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The Road Ahead

2007-12-07T16:33:00.000+08:00

The Basic is working on the planning for 2008. While we're the expert in Clinical Management, we'd like to extend our scope to Sports Management and Sports Medicine.

The services would include;

Sports Performance Enhancement
Sports Injury Rehabilitation
Sports Event Medical Support

We'll let you know more about the plan in next issue of the Basics.

End of Events - Beginning of Rehab

2007-11-15T16:31:00.000+08:00

Our Team finished the Trailwalker in 23 hours. The members are in perfect condition after the event, thanks to intensive medical support and on-field caring.

However, not all sportsmen have the access to such support. There're several common conditions after sternuous exercise like the Trailwalker and distant running;

Shin splint - it's the pain and spasm over your shin bone. Shin splint is very common among distant runners, yet it's difficult to be diagnosed and treated. In time and appropriate treatment would be crucial to overall prognosis.

Injury to structures of foot and ankle - like plantar fasciitis, stress fracture, sprain ankle and overused tendo Achilles (the cord on the back of ankle) leading to foot and ankle pain. Most injuries response well to physiotherapy and exercise therapy.

Injury to structures of hip and knee - infrapatellar fat pad syndrome (below the knee cap), ITB syndrome (side of thigh), and other more serious meniscal and ligamentum injuries. Most injuries response well to physiotherapy and exercise therapy, yet further operation might be indication in more serious condition.

The treatment should help you return to sports as soon as possible.

Should I Run?

2007-10-24T17:14:00.000+08:00

It's the runners' and hikers' season now. Some of our clients are going to take part in Oxfam Trail-walkers and other running and trail events. We wish them all the successes.

I do not run or participate in any such kind of event; yet, I'm a serious medic for those event. There're several condition that could put them to rest or even end up early "retirement". Luckily most of such problems are preventable with proper measures. Those problems are;

Inadequate training and conditioning;
- Weak thigh muscles
- Faulty movement in knee joint / knee cap
- Casual practicipation
Wrong equipment;
- Blister and callus formation
- Improper ankle / knee protection
- WRONG SHOES

If you encounter any of the conditions above, don't run at the risks - contact your physio and doctors before getting back on the tracks.

The Basic is sponsoring and supporting a team for Trail-walkers this year. Should your team need our supports, please contact us through email.

Sorry for delayed update...

2007-10-16T16:23:00.000+08:00

As we're busy in clinical work all the time, we almost forgot the Basic Blogger.

We promise to update our Blogger regularly in the future with NEW insight and content. Please keep visit of blog and website, and thank you for your continuous support.

Evidence-based Physiotherapy

2006-10-10T16:35:00.000+08:00

Physical therapy, to me, should be regarded as a form of physical medicine. Therapists need to make accurate diagnosis, deliver suitable treatment modalities, and finally evaluate the effectiveness through objective outcome measurement.

The idea Evidence-based Practice (EBP) has evolved for decades.

Apart from accurate diagnositic, treatment and evaluation procedures, a EBP therapists should make ALL clinical decisions supported with clinical research. However complicated the reasoning process is, I believe EBP should be the safest and most effective clinical reasoning model, the Ideology of Clinical Reasoning. You may browse PubMed for those research and EBP material.

The Basic embraces EBP system. In the near future the Basic may recruit subjects for clinical research, too. Please logon to Basic Blogger to get the most updated infomation.

Sik Hon

回到學堂

2006-07-10T17:52:00.000+08:00

暑假將至, 家長們或已經為子女準備好連串暑期活動吧.

家長或會為子女安排比較文靜的活動, 例如學琴, 書法, 繪畫等; 或會為子女安排一些運動, 例如游泳, 溜冰, 球類活動等. 只要家長們可以安排得宜, 同學們也可以投入享受, 相信大家都會有所得益, 過一個充實的暑假.

在各式各樣文武活動之餘, 各位可有想過利用暑假時間, 替小朋友安排一些更為切身的活動? 暑假期間, 我們將會安排一連串『回到學堂』的活動. 我們真切希望藉此改善學童的姿勢和排除影響姿勢的不正確生活作息習慣. 只要剔除不正確的生活作息習慣, 加上適當的運動治療, 便可以改善姿勢, 減少將來不當勞損的風險.

『回到學堂』第一階段, 會為各學童提供『姿勢檢查』, 找出影響姿勢的源頭. 如對『姿勢檢查』有任何疑問, 請賜電 31191110 或以電郵聯絡我們.

錫漢

"Back to School"

The Basic is bringing forward the "Back to School" program.

The program composes of 3 stages. And at the very begining phase, the Basic would like to launch detailed "Postural Assessment" to pick up what's going wrong with your children. We believe detailed assessment should be utlmost essential to further rectification and management of postural dysfunction.

