Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization: Women's Health Skill Course 27th-29th 0ct 2016

I have good news for all of you.

In line with my company's vision to Raise the Level of Physiotherapists, I am constantly raising funds for sponsorship for many of the courses we have affliation with.

MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre has been committed in using DNS and empowering others in learning the DNS. With our commitment to Raise the level of Physiotherapists to Impact our Society and with the understanding of DNS, we are happy to inform you that we have managed to raise a sufficient amount of sponsorship fund this year to give a 50% goodwill sponsorship to 20 participants of the DNS Women's Health Skill Course. 

I have been working in the area of Women's Health(WH). I personally have experienced a great desire to learn and explore more Functional approach concepts to help my patients but found a significant gap in training offered in this specialty. Hence I am thankful and very happy that my hard work to bring this opportunity to all of us specialising/interested in WH has materialised finally after 2 years!

The sponsorship by MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre is an act of goodwill and has no bond attached to it. However, we will require a power point case study presentation of how you have implemented the DNS concept in treating at least 1 of your patients. (This is to ensure that our sponsorship has at least benefited 1 person in your circle of influence).

We are giving priority to previous DNS participants of the Kuala Lumpur DNS Workshops before we select the others that submit their application form. There is a dateline for thispriority of up to the 1st of September for submission of your application form and a payment dateline of 15th September 2016.

The fee amount for you to pay after the given sponsorship is USD 675(early bird) for a 3 day DNS Women Health Skill workshop by Martina Jezkova. Please refer to the Registration form for the fees and payment method.

Kindly refer to the link below for the overview course objectives:

http://www.rehabps.cz/rehab/course.php?c_id=497

We hope you will take this opportunity to further develop your DNS understanding.

The venue of the course will be in Petaling Jaya.

Looking forward to hear from those of you interested.

Sincerely,

Ms Lim Yi Lin

Founder

MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre

Thinking For a Change-Discussion 3 : Focused Thinking

Here are some of my thoughts on Focus Thinking Skill which John Maxwell talks about in his book “ Thinking For a Change”.

Focus can bring me energy and power to my daily activities, whether physical or mental.

I want to do well in my exam; focused thinking will help me to concentrate on preparing for my exam.

I want to do better in my gym, focused thinking while practicing will improve my technique in the gym

I want to cycle longer, focused thinking while practicing will increase my will power to persevere on.

Here are five suggestions to help you with the process of focused thinking and some of my practical example:

1.      Remove distraction:

I used to block off my time so that there is no interruption. I would make myself “disappear” or intentionally not connect with others. Lately, I would even stop my mobile data after 9 pm to prevent myself from using the internet.

2.      Make time for focused thinking:

Once you have a place to think, you need the time to think. My best thinking time occurs in the night after 10 pm, before my sleep. I stop my mobile data and don’t allow myself to look at the phone from 10 pm. Put all non-productive matters on hold so that I can create thinking time for myself.

3.      Keep items of focus before you:

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade - in short, in all management of human affairs. To benefit from concentration, keep important items in front of you. I will record my top three priority things to do every day in my phone calendar. Also, I will ask my colleagues or family members to keep reminding me on the important things to do by bringing the topic up constantly.

4.      Set goals:

The mind will not focus until it has clear objectives. So, I believe setting goals are important.

A few months ago, my goal was to complete my DNS D exam by first weekend of October. This clear goal empowered me to get it completed.

5.      Question your progress:

Is what I am doing getting me closer to my goals?

I always do my self- reflection at 10 pm before my sleep and check the progress of my goal. I try to make sure I am headed toward my goal.

Let’s start your focused thinking with me and you will see the changes.

Reflection of 2015 Part 3

On the 1^st of August 2015, I started working as a Customer Care Officer in a new company, *MyPhysio, which is a Physiotherapy centre. It is a totally different set-up compared to my previous job. Before this, I worked at a telecommunication company in customer service which requires me to receive calls regarding customers’ inquiries.  Now, my responsibility is mainly administration. I am required to arrange patients' appointments, I will have to receive incoming calls and look into administrative matters. The most important thing is that I need to talk to client face to face. Initially, it was difficult for me because it requires me to speak in English, a language that I seldom use in my daily life. I will become less confident if I need to speak in English and it is more challenging when I need to speak in English face to face with clients. After almost 5 months working here, I have grown more confident to converse in English.

