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

Chinese New Year Special Promotion

Dear Friends and Family, 

Don't miss our Chinese New Year Promotion! Grab your 15% discount for a New Red Theraband and get a FREE 20 minutes "How to use your theraband" session with a professional physiotherapist! Promotion only from 25th January-25th March 2016. Under our physiotherapist's guidance, you will learn how to safely exercise effectively with the Theraband for your FIVE CORES and better well-being!

Chinese New Year Special Promotion

Dear Friends and Family,

Come for the 1st ever Valedo Motion Movement Screening in Malaysia! 

Learn your baseline of your spine and pelvic movements with the latest technology available in clinics internationally with the 1st Valedo Motion in Malaysia. Grab the 50% discount now for your assessment, fun game-like exercises and physiotherapy consultation in your spine and back care.

Dear family, friends & patients...
My Physio would like to celebrate World Physiotherapy Day 2015 with a line of activities & events. We would like to Create an awareness on HOW PHYSIOTHERAPY can Empower you & the community in MOVING HEALTHILY!
If you want to move well...you need to BE STABLE while moving! Being stable means keeping your BALANCE in all your movements with ease.
Understanding this as Movement Specialist, we are conducting a MOVEMENT & BALANCE Screening FREE for all of you on Sunday, 13th September. Come and experience the ART OF MOVEMENT CARE with us..Lim Yi Lin, Harold Lock, Lee Lai Yoong, Nurul Azwa, Shing Mun Yin, Karolina.

Info of the event:
The full screen will take approx 40 minutes with total of 4 stations. The screening will be conducted by 5 qualified physiotherapists. After the screen, there will be a summary & advise given to the participants. Health talk is at 11.30am for about 30 minutes. We believe it will greatly benefit people especially those above 45 years old. Please help pass the word around for us. Thanks a lot. Cheers. For more information, please contact us at +6019-386 7434 / +603-7931 8758.

"Thinking for a change" - Discussion 2 - Big Picture Thinking

The last lesson of our Leadership Training class was on the topic of 'Big-picture Thinking' skill.

Big-picture Thinking! If you asked me before I read the book- 'Thinking for a change' if I had Big-picture Thinking...I would have answered Yes I DO. Previously I thought, as long as I accommodate perspectives and needs of others in my choices...I consider myself to be a big picture thinker. Further to that, I considered myself to be a Big-picture thinker when I had the ability to see a situation in a broader perspective for my family with reference to my professional perspective which would add value in the relevant matters. This to me was good for my family members; hence they should then follow my advice with my professional point of view.

 But I now think my understanding of Big-picture Thinking may not be completely true.

"We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon".

This line gave me a very big impact on the way I used to think; prior to this I understood the language but not the meaning of the line. I should not see from my own world/perspective when family members refuse to follow what I think is good for them. I should not limit myself by other people's opinion when I believe in what I see as best in a situation. People may choose to live in their horizons but I will be courageous to continue to see my horizon with the good thinking for my life and choices.

Learn continually, listen intentionally, live completely and look expansively are the mindset which should be adopted in the thinking process to achieve my horizon. From these, I have far more to learn.

During the discussion, we had to rate ourselves from the scale of 1-10 as a big picture thinker. Initially my big picture thinking is base on three different roles - me in my personal growth, me in my career, and me in my family. With this way of thinking, hence I have different ratings too! But big picture thinking is a skill; if it is a skill...it should not differ when in different situations. It should have one rating and not three! The mindset should be considered as a whole, it won't be totally different even at different roles.

I used to view challenges with a situational view of overcoming it. I found myself to be impatient easily when challenges crossed my path in a situation then. However, seeing another way of viewing my challenges, I have observed my new ability to be able to overcome the negative emotions (impatience) when I implement Big-picture thinking with a vision as a target, instead of just a good situation as a target. This enables me to prepare myself to deal with my challenges instead of trying to push it away.
The way I now think is...How free are you/me? If I have limitations in my mind because of what others think and say (the situation), then that will be the size of my thinking! - telling myself.

After attending the leadership class, I always link my past to current. I begin to connect all the dots and I now believe I have the potential to become a leader! I have never settled for certainty, I took up the challenge to study physiotherapy when I was 26 years old. I gave myself permission to expand my world; I put myself in an environment where the good thinkers are. I learn from every experience and gain insight from a variety of people; I try to understand what/why/how my seniors perform. I am not a leader YET to others, as sometimes I still sway in between the reality and idealism. But I have begun this journey by first beginning to lead myself from my dream and choices instead of from my situations. My situations do not limit my thinking. I have to unleash the potential of focused thinking to sharpen my thinking skill. How? To be continue, thinking skill 2- unleash the potential of focused thinking.

