Brightside Physio

24/01/2026

Ahh I have a warm fuzzy feeling today. I attended the long awaited opening of the new premises for .

Rumour has it, over 500 people came through the doors today and many of them collected a free tree from for Cornwall.

I feel especially fortunate as this buzz of community spirit is right opposite and after over a year of being open, I’m gradually having a bit more time to fulfil more community integration. Also enabled by my other community roles:

💚Sustainability Officer and Surfboat Captain for (if you’re a surf club member and interested in either of these things, do join the groups within the )- if you’re not a member and interested just get in touch with me directly!

💚 Board member for - their new ‘place based’ funding helping to address barriers to an active life in both Penzance and St.Austell. Yet continuing their incredible work with youngsters via schools and the HAF project, walking groups, park yoga, live longer better, Parkinson’s groups- to name but a few.

💚 As member and initial committee of the new Environmental Physiotherapy Network. If you’re a member of the CSP, do join this group and attend our AGM this coming Monday 26th.

💚As a member of . People of the perranzabuloe parish do attend PACE’s ‘Spring into Action’ event this coming May held in the garden (beside the new youth club and pitches).

What a wonderful community to live in. Thanks to the many involved with the new, efficient to run library- what an asset for everyone in the community 🙌🏼💚 (, , ).

09/01/2026

Storm Goretti left Perranporth without electricity and WiFi. Unable to contact anyone, I headed to the clinic with some candles 🕯️My intrepid morning patients showed up and had sessions by candlelight and worked hard to keep warm😮‍💨. Thankful to have not yet made the full transition to digital notes- AI is useful, but so is A4!

Well done to everyone working to cleanup and help those more severely impacted by the storm. A useful wake up call to be grateful for the simple things.

29/11/2025

We are recruiting for an Active Community Development Officer.

Active Cornwall are part of a national network of 42 Active Partnerships independently funded by Sport England and hosted by Cornwall Council in the Community Wellbeing Directorate and part of the Communities Service. We are a team of 16 dynamic and dedicated people all with a passion for systems change, working collaboratively with a diverse range of partners to help remove barriers and create the conditions for more people to experience the many benefits of an active life.

To find out more follow this link - https://ehgv.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/700003748/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share

27/11/2025

23/11/2025

I’ve just returned from a reflective walk on my local beach after attending the CSP Conference in Newport — and I’m carrying home a real sense of momentum and possibility. I was there to support the launch of the new CSP Environmental Physiotherapy Network (EPN), a development that feels both timely and important for the future of our profession. Great to see some other Cornish physios there too! 💪🏼

While the work often starts with small operational changes — procurement, divestment, greener working practices — it’s clear that our role reaches much deeper. The social determinants of health (income, education, housing, food security, green space, working conditions, the ability to live an active life) are profoundly shaped by environmental and climate pressures, and those already facing inequality feel these impacts most acutely. The economic and environmental cost of managing preventable chronic conditions is enormous.

However, Physiotherapy that adapts to the whole person — their context, their story, their lived reality — is inherently sustainable, preventative, and empowering. It strengthens communities as much as it restores individuals. If this is the direction our future professional identity is moving in, then the launch of the EPN marks a significant and hopeful milestone. 💚

I truly hope many more CSP members will see themselves reflected in this work and join us in shaping what comes next. If you’re a member of the CSP, use the QR code to join.👇

12/10/2025

📣Calling all primary PE leads, primary school teachers and support staff looking to upskill in swimming attainment. We have an opportunity for you!

🏊‍♂️A morning in the pool at Penzance Leisure Centre learning about how to support your students while they learn to swim (delivered by our partners Swim England).

🗣 Time to network with colleagues

💻 A workshop in the afternoon delivered by us here at Active Cornwall on what the PE lead's remit is, ideas on what a great offer looks like, guidance on what you can and cannot spend the primary sport premium on and supporting you to advocate for this subject area in your schools.

📅 18th November
📍 Penzance Leisure Centre
🕰️ 09:00 - 15:00
£30 for 1 staff member or £50 for 2 (from the same school)

Book your spot now👉 https://forms.office.com/e/qkiY5h7D3t

11/10/2025

This review is why I love my job:

⭐️working with someone to find what matters most to them and establish, what’s their end goal?

⭐️helping to restore whole body movement options and experience renewed movement confidence through successes

⭐️busting myths about what OA and pain actually are and what they mean, with up to date knowledge of the evidence

⭐️implementing the lifestyle factors and behaviours that uniquely effect metabolism, stress, inflammation, pain and movement fear

⭐️creating a progressive strength program that challenging yet achievable to meet goals and a long ‘health span’ on those knees!

Link to website and online booking in bio 👆🏼

17/09/2025

I’ve just enjoyed the 2nd day of Future Climate Leadership course with and

Maybe you’re thinking… “What’s this got to do with your physiotherapy business Paula?”

Answer- Absolutely everything!

Our populations health is decline; increase in chronic disease, pain and disability is inextricably linked to health inequality, economic inequality and the climate crisis.

Just one example of how this is so: health services create a huge amount of carbon emissions. Our health services are stretched beyond measure and have become a ‘reactive’ service, treating much ill health that could largely be prevented by improved lifestyles, information and equitable access to good food, resources and services. (This is now well evidenced and not wishful thinking).

I’m inspired and resolute in my mission to raise awareness of this interconnectedness within the healthcare professions, the general public and those in greatest need. This starts with my own community and clientele but also within my other roles ( board)

Knowledge is empowering and there is so much that can be done as individuals, as businesses and communities that is free and will help turn the tide of these mutual crises. There is strength in numbers. We are social and loving beings that thrive in communities that do good for each other with a shared purpose.

Donella Meadows ‘Envisioning a Sustainable World’, International Society for Ecological Economics, 1994

“We need clarity about our goals. We need to know where we are going. We need to have vision. And that vision has to be articulated, it has to be socially shared, and discussed, and formulated.....
We talk easily and endlessly about our frustrations, doubts, and complaints, but we speak only rarely, and sometimes with embarrassment, about our dreams and values......”

09/09/2025

Great to hear this from the Chartered Society of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 🙌🏼

18/06/2025

Join our Carbon Literacy Training for Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists on 14th July & 14th August, and become certified as Carbon Literate - understanding healthcare’s climate impact, learning practical steps to reduce emissions, protect patient health, and take meaningful climate acti...

11/06/2025

Amen to this! I couldn’t agree more 🙌🏼

I see so many people who think that they aren't strong enough to be stable.

What is actually happening is that they are trying to use a single solution for every scenario.

When it doesn't work, they just try to get stronger.

Creating more resistance is exhausting and self limiting.

Instead, explore other possibilities, expand your options, and become more adaptable and responsive.

That's when the stability kicks in.

If this resonates with you, I warmly invite you to join me for the next JEMS® Movement ARC programme, we begin on 29 August!

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/jemsmovement/r/fb250611/

11/06/2025

Check out this awesome Carbon Literacy course collaboration! To be delivered by the lovely (The Green Physio) at my practice Brightside Physio. Open to Physio’s and OT’s primarily but GP’s also welcomed.

See ‘link in bio’ for more info and booking. 🙌🏼🌱