            A memorable day in my work experience at MyPhysio was a community event, Physio Day. My initial thought to this event was I would not be able to have my usual rest on a Sunday as the Physio Day was on a Sunday to cater to the needs of the community. However on that day, when we finished the event at 2pm I felt a great sense of satisfaction. It was worth seeing people that came feeling happy, satisfied and enjoying the activities of that day. On that day, I was in charge of the registration, and measuring the blood pressure and heart rate for everyone that came. It was a day filled with new experiences for me.

MyPhysio also has personal development training for us through leadership training classes. The class is held twice a month. The training focuses on developing my Thinking skill. This has helped me to make better decisions at work and in my life.

            I have also met and made new friends in this new company. They are all therapists who are from different races and religions but they are nice and helpful to me. My boss is a dedicated and a patient person. She is not the person that will scold her staff directly. It happened to me once when I made a mistake in arranging appointments for the patients. Fortunately, the slot is not redundant. My boss talked to me and asked me to explain the situation. Instead of scolding me, she gave me a solution so that I will know how to handle the situation if it happens in future.

            Lastly, I had many new experiences after working in this new company. I learnt how to speak to strangers, and be patient and friendly to clients. I have also gained knowledge on what physiotherapy is all about. I hope I can grow in my career and continue to be able to contribute to the client care and physiotherapy team of MyPhysio in 2016.

Love, 

Nurul Ain 


*MyPhysio is now known as MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre 

2015 has come to an end. This is my third year journeying with *MyPhysio. It has been a very interesting and pleasant journey with MyPhysio this year.  This year, thanks to to MyPhysio , I was given the opportunity to attend the World Conference Physical Therapy (WCPT) 2015 at Singapore, May 2015. This is my first time attending WCPT and it has been a great experience and exposure during the conference. During the conference, I  got to meet and share experiences with other physiotherapists from other countries. I hope to get this opportunity again in the future.

As we know, MyPhysio’s treatment strategies is strongly influenced by the Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization(DNS) approach and we would like to get other physiotherapist in Malaysia to know and learn more about the effectiveness of DNS. We started our year 2015 with a one day course which introduced us to an understanding of a Developmental Kinesiology Approach. This was my first time attending such a course. We learnt how to consider exercises in developmental baby positions. This course was aimed to prepare us for the future DNS courses that MyPhysio would be organizing. Although it is not my first exposure to DNS, but there is always something new to learn and improve my clinical skills.

In October, we successfully organized the DNS A and DNS Foot skill course at Melia Hotel for 5 days. I attended the DNS A course with other colleagues. After the course, I found that I was able to understand more about the principles of DNS and became more confident in applying this approach during treatment sessions.  It made me want to know more and improve more both in knowledge and skill.

Besides improving ourselves in clinical practice, MyPhysio also gives us opportunities to improve our leadership skills. We have discussion classes on the topic ‘Thinking For a Change’ since July 2015. There are 11 thinking skills that we can learn, practice and use to improve and change ourselves to be a better person as a physiotherapist and human being respectively.

Thank you to the MyPhysio team for this memorable and meaningful year. I hope for an amazing journey next year. Bye-bye 2015. Welcome 2016. Happy new year to all. I Hope that it will be an exciting year ahead for all. 

Love, 

Nurul Azwa

*MyPhysio is now known as MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre 

           

Events

Caregiver Education Training 2015:

MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre conducted the FiCoMo Caregiver Education Training (Level 1) on the 9^th of December 2015 successfully. The aim of this training was to educate nurses and caregivers on basic proper movement care in transferring & helping patient for daily activities and to provide hands-on practical demonstration for carers to apply proper movement care in daily activities.

Nurses and family care givers attended the training. It was very encouraging to have participants come from as far as Melaka for this 1 day community service training event. The training started around 9.30am with a brief explanation of the FiCoMo concept by Ms. Lim Yi Lin (consultant physiotherapy at MyPhysio FiCoMo). FiCoMo stands for “Five Cores for Movement”, meaning we focus on 5 major cores of our body to be strong in a stabilization function in order to achieve the optimal network of system to move healthily.

After the short session with Ms.Lim, I started our training. We did a lot of demonstration and practical session practicing with each other on transfer techniques , proper handling skills and proper movement care principles for both patient & care giver. We adjusted and modified the techniques according to the patient’s need & environment based on the FiCoMo concept.  At the end of the training, there was practical examination for the nurses. They did their best during practical examination. The training ended around 3.30pm.

