October 2025 Newsletter
It’s now 6 months since we moved to our new home at The Cornwall Health Hub, and we just want to say a huge thank you for all the support we have received! The team and our clients have really enjoyed the space available, with large consult rooms, our gym and studio area, easy parking and beautiful peaceful surroundings.
Now for the next 6 months! We hope to continue to build the offerings available at the Cornwall Health Hub to provide exciting and dynamic health and wellbeing services.
Lizzie Bird Movement workshops
Following the success of Lizzies last movement workshop, we are excited to host another 3 workshops over the coming months.
These 2-hour workshops are run on a Saturday morning, in a small group, and are an amazing opportunity to really focus on yourself, have 1-1 help with Lizzie, to improve the way you move and help support a healthy body. Book in via www.jb-physio.co.uk or call us on 07930 424841
A new face for our Physio team!
We are very excited to welcome Josh Pearce to our Team. Josh is an extremely talented physiotherapist, with a huge amount of experience and a very personable approach, so we are sure he will fit in brilliantly with our current team of therapists.
Previous experience/work: Professional/championship rugby (Cornish Pirates), amateur boxers, NHS MSK outpatients, post-op Orthopaedics, Pure Physiotherapy MSK clinics physio and CPD co-ordinator.
Specialisation/areas of interest -Josh has a wealth of experience in strength and conditioning, and his real area of interest is exercise prescription and sports/exercise science. His personal training and S&C background really plays into his strength in designing a tailored and periodised programme to fit your needs and get you back to 100%
Education –
First Class BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
L3 Personal trainer (YMCA)
L3 Sports massage practitioner (ITEC)
L4 Strength and conditioning coach (S&C Education/CIMSPA)
Ethos –
‘I am an evidence-based clinician but also factor in a wealth of experience and interactions with patients. I will meet you where you are at for an individualised approach to assessment, treatment and rehabilitation and love to use the latest science-based treatments to get the best results for my patients, with a personable approach’
Josh will be available to see clients from 1st December.
Classes at Cornwall Health Hub
We have added another movement session with Jack on a Monday evening as his Wednesday evening class has been so popular! Our classes are really welcoming and for any level so please do come and give one a go.
These classes are unique as they are run by our highly qualified therapists- you will receive the very best instruction and their vast amount of knowledge of injury rehabilitation and prevention.
Monday AM – Clinical Pilates with Lizzie. 9.00-10.00
Monday PM – Movement and surf fitness with Jack 19.00-20.00
Wednesday PM – Movement and surf fitness with Jack 19.00-20.00
Thursday AM – Yoga with Emma 7.30-8.30
Medical Assessments at Cornwall Health Hub
St Merryn Medical – Private GP Service Dr Steve Derry runs weekly clinics offering:
- General Medical Consultations
- Health checks
- Steroid injections for musculoskeletal conditions
Health Check includes:
- Initial GP appointment for:
- Cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, and abdominal clinical assessment
- Blood pressure, Kardia ECG, heart rate, oxygen saturations, BMI
- Blood tests: cholesterol, diabetes, liver and kidney function, thyroid, immune system, blood cells & clotting agents/minerals
- Man: testosterone, PSA
- Woman: oestrogen, LH, FSH (Menopause Markers)
- Follow-up GP appointment to discuss results:
- Health advice
- Medication review
- Organising further consultations, tests, or specialist referral if needed
To book an appointment: Visit www.stmerrynmedical.co.uk or call 07930 424841
Nutrition at Cornwall Health Hub
With Autumn drawing in, now is a great time to assess your current health and make plans to see you through the winter. Sara Kirkham can assess your current nutrition and work with you to help improve your energy levels, reduce inflammation, set goals for winter weight loss, or any other areas of nutritional support that you may need.
Sara is a qualified, registered nutritionist with over 25 years’ experience in helping people to change their diet and improve their health and lifestyle. Sara works with a wide range of health conditions and has particular interest in weight management, gut health, food intolerance, thyroid health, and aiding blood glucose and cholesterol regulation. Sara has a background in health and fitness, so also offers sports nutrition consultations and help with lean weight gain. She is able to offer a wide range of tests such as food intolerance and food allergy tests, hormone tests, stool tests and breath tests (SIBO), as well as tests to check nutrient levels/potential deficiencies
Services available at Cornwall Health Hub
The Cornwall Health Hub is a unique collaborative of specialists offering an exciting range of services to improve your health, located in a beautiful peaceful setting.
If you have physical or medical problems the team at JB Physio or our G.P. Dr Steve Derry can assist you. Nutrition Solutions can offer dietary advice and food tolerance testing to restore gut health. If it is Yoga or Pilates you need to maintain your wellbeing our sessions are run by physiotherapists and sport injury experts offering an extra level of support. We are here for you.
Check out the links to the Cornwall Health Hub collaborative and start a journey of recovery with us
Trevornick Farm
St Columb Major
Cornwall, TR9 6BX
Our 1st Movemetn and Strength Sessions for Surfers have started Wednesday eveneings
First of a kind in Cornwall our Private GP Service is open offering:-
General health consultations,
Steroid Injections,
Paediatric health consultations,
Health checks (“well man” / “well woman”),
Skin tag and mole removal,
Medicals (including insurance company requests)