Shane Shing Mun Yin

"Thinking for a change" - Discussion 1

Everything begins with a thought.

“Life consist of what a man is thinking about all day”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

After following the three chapters in the book “Thinking for a change” by John Maxwell, thinking can be a powerful thing; it can either make you or break you. Having good thinking can change your life. According to James Allen, “Good thoughts and action can never produce bad results; bad thought and actions can never produce good results.” To me the statement seems logical and there is truth in what James Allen stated. The question that follows this thought of mine is  how do we define good thinking. According to John Maxwell there are only a minority of people who are good thinkers. During our discussion we talk about being good thinkers in different context. We must always strive to be in the minority group of good thinkers in whatever environment we may be in. There are many levels of depth of good thinking. It is important to know the WHYs as this will lead us to the HOW and WHAT in the process of reaching our goals and potential. People must learn how to think well to achieve their dreams and to reach their potential.

For me, an example of a good thinker is Lee Kuan Yew. As a leader, he had a vision of bringing up Singapore and making the country a landmark in the world map. He is able to see the details in the big picture and stay focus all the time, showing his consistency in striving to make his vision a reality. During our team discussion, one of our colleague mentioned that she viewed Tun Mahathir as a good thinker.To her, he was a great leader in bringing great development to the country and leading the country to the next level. Some of us also viewed P. Ramlee as a good thinker. We see him bringing great changes to the entertainment industry in our country. His legacy still stays on even though he has passed on many years. In our discussion, one of our colleague’s  mentioned that she viewed her husband as a good thinker. She identified him as a good thinker. She came to this conclusion because …(I quote her) “He is able to think through details looking at the issue from many different angles. He is able to then set clear goals and work towards it consistently.”

Another colleague mentioned that he admired his professors are good thinkers. He related back to his time of graduation, his professors gave him some books informing him to only read those books after he begins working. They told him to only read the books when he had new questions during his work which he could not answer. After a few years of working the books were extremely useful and thinking back to what the professors said, he saw his professors to be good thinkers as they were able to empower him with direction and guidance for his career even though they were not near him now. Nelson was also mentioned to be respected as a good thinker. He was able to walk the talk from the beginning until the end. He was able to influence people even from prison and what he planted was so strong that it influenced others to make a change. He was a great influence of demonstrating and  teaching to be forgiving.

In our discussion, good thinkers to us can be people very near to us or well known leaders around the world. It depends on which context we are referring to. Good thinking isn’t just one thing. It consists of several specific thinking skills. Becoming a good thinker means developing those skills to the best of our ability. After our sharing of thoughts, we came to conclusion that good thinkers in the context of leadership are people who have good thinking skills whereby they are able to influence and lead people in any situation in a positive way. The concept of leadership thinking is that you are able to have a VISION, and with the concrete vision you will start to have a MISSION with VALUES and OBJECTIVES hence having GOALS to work towards to.

We are not necessarily born good thinkers; good thinking can be acquired intentionally. It can be cultivated and refined. How are we to acquire good thinking skills? It starts with an intention of wanting to be a good thinker. It is discipline and consistency to acquire good thinking skills. It is important to put aside some time and find a place to think our thoughts; a place where we can shape our thoughts; stretch our thoughts; land our thoughts and finally fly our thoughts.

In the following lessons, we will be looking at eleven thinking skills that can help us to become a good thinker. Come follow us in this leadership journey of Thinking for a Change……..next, we will talk about the first thinking skill which is BIG–PICTURE THINKING.

Jacinta Lee

WCPT CONGRESS 2015

What is WCPT?

The World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) was founded in 1951. The World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) is an international voice for physical therapy, representing more than 350,000 physical therapists worldwide through its 106 member organizations. The confederation operates as a non-profit organization and is registered as a charity in the UK.

WCPT believes that every individual is entitled to the highest possible standard of culturally appropriate healthcare delivered in an atmosphere of trust and respect for human dignity, and underpinned by sound clinical reasoning and scientific evidence. It is committed to furthering the physical therapy profession and improving global health through: 

• encouraging high standards of physical therapy research, education and practice 
• supporting the exchange of information between WCPT regions and member organizations 
• collaborating with national and international organizations 

Vision

WCPT's vision is to move physical therapy forward so the profession is recognized globally for its significant role in improving health and wellbeing.