On a personal note, this was my first time conducting a full day training. Although a little nervous throughout the training, I was very happy and excited in having the opportunity to share my knowledge and help others. I also received new information and input from the participants’ feedback that was very useful and beneficial for me. This training also increased my confidence in my communication with others. All the participants are very committed to learn the proper movement care. They asked a lot of questions and they really wanted to do their best in taking care of their patients/family member. They were all very friendly and that helped us all enjoy the session while learning together.

We will be conducting another course soon this year. I hope that these free FiCoMo community service programme will benefit more people in future.

Nurul Azwa

Physiotherapist
MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre

 Participants receiving the certificates after the training.

Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Courses 2016

I have good news for all of you.

In line with my company's vision to Raise the Level of Physiotherapists, I am constantly raising funds for sponsorship for many of the courses we have affliation with.

MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre has been committed in using DNS and empowering others in learning the DNS. With our commitment to Raise the level of Physiotherapists to Impact our Society and with the understanding of DNS, we are happy to inform you that we have managed to raise a sufficient amount of sponsorship fund this year to give a 50% goodwill sponsorship to 20 participants of the DNS Women's Health Skill Course. 

I have been working in the area of Women's Health(WH). I personally have experienced a great desire to learn and explore more Functional approach concepts to help my patients but found a significant gap in training offered in this specialty. Hence I am thankful and very happy that my hard work to bring this opportunity to all of us specialising/interested in WH has materialised finally after 2 years!

The sponsorship by MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre is an act of goodwill and has no bond attached to it. However, we will require a power point case study presentation of how you have implemented the DNS concept in treating at least 1 of your patients. (This is to ensure that our sponsorship has at least benefited 1 person in your circle of influence).

We are giving priority to previous DNS participants of the Kuala Lumpur DNS Workshops before we select the others that submit their application form. There is a dateline for thispriority of up to the 1st of September for submission of your application form and a payment dateline of 15th September 2016.

The fee amount for you to pay after the given sponsorship is USD 675(early bird) for a 3 day DNS Women Health Skill workshop by Martina Jezkova. Please refer to the Registration form for the fees and payment method.

Kindly refer to the link below for the overview course objectives:

http://www.rehabps.cz/rehab/course.php?c_id=497

We hope you will take this opportunity to further develop your DNS understanding.

The venue of the course will be in Petaling Jaya.

Looking forward to hear from those of you interested.

Sincerely,

Ms Lim Yi Lin

Founder

MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre

Come join this fantastic learning journey of an International renowned approach to MOVEMENT CARE & PERFORMANCE among local and international peers! These courses are taught by experienced international DNS Instructor from the DNS Team.

The DNS Approach by Prof Kolar and his team will open your horizon from a leading edge science to see how we can change and empower our patients' MOVEMENT to HEALTH beyond the Structural Approach!Check out www.rehabps.com for more info of the DNS Approach.

We as certified DNS practitioners have personally experienced the Amazing Difference of how much further our patients can achieve in the last 3 years with the new understanding. Our patients have experienced great improvement with DNS approach. You can check out our patients’ experiences with DNS in our website. www.myphysioficomo.com/testimonies.html 

This round we will also have a skill course on Scoliosis which is a much discussed topic in these recent years. For the scoliosis course, there is a pre-requisite of the participants needing to have completed DNS A.

Don't miss your chance to your early bird discounts if you register before 10 May 2016! This year we are offering GROUP DISCOUNT to those who would like to register with 2 persons in a group. Only 20 SEATS available for each course.

In October 2016, we will be organizing DNS Women's Health Skill Course. It is suitable for Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths and Midwives. For this course the early bird ends before 10th August and we also provide group discount of 2 fees. Please find the registration forms  as below.

In MyPhysio FiCoMo’s vision of RAISING the level of Physiotherapists, we are once again offering Sponsorship opportunities to Malaysian Physios working in Malaysia that are eligible. If you are interested, please apply via the MyPhysio FiCoMo Sponsorship form and we will email you the eligibility, terms and condition of this.

Friends......SIGN UP NOW!

We will also be giving periodically more info on this blog about concepts of DNS and how our patients have been benefiting with it. Feel free to tell us your thoughts/questions...

MyPhysio FiCoMo Team:

Lim, Lock, Jacinta ,Azwa , Shing

Reflection of 2015 Part 2

2015 is a year of change for me. Firstly, i started my journey in MyPhysio in 2015. I took a leap in my career path, from being in a 'comfort zone' environment to a new environment. I am challenged to grow from my own level and everyone is different. It is an interesting journey as I have been challenged to explore that there are many ways in doing things, hence I have learnt that there can always be more than one option to achieve a goal. There isn't just one option in handling things as in there isn't only just one way to reach a destination. I have learnt to weigh out the options and choose the best option. It is important to think through things before an action is taken and as you spend more time in thinking through, the solutions seems to surface clearer. 

