Low Back Pain Series – Part 1: It’s on the rise!
Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide, particularly among the elderly population. However, it can affect people of all ages. In Malaysia, the older population is expected to increase from 4% in 1998 to 9.8% in 2020. Low back pain is expected to increase among this age group. Globally, years lived with […]
Child Developmental Delay
When you notice that your child is crawling, creep and scoot on his bottom but hasn’t start walking while other children of his age has already walking. The first thing you have in mind was about his motor development. Most children gain the ability to walk independently between the age of 11 months to 15 […]
Healthworks’ Corporate Talks, Pop Up Clinics And Ergonomic Workshops
At Healthworks, we organise corporate talks, mobile clinics and ergonomic workshops for corporations both big and small. We focus on posture, keeping it well maintained while at work so that employees can benefit from efficient ergonomic designs and have a healthier spine. Ergonomic = relating to or designed for efficiency and comfort in the working […]
Chiropractic Care For Mums To Be
As Mother’s Day was celebrated around the world on the 12th of May, many of us would show appreciation by taking them out for Mother’s Day lunch or dinner or for some of us, a shopping trip. Well, as a chiropractor, I have personally seen and treated soon to be mothers, knowing difficulties that they […]
Healthworks – The First Integrated Posture Care Centre In Malaysia
At Healthworks, we are an integrated posture and spinal care centre where we practice Chiropractic, Physiotherapy and Fitness training. We place great emphasis on mobility of your spine, your muscle movement patterns and continued care of your nervous system. How do the different disciplines work together in the clinic? Chiropractors are trained to diagnose neuromusculoskeletal […]
Physiotherapy After Stroke
What is stroke? A stroke occurs when the normal blood flow to the brain is suddenly interrupted or blocked. Usually, it is due to bleeding or haemorrhage from a blood vessel, or a clot in a blood vessel. This interruption of the blood supply to part of the brain can damage or destroy brain cells […]
Osteoporosis
In medical term, osteo means bone and porosis means porous. Put both of them together and you get osteoporosis, which is a condition that involves weak and brittle bones. The bones are so brittle that mild stresses such as coughing, bending over and sneezing can cause a fracture. So how did osteoporosis come about? […]
Physical Inactivity And Low Back Pain
The trend of physical inactivity has been increasing ever since the development of high speed technology. Though it has made most of our chores or work very much efficient, it has certainly allowed us to fall back to our seats and click away at whatever we want. At Healthworks, we realized that physical inactivity has […]
What is De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis?
De Quervain’s is an inflammation of the tendon sheaths of the muscle tendons that course that run from your wrist to your thumb. The fluid-filled sheath enables the tendon to “glide” or “slide” easily through it. Tenosynovitis is the inflammation of the fluid-filled sheath (called the synovium) that surrounds a tendon. This inflammation can lead […]
Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis)
Have you ever experienced pain in your shoulders as well as limited shoulder movements? If you do, the condition you are having is most likely a frozen shoulder, otherwise known as adhesive capsulitis. It is the second most common shoulder joint injury. Individuals over the age of 40 and particularly woman are more susceptible to […]