Mission

WCPT's mission is to:

• unite the profession internationally; 
• represent physical therapy and physical therapists internationally; 
• promote high standards of physical therapy practice, education and research; 
• facilitate communication and information exchange among member organizations, regions, subgroups and their members; 
• collaborate with national and international organizations; 
• contribute to the improvement of global health. 

WCPT has held 15 world congresses since its establishment. It is held every four years. This year’s world congress was held in Singapore from 1st-4th May 2015. WCPT will be holding congresses more frequently under plans designed to make this event more accessible to all the Confederation’s members. WCPT’s Executive Committee is making this announcement after two years of study. The Executive Committee believes that a two-year interval between congresses will enable today’s Confederation to better fulfill its objectives, serve its member organizations and move the profession forward globally. The next congress will be held in 2017 in Cape Town.

Jacinta Lee 

*Information taken from http://www.wcpt.org



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My Journey to my 1st WCPT Congress 2015.

My journey began one day in July when my boss asked me if I had a passport…I was surprised and replied no. That was the start of my exciting opportunity to quite a few FIRST TIME experiences for me. I would be going out of Malaysia for the 1st time, being in an aeroplane for the 1st time….and attending an international gathering of Physiotherapists (WCPT) for the 1st time! I recall…I was excited yet a little nervous as all these were such new experiences for me. I was glad Ms Lim (my boss) would be going along with me. I wanted to be as prepared as I could be for the WCPT, so after confirming the pre-conference workshop I would be attending, I discussed with Ms Lim & Ms Lee (my senior colleague) on the topics to read through before going.

He!re we are at suntec City Singapore for the WCPT Congress 2015 

The WCPT was held at Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore from the 1st - 5th of May. It was a good experience and exposure for me. The pre-course that I attended on the1stof May was located at Nanyang Polytechnic, in Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, Singapore. It was entitled: “Acute and Chronic Pain Management: Evidence-Based Role of Electrophysical Agents. There were four speakers who presented their researches and other current researchs regarding the topic. In this course, we got to know the latest evidence of all the electrophysical agents that we used to treat our patients. As I listened to them, I realised that they were talking from their very wide range of patient experiences and could tell us the benefits they saw with their patient outcomes. I remember thinking to myself that I would like to have the same opportunity like them in my own career journey and see my patients benefit from my treatment services.

Great opportunity to meet friends of Clare Frank-Michael & Marshall

Great privilege to meet Phil Page at the Theraband booth,... another friend of Clare Frank.

On Saturday, I attended the conference that was located at Suntec Convention Centre. This convention centre is just two stations from my hotel and it is attached to the city hall shopping complex. During this conference, there were a lot of research presentations and talks on various topics.I managed to see research presentations on topics like stroke, musculoskeletal and falls among older people. There were also a lot of poster presentations and viewing. At the same area of poster viewing, there were also a lot of booths that showed the current technology and products for physical therapy. I must say…there really was just too much information for me to chew on in ONE day! I decided to take as much pictures and flyers related to my area of interest so that I could discuss these with my team in My Physio and learn together.

Night scene in Singapore

I am very happy and feel grateful to get this opportunity to be part of WCPT world congress 2015 in Singapore.

Nurul Azwa

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Chronic Pain: Physical Therapy Targeting Mind, Body and Brain (WCPT 2015 Post-conference).

I am glad for the learning experience in the Chronic Pain Post-conference during the World Confederation for Physical therapy (WCPT) World Congress 2015 in Singapore. It was an informative course and a very relevant topic for me. 

Jo, Mira and Kelly were very inspiring speakers in this course. During the course, they shared their numerous research findingsand their rich experiences to us. 

I learnt how important it is for physical therapists to diagnose the different types of chronic pain accurately with assessment and to prescribe the right treatment strategy to the patient.

I am so glad that I am able to further understand and differentiate nociceptive, neuropathic and central sensitization pain now. Thanks to Jo, Mira and Kelly.

I am eager to implement the concept of Central Sensitization Pain for some of my treatment strategies of my patients. I noticed that a few of my patients’ pain symptoms hardly improved despite the recovery of their actual tissue injury or the elimination of the mechanism deficits.

Disproportionate pains, diffuse pain distribution, hypersensitivity to a certain sense are all indications of possibility of central sensitization. I am confident that I will be able to achieve a better outcome with this new understanding. I will now start to perform neurophysiological pain tests and conduct pain education classes for my patients.

I am looking forward to attend the 2017 WCPT Congress in Cape Town to keep myself with more current updates to better treat my patients. Hopefully, I will be able to meet Jo, Mira and Kelly again.

Harold Lock

Taking in the beautiful night scene during my stay in Singapore