in their student days, they had dreams of working together, and developed an interest in the therapeutic benefits of hydrotherapy, essentially physiotherapy conducted in a heated water pool where the heat and the buoyancy of the water creates a beneficial environment for the treatment of many conditions and needs. In 2013, alongside his NHS work, Steve started renting a small hydrotherapy pool to treat a handful of private clients. This proved very successful, and to meet demand he quickly enlisted help from Jo. They soon realised that the local Sussex community lacked a specialised hydrotherapy service that was affordable and accessible. Despite never advertising, Steve and Jo quickly built up a waiting list of potential clients, and realised they were not able to meet the demand for their hydrotherapy service. With an eye to expansion, Steve and Jo entered the 2016 Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards to test the viability of an enhanced service and to access business advice and support from the experts. After winning the award for “Most Enterprising Community Project” under the then name of ‘247Physio’, the shared vision for a hydrotherapy and physiotherapy practice gathered pace. Steve and Jo quickly embraced the interest of the third experienced physiotherapist, Holly, and committed to working together to develop an accessible assessment and therapy based service for neurologically disabled children and adults in their local community. This collaboration become ‘Star Physio’, a registered Social Enterprise with the core value of providing affordable aquatic and land physiotherapy for paediatric and adult clients.

⭐️ A 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 you to our wonderful 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 community, our families and the brilliant professionals and colleagues t...
22/12/2025

⭐️ A 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 you to our wonderful 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 community, our families and the brilliant professionals and colleagues that we work with for your amazing support in 2025. We are so grateful to be working with you all.⭐️
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🎄𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬. We are excited to see what 2026 brings. 🎄

💦 Our lovely director Jo has been back in the pool, attending the 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 at...
19/12/2025

💦 Our lovely director Jo has been back in the pool, attending the 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, led by aquatic physiotherapy expert Julie Dixon.

💦 The course focused on how aquatic therapy can support our clients 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 and gave Jo the chance to deepen her understanding of how aquatic physiotherapy can help these clients.

💦 It was a really positive day of learning for Jo and she came back with lots of 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 that she can use in the pool to help our 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 families.

⭐️ At 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 we are so proud of our team’s commitment to ongoing learning so we can keep delivering 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆-𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 to every family we support. ⭐️

🌟 The 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 team is delighted to share that our director, Holly, has recently completed the 𝑼𝑲 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕’𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒐...
12/12/2025

🌟 The 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 team is delighted to share that our director, Holly, has recently completed the 𝑼𝑲 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕’𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒘: 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆. She did an amazing job! This 12-week programme is designed for businesses like ours and focuses on helping us to grow in a thoughtful way that means our f𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜. 🌟

📚 Holly found that the course not only confirmed our strengths but also highlighted gentle ways in which we can improve. We are already applying what she learned behind the scenes to 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 📚

🖇️ By reviewing all our services and processes, we aim to 𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 with us and 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔 that you, our community may face. Our new knowledge will also make it easier for our professional partners to share information and collaborate with us, ensuring that 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫. 🖇️

🌟 Our new insights will help us to consistently deliver positive experiences for every family in our 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 community.🌟

The 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔® Christmas voucher sale is here! ⭐️ 𝐁𝐮𝐲 𝟏 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔® aquatic bodywork 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞!* or⭐️ 𝐎𝐧...
04/12/2025

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𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠. 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡!
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⭐️ We are really excited to announce that 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 is offering a 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔® 𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢n February of 2026. The course is op...
03/12/2025

⭐️ We are really excited to announce that 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 is offering a 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔® 𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢n February of 2026. The course is open to all and will be a fantastic opportunity to learn this gentle but powerful aquatic therapy⭐️

⭐️ 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞.

💧 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: The course will take place in our hydrotherapy pool in Worthing, West Sussex in the UK

💧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: The course will be held over 5 days, Tuesday 17th – Saturday 21st February 2026

💧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫: We are so pleased that Darja Havelkova will be running the course, with over 20 years of experience she is one of the leading experts in the field of Aquatic Healing.

💧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞: The course will be taught in English

💧 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: No experience is necessary, the course is open to all.

⭐️ If you have any questions or would like more information please email 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨.𝐬𝐭𝐚@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦 or click on the link in our bio to contact 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 directly where you can find out more information about WATSU® ⭐️

⭐️ Today, we at 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 are supporting the 𝐔𝐍 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 and its goal to foster d...
03/12/2025

⭐️ Today, we at 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 are supporting the 𝐔𝐍 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 and its goal to foster disability inclusive societies.

Your family’s experience of the 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 community really matters to us. We always work in 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 with you and with key services, charities and community organisations to ensure that all our families have a 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 and can access the high-quality support and the specialist services you need.

The 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 you place in us and the 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 you show every day to your children inspires us. This drives our wish that your time with 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 feels like a safe and welcoming part of your week where you all feel included and valued.

We are so 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 that you allow us to be part of your journeys as families and we will continue to keep finding new ways to help your children 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞.⭐️

💧At 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨, keeping everyone safe in and around the pool is always at the heart of what we do. That’s why our team r...
20/11/2025

💧At 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨, keeping everyone safe in and around the pool is always at the heart of what we do. That’s why our team recently completed the 𝑹𝑳𝑺𝑺 𝑨𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒚 𝑷𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒆 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 (𝑨𝑻𝑷𝑹𝑨 𝑳𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻) course.

The training is essential for us as it means we can make every aquatic physiotherapy session we offer as safe as possible, giving you peace of mind.