2015 is also a year that I have achieved quite a few things. I am proud to say that I am now a Certified DNS Practitioner.  It is an achievement for me as the journey in learning DNS started a few years back. i have completed the courses and exams abroad in USA, Canada & Prague. As I apply DNS more in my practice, I learnt to look beyond the condition of the patient and more on the biopsychosocial aspect of the patient by holistic approach which is necessary in current medical field. I learn to see the connection and treat patient in a more functional way.It has been a great learning curve for me. I am very glad that i am able to use this approach to enhance my treatment skills and to give better quality treatment for my clients. I helped organised the first DNS course by MyPhysio this year. It was a success and very encouraging to see many physiotherapist being exposed to DNS.

2015 has been a year of discovering and thinking through and I think it is time to put things in action and move forward. I look forward for new challenges that await me in 2016!

Love, 

Jacinta Lee Lai Yoong 

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2015 January, I became part of MyPhysio. It's a new learning curve for me- from an established private hospital to a private specialist physiotherapy centre; from a senior junior hierarchy corporate world to a mentor mentee relationship environment; obviously I prefer the latter. For me, a mentor has the ability to influence the new junior to this upcoming industry for the benefit of our patients who put their trust in us. Of course I have a very good working environment, that's the reason I see myself growing. Within one year, I have been groomed in and out, my mind-set (be it personal and professional), my attitude and even my writing skill!

I'm sure you will be asking what about my clinical knowledge or skills? That comes later. We believe, when you have a level 5 mind-set (from a scale of 1 to 5), automatically the level of clinical knowledge or skills will be elevated to the level of mind set. Of course we go for courses to keep ourselves updated. A skilled/in depth mind set prepared me to look at my patients as a person who comes from different walks of life rather than just see the patient with the condition alone. If I were to just focus on the condition alone, flip some pages to refresh my memory and all will go well to treat a condition. But what challenged me was to be able to understand my patients with their frame of mind and meet their expectations with my patient care strategies. Providing my physiotherapy services to patients who now pay from their own pockets (as majority of our patients do not claim from insurance or companies) was a totally different situation compared with my last workplace. I never realized this important element when I was in hospital setting. I thought being a good physiotherapist was to make my patient feel pain free so they could be discharged. I didn’t engage with my patients and I had less empathy for my patients previously. Now, their recovery and their wellness have become a part of who I am. Here, in MyPhysio I'm empowered to deal with expectations instead of just conditions, isn't it magical? Indeed it is to me.

My attitude…I could feel the changes in myself! Most of the time I won't feel the change in me till somebody tells me so, that's influence. But now constantly I feel I take the initiative to change the way how I handle things, which is an improvement for me. I can feel the changes in me, because it is my desire to change and improve coming from within. My desire is to PROGRESS personally from within me and not depending on external motivation. The limitation of depending on external motivation from my surrounding for personal Progress is that it tends to fade after a while and so I need to keep looking for new external motivations.

You must be wondering why writing skill? I often speak faster than my mind thinking and processing time. In writing my thoughts, I have to think, plan, process, and correct my ideas and words. These four steps really made me slow down when the time came for me to express myself regardless in writing or verbally. The context is important, how to present it is important. Whether the context is understood or acceptable is important. All these come from the four steps I mentioned above. Patience and detail are the keys, I'm improving through these invisibly.

2015, I can see myself this far after I have become part of MyPhysio, how about you in your 2015?

Love,

Shane Shing Mun Yin 

Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Courses 2016

Dear Physiotherapists and Fellow Friends of MyPhysio FiCoMo,

Happy New Year to you all and we wish it has been a good start of 2016. In 2016 MyPhysio FiCoMo is starting our journey in this new PHASE of Progress. WE are very excited to invite you to join the 2^nd full Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) module course in Malaysia in the 4th week of July 2016!

Come join this fantastic learning journey of an International renowned approach to MOVEMENT CARE & PERFORMANCE among local and international peers! These courses are taught by experienced international DNS Instructor from the DNS Team.

The DNS Approach by Prof Kolar and his team will open your horizon from a leading edge science to see how we can change and empower our patients' MOVEMENT to HEALTH beyond the Structural Approach!Check out www.rehabps.com for more info of the DNS Approach.

We as certified DNS practitioners have personally experienced the Amazing Difference of how much further our patients can achieve in the last 3 years with the new understanding. Our patients have experienced great improvement with DNS approach. You can check out our patients’ experiences with DNS in our website. www.myphysioficomo.com/testimonies.html 

This round we will also have a skill course on Scoliosis which is a much discussed topic in these recent years. For the scoliosis course, there is a pre-requisite of the participants needing to have completed DNS A.

Don't miss your chance to your early bird discounts if you register before 10 May 2016! This year we are offering GROUP DISCOUNT to those who would like to register with 2 persons in a group.Only 20 SEATS available for each course.

In MyPhysio FiCoMo’s vision of RAISING the level of Physiotherapists, we are once again offering Sponsorship opportunities to Malaysian Physios working in Malaysia that are eligible. If you are interested, please apply via the MyPhysio FiCoMo Sponsorship form and we will email you the eligibility, terms and condition of this.

Friends......SIGN UP NOW!

We will also be giving periodically more info on this blog about concepts of DNS and how our patients have been benefiting with it. Feel free to tell us your thoughts/questions...

MyPhysio FiCoMo Team:

Lim, Lock, Jacinta ,Azwa , Shing

Reflections of 2015

My REFLECTIONS of 2015

REALIZING MY/OUR POTENTIAL!

Arriving at 2016, I am so thankful and happy of the awakening of MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre! It is a milestone of my dream and VISION – Raising the level of Physiotherapists to impact everyone!

Since the 1990’s when I first began my baby steps as a physio, I always believed that there were 3 main roles a physiotherapist should have in their thinking and actions. They are the roles as a Clinician, Educator and Researcher to keep this profession on the road of PROGRESS. When I decided to be a physiotherapist at 16 years old, I never looked back on this journey of my passion and I am thankful for all the experiences (good and not so good) I learnt from. I am especially grateful to the wonderful physios, patients and people that taught me about life and the value of living….that reminded me to keep overcoming the challenges with the vision and the passion.

I kept pressing on to learn, grow and love…, I never stopped dreaming of trying to find new ways to impact my loved ones, my patients and people in healthcare strategies for a greater Well-Being with the platform of Physiotherapy Strategies!

The last year of 2015 has been a highly pressured time for me BUT has been so crucial for me to further REALIZE (Make Real) my potential. It has consolidated much of my thinking and believes for the past 8 years to what has awakened today through MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre! We at MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre believe that Physiotherapists are MOVEMENT Specialists!

Have you ever defined or taken some time to think through on what it means to be a Specialist of MOVEMENT? How does one begin an assessment of a patient as a Movement Specialist? How does one view structural influence in their treatment strategies as a MOVEMENT Specialist?

I have taken 8 years of relooking at many believes and thinking I had and have redefined many ideas and understanding, and since 2008…I have invested much of my time and financials to travel abroad to the USA & Europe to be among the physios, chiros and osteopaths to see how everyone of us had different ideas on the elements of structure, movement and function. I began to integrate my understanding and believes on being a MOVEMENT Specialist with the Bio-psychosocial Model of Well-Being.

In MyPhysio FiCoMo, we BEGIN all or patients and client’s journey to a better and healthier life with Movement CARE. When we are empowered with the ART of Movement CARE, we will then be able to progress to Power in Movement PERFORMANCE. And we keep pushing ourselves to NEW WAYS of Movement Performance to PROGRESS to Wisdom in Movement INTELLIGENCE!

I am excited for 2016 as it is the beginning of our journey in this new PHASE of Progress. I would like to encourage all physios out there to be courageous to DREAM, Chase the DREAM and Empower people with your DREAM. Be Courageous, Be Responsible, Be Wise and Be PATIENT & POSITIVE because the SUCCESS JOURNEY is a PROCESS.

Happy New Year to ALL!

Love,

Yi Lin

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Great privilege to meet Professor Pavel Kolar in person

Happy New Year!

As we look forward for better achievements in the year to come, I am enjoying the fruits that we reaped in 2015. It was an amazing journey for me to be certified as a Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) Practitioner from the Prague School of Rehabilitation, Czech republic.

Being a physiotherapist, it is important for us to continually keep ourselves updated with the current approaches that are available. Being up to date, we are able to provide better quality services and improve the quality of life for our clients especially for those who are in need. Break through results and good testimonials from my clients strengthened our core achievements from “impossible to possible”. Our treatment approach is no stranger in Malaysia anymore since MyPhysio organized the course in October 2015 successfully with good response.

I look forward to provide our expertise in years to come and we strongly believe this approach will bring joy and love to people.

From Harold Lock