Beginning of my journey

I have 5 types of foam roller at home, 3 foam roller with different density and length, 1 foam rolling stick, 1 massage ball and 1 foot roller. I started foam rolling in 2016 after looking for ways to shorten recovery time and reduce muscle soreness. For the first few months i would usually spend about 30-45mins per session for whole body release. Nowadays i just foam roll a few minutes on target muscle or 20mins for the whole body. I find it there isn't much difference with the time spend on rolling, the effect of rolling 20times over your quads and 10times over is the same. I find the longer you spend the more likely you are going to make your muscle more sore and tired, i usually spend alot of time using massage ball to roll over my whole back and i always got the rolling marks/bruise at my back. I thought i should roll over and over again over the trigger point or point of tenderness until it gets better. But this is definitely not the case, no matter how much force or time ...

I've seen many videos of therapist performing IASTM- instrument assisted soft tissue mobilisation and always wanted to try out. I've tried gua sha in china before and it really hurts so i do not want to experience it again furthermore the concept behind is different. However i can't find a IASTM provider in KL yet so i decided to just grab something from the kitchen and try on my own. There are many IASTM tools available on the market made with different material, usually stainless steel costs the most. IASTM can be use in two different ways or modalities. First the instrument breaksdown fascia restriction and scar tissue. It causes improved blood flow and microtrauma to the localised area stimulating inflammation. The control microtrauma will remodel the soft tissue structure through resorption of fibrosis or scar tissue along with repair and regeneration of collagen. The second less known modal is by causing neurological changes/response. This model uses less force...

Since i was unable to resolve my shoulder/traps imbalance with dry needling and at the same time having upper cross and lower cross syndrome i decide to go to Ben's Physiotherapy located at Oval Damansara (TTDI). At first i went with an expectation for rehabilitation exercise and soft tissue release, then only i realise they only specialise in hand therapy. I have around 8 session each time last 1hour and cost around RM110 I present them with two issues, first left shoulder imbalance and second left knee cap injury rendering quadriceps muscle atrophy (shrunk to like ice cream stick) having problems going deep squat, go up and down staircase and couldn't run at all.  With my shoulder/trap problem, they attribute it to tight chest muscle (major & minor), supraspinatus, protracted scapular. Since chest muscle is very dense until today after 8 session of treatment my chest is still tight (according to therapist) even though i had already felt it loosen alot. I also ha...

My first encounter with chiropractor was around 10 years ago at ss2 Premier chiropractic with Eric, i followed my mom for general alignment without any symptoms. After the session i feel looser and i can stand more upright. Since then when i feel a need to stand more upright or have a better posture, i would go to chiro for a quick fix. However i notice the upright feeling only last for few hours or a day most, then you're back to your usual self. The charge per treatment is rm80-100 and each session usually last less than 8mins sometimes 5mins thats all is needed. You enter a room and present him your symptoms he will do a quick 30sec check and proceed to manipulate your spine lower mid upper and fingers and neck then off you go. My second chiropractor was at