The course covered all the important areas for our aquatic therapy sessions:

💧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭
💧 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
💧 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲

Some areas that we focused on were:

💧 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬💧
💧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬💧

And after a long and wet day’s training 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔! (Well done team!)

We came away with a revised understanding of our responsibilities as aquatic therapists, we refreshed our CPR and emergency rescue skills and we also gained greater confidence in how to act quickly and responsively to any situation.

By investing in up-to-date training for all the 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦, we hope that it provides you with the reassurance that your safety is our priority. We’re really proud to say that we have the skills and training needed to keep every aquatic therapy session we offer safe, welcoming and positive for your whole family.💧

⭐️ We’re really happy to share that you can now find 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 at 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐧𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 in 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, ...
14/11/2025

⭐️ We’re really happy to share that you can now find 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 at 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐧𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 in 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥. We are so grateful to Chestnut Tree House for allowing us to use their hydrotherapy pool to help support our families with extra aquatic physiotherapy sessions and we are excited to get started.

⭐️ Our new 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 sessions are running on

💧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟐-𝟕𝐩𝐦
💧 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟗.𝟑𝟎-𝟐𝐩𝐦.

⭐️ Once you have been assessed by the team you will be placed with the therapist that can best support your needs in one of our aquatic therapy sessions.

⭐️ If you want to ask us anything or find out more just get in touch through the website www.starphysio.org/contact-us ⭐️

⭐️ We at StarPhysio are always learning and searching for new ways to make a difference with the families that we work w...
12/11/2025

⭐️ We at StarPhysio are always learning and searching for new ways to make a difference with the families that we work with. Recently four of our team attended the world summit for 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

⭐️ This year’s focus was the exciting new treatment of 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧(𝐓𝐒𝐍.) A non-surgical treatment that could help people with cerebral palsy move more freely. The passion and knowledge of the event leaders 𝐷𝑟 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜n and 𝐷𝑟 𝑆𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛 𝐻𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, was 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. We came away full of ideas about how this might benefit the families that we support.

⭐️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐒𝐍? TSN uses gentle electrical currents placed on the skin over the spine. There’s 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝. It helps to “wake up” the spinal cord so that messages from the brain travel more effectively to the muscles. Used alongside exercise and regular physiotherapy, TSN can act like an 𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫, helping the nervous system to build stronger connections and relearn movement patterns more efficiently.

⭐️ 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩? Improvements are being seen across different ages and levels of ability. Children and adults with cerebral palsy have shown better control, less stiffness and greater independence. It also seems to make other therapies work more effectively.

⭐️ 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. TSN could represent one of the most important advances in cerebral palsy treatment in recent years. It’s early days though and we’re watching the research closely. The experts encouraged 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 while more clinics share their experiences.

⭐️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬. Staying at the 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 of new treatments means that the care we offer is always informed by the best available evidence and our families have access to the latest, safest treatment options.

⭐️ We are excited to see where TSN leads next.⭐️

29/10/2025

⭐️ 𝐔𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 - 𝟐𝟗𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 ⭐️

We at 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 would like to give a big shout out to all the amazing carers and support workers.

We’re so grateful for everything you do, you make our communities stronger and are true everyday heroes. 🦸⭐️

⭐️ Our new website is live!⭐️We’re excited to share our refreshed site with you, designed to make it easier for you, our...
22/10/2025

⭐️ Our new website is live!⭐️

We’re excited to share our refreshed site with you, designed to make it easier for you, our families, caregivers, and the professionals that we work with every day to explore our therapies, read about the conditions that we have experience of and meet and learn more about the whole 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 team.

⭐️ Check out our site: www.starphysio.org We’d love to hear what you think. 💬

𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮!This International Self-Care Day (July 24th) is the perfect reminder to...
23/07/2025

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This International Self-Care Day (July 24th) is the perfect reminder to prioritize your well-being. And what better way to nurture your mind, body, and soul than with Watsu?

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StarPhysio are a team of physiotherapists (Steven Southwell, Jo Wilkes and Holly Garwell) with over 40 years’ experience, specialising in treating babies, children and adults with neurological and developmental disabilities. The story of StarPhysio began when Steve and Jo met as college students and went on together to train as physiotherapists at Brighton University. Even in their student days, they had dreams of working together and developed an interest in the therapeutic benefits of hydrotherapy, essentially physiotherapy conducted in a heated water pool where the heat and the buoyancy of the water creates a beneficial environment for the treatment of many conditions and needs. In 2013, alongside his NHS work, Steve started renting a small hydrotherapy pool to treat a handful of private clients. This proved very successful, and to meet demand he quickly enlisted help from Jo. They soon realised that the local Sussex community lacked a specialised hydrotherapy service that was affordable and accessible. Despite never advertising, Steve and Jo quickly built up a waiting list of potential clients and realised they were not able to meet the demand for their hydrotherapy service. With an eye to expansion, Steve and Jo entered the 2016 Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards to test the viability of an enhanced service and to access business advice and support from the experts. After winning the award for “Most Enterprising Community Project” under the then name of ‘247Physio’, the shared vision for a hydrotherapy and physiotherapy practice gathered pace. Steve and Jo quickly embraced the interest of the third experienced physiotherapist, Holly, and committed to working together to develop an accessible assessment and therapy based service for neurologically disabled children and adults in their local community. This collaboration becomes ‘StarPhysio’, a registered Social Enterprise with the core value of providing affordable aquatic and land physiotherapy for paediatric and adult clients.