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 studen

t 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.

With just 𝟐 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 until his cycling marathon, James is smashing his training - 20 miles ✅𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬! 👉 To sp...
07/05/2026

With just 𝟐 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 until his cycling marathon, James is smashing his training - 20 miles ✅

𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬!

👉 To sponsor James, please scan the QR code or click this link
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/james-ohagan

💧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 💧The hydrotherapy pool in 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 that we use is raising funds for a pool ...
29/04/2026

💧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 💧

The hydrotherapy pool in 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 that we use is raising funds for a pool hoist and improved accessible facilities so everyone can safely enjoy the water.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 ⭐️

We aim to make Blue Lagoon fully inclusive with a specialist hoist and accessible changing, so everyone can enjoy warm water swimming.

22/04/2026

⭐️ 𝐀𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫, you did such an amazing job at 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 with your lovely family!

We couldn't be prouder you are a superstar!⭐️

⭐️ Coming in 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, a new 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟓'𝐬 in Patcham, Brighton.📆 Dates and booking information co...
21/04/2026

⭐️ Coming in 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, a new 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟓'𝐬 in Patcham, Brighton.

📆 Dates and booking information coming soon....

🔗 Find out more about 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 on our website www.starphysio.org

🌷𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲.At 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 we're taking a moment to recognise the 153,000 people in the UK living wi...
11/04/2026

🌷𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲.

At 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 we're taking a moment to recognise the 153,000 people in the UK living with Parkinson's.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 to Parkinson's UK and every charity raising awareness for Parkinson’s Disease every day. 💙

28/03/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 💚

This month we are taking the time to recognise the children, young people and families we work with who are living with CP.

⭐️ 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱 has been part of the 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨 𝐟amily for many years now and loves his sessions in the water with Jo.

“𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 💦, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱!'

If your child is living with CP and you would like to talk about the support that we can offer, 👉 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐬 through the link to our website https://www.starphysio.org

💜 Today is 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 for Epilepsy 💜🟣 Purple day aims to 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 of Epilepsy, allowing us to increase understand...
26/03/2026

💜 Today is 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 for Epilepsy 💜

🟣 Purple day aims to 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 of Epilepsy, allowing us to increase understanding, reduce stigma and support those living with the condition.

🟣 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊, epilepsy affects around 𝟏𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, with 𝟐𝟑 new cases diagnosed every day.

Show your support and wear something 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞 today!💜

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 to Chailey Heritage Foundation on receiving your National Lottery grant. 🎉Chailey Heritage Foundation of...
25/03/2026

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 to Chailey Heritage Foundation on receiving your National Lottery grant. 🎉

Chailey Heritage Foundation offer weekly 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 sessions for children aged 1–5 with complex needs, combining expert therapy with social fun! 🎳

There are a few spaces left, please click the link to learn more 👉 https://chf.org.uk/services/aquamovers/

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