Should you like to join the "Postural Assessment", please feel free to contact us at 31191110 or email us.

Sik Hon

Get Right Up for the World Cup

2006-06-07T15:53:00.000+08:00

World Cup is coming in few days, football fans have to get up late for the games!

While fans devote their sleeping hours in fine games, most fans sacrify correct sitting posture watching the games compromising the health and stability of the spinal column. A typical football fans would sit like this;

The back never rests on the back rest, especially when you're sitting "in" a sofa; the neck is forced to bend forward only to keep your head upright to watch the game; you put your leg on a leg rest to really rest your leg, yet, you're building up enormous neural tension in your sciatic nerve...

I wonder if anybody can complete the World Cup series with such poor posture.

To sit upright for the game, we should sit like this instead;

The back finally rests on a soft back support; the head and neck keep so upright that minimal stress to the cervical spine can be spotted; the leg should rest on the ground firmly, and you can leave your leg rest for food and drinks.

We advise to use a soft back support, you can get it most easily in department stores or in the Basic; rather, you can use a small cushion with simular effect.

One final piece of advice - do NOT stress your body too much for the games and mind your physical and mental status very well. Enjoy watching, O-Lay.

Sik Hon

The Dynamics Has Begun

2006-05-24T17:06:00.000+08:00

The Dynamics has begun.

This' the desired work model, all therapists can join the program and the Basic will provide with a well-managed serviced clinic. Just take part in the Dynamics and you will gain access to our facilities, and most vitally, your own career path.

The Basic endeavors to produce an encouraging clinical and academic atmosphere through the Dynamics, too. We believe the Dynamics will create an opportunity for therapists to gather and perform, and we can learn from each other TOGETHER.

Stay hungry, stay foolish. I look forward to meeting you, elite therapists, through the Dynamics. Don't hesitate, contact us for further detail. The Basic is here for you.

Sik Hon

骨刺 = 痛症 !?

2006-05-22T19:29:00.000+08:00

'X光報告話我有骨刺，可以點算？'

很多病人一聽到骨刺這個名詞每每聞之色變，如果X光報告上知道自己身體內有骨刺長出，更加會覺得自己得了一個麻煩的毛病，更有悲觀者認為是不治之症，因為在他們心目中，就算是做手術也不能根治骨刺的。

我在這裡不是要介紹什麼可以根治骨刺的療法，只是想提醒讀者們骨刺未必是引致你本身痛症的主因。骨刺其實是人類老化過程中其中一個產物，大部份人過了中年以後都會有骨刺產生，但有骨刺的人未必會有痛症。比方說我們看80歲老人家的X光片，可能整條脊骨都有骨刺，但不是每個80老人家都會腰酸背痛，所以本身沒有痛症，但照X光發現有骨刺的讀者，先別要被它嚇怕，有需要的時候詢問你的醫師或物理治療師吧！

Don Chan

減肥妙法

2006-05-18T19:48:00.000+08:00

前天再有病人詢問我有何妙法減肥，又問針灸對減肥是否真的有效，在此我跟大家分享一些意見。

其實任何減肥方法都應該同時控制輸入和輸出，每天辛勤運動同時又大吃大喝，當然收不到理想效果。據我所認識，針灸能平衡過量或不足的食慾，所以對一些難於抗拒美食的人可能會產生一些作用。但對於本身食量不大，但因為每天工作坐足10小時的朋友，問題不在於輸入太多，而是輸出不足，所以我還是勸喻他們下定決心運動吧！

Don Chan

服務長者大眾

2006-05-18T11:57:00.000+08:00

開業以來『基本』都會提供特別優惠予長者, 希望藉此回饋社會, 報答長者的貢獻.

各長者曾經為人文大眾付出了他們的黃金歲月; 單是他們對社會大眾的貢獻已經值得欽佩, 而我們也可以略盡綿力, 藉物理治療幫助他們抒解身體上的痛症, 讓長者大眾享受更豐碩的生活. 不論貧富, 我們都會一視同仁; 無論或貧或富, 長者以往的付出是無價的. 況且貧富根本不應該成為達成健康的條件.

我們衷心希望將『基本』的健康理念透達到各個社群, 協助大眾培養更健康的生活.

錫漢

Standing Right

2006-05-09T16:42:00.000+08:00

That's Standing Right.

To stand right, we have to put our feet firmly and evenly on the ground. Balanced ground reaction force is so vital that any deviation may lead to malalignment of the knee joint, the hip joint, the pelvis and the whole spinal column, leading to scoliosis as seen before.

We need good and balanced muscle work, too. Without the work bones will not sit in the right place in all postures; therefore, much emphasis was put on Exercise Therapy to build up such work.

Learn to work with gravity, and we can Stand Right finally.

Sik Hon

Standing Right

2006-05-01T16:16:00.000+08:00

Do you stand right? The question is weird enough; yet, being a modern bipedal primate, we've lost our fine skills in "Standing Right".

We wear cushioned shoes, we don't walk. We've lost most of the small muscles and propioception under our feet, and our feet shrink. There might be leg length discrepancy, torsion of knee joint and many other conditions leading to "Standing Wrong", too. Those pose a great deal of strain to our lower limbs and even up to the spine.

This' a good example of such impacts. We have formulated a specific treatment program to the boy, and the result is very satisfactory.

Stay tuned, we'll talk about the result very soon.

Sik Hon

Soft Weights and Exercise Balls

2006-04-24T09:29:00.000+08:00

Another fine pieces of exercise equipment would be Soft Weights and Exercise Balls.

They appear to be a simple structure when you first look at them, yet they're indeed very powerful in Core Stability and balance training when used correctly. And occassionally we use these equipment together with the Pro-Fitter to get better result.

By the way, I'd like to point out that it's the form and content of the exercise that MATTER, not of any sophisticated equipment. The priniciple is real Basic and fundemental - do the right exercise in the right time and right form. Nothing else really matters.

Sik Hon

Introducing the Pro-Fitter

2006-04-22T19:11:00.000+08:00

We've introduced a few pieces of fine exercise equipments to the Basics, the Pro-Fitter would be the most-used item. Making use of the Pro-Fitter we can build Core-Stability, improve Sense of Balance and enhance many other performance.

One interesting thing of Pro-Fitter is that it's excellent for client with ACL injuries and other forms of knee problem. We've designed a series of funful exercise making use of this equipment, from the acute phase to the very final athelete training!

The Basic believes in Exercise Therapy, and will keep you updated on other pieces of equipment.

Sik Hon

New Blog, New Way of Communication

2006-04-18T22:38:00.000+08:00

Just come up with some comments that we've missed all the comment from our reader; therefore we switched to blogspot.com recently and you may give whatever comment and advice. We're looking forward to your words.

Let's us know what you really think about our Basic Works.

Sik Hon

Old Post

2006-04-18T14:26:00.000+08:00

New Working Dynamics - 13/4/2006

It is a busy April.

I've been working on the renovation project, and finally all the work could be finished within 3 days.

The Basic has got a larger exercise area, a more relaxing waiting area and a more RELAXING working environment. To me the Basic is now an arena to carry out all those Basic Works with simplicity.

I sincere like to share my working experience with all the therapists. I'd like to explore if any of you'd like to work in the Basic and I can provide you with spaciously relaxing environment and all the admin support.

Please feel free to contact me if you're interested to work in the Basic manner.

Sik Hon

Teaching the Essential Basics - 22/3/2006

Let's talk more about the Educational Series.

While there're many basic knowledges I'd recommend for my client, I'd like to bring forward Anatomy in particular.

Anatomy should be the very Basics, yet Anatomy should be the very Academic knowledge as well. Therefore we'd like to put Anatomy in an User-friendly way; just like the Dummy Series. Let's know more about our body!

Those interested in the idea, please drop a few lines in the Forum or contact us.

Sik Hon

Educational Series - 20/3/2006

I've been coming across so many ideas that works on my clients

Most of our clients left the Basics with joy and satisfaction; yet some of them just don't know how to maintain the well being we'd built in the Basics together...

As a physiotherapist, it's my responsibility to bring you with those Basic knowledge.

Again the Series is still in conceptual phase, and I need more touches on it before bringing forward to you all. Stay tuned.

Sik Hon

FitBall Class - 18/3/2006

Always want to promote regular excise program, exercise in a joyful manner.

We all know that 3 sesssions of 30min aerobic exercise in a week should be benefitial to our well being, yet most of us are really reluctant to fulfill it.

I'm still designing the content of the FitBall class, and I can garantee a TOTAL WORKOUT! Let's "rock"!

The Class will be ready in April. We'll keep you updated on the web.

Sik Hon

The Blog is born - 16/3/2006

There've been some hardworks to build the webpage. I knew virtually nothing about HTML and javascript, it took me many hours of learning and work; and the basic "Basic" page was born in March.

I want to share my work and working philosophy to all my clients, colleague and reader, and so I build this "Basic Blogger" finally. I will drop a few lines regularly, and please stay tuned.

Another interactive channel is bounded to launch very soon. Let's communicate and we can provide better physiotherapy services.

I'm trying to put a new program to all our clients, too. See if I can post it up here tomorrow.

Sik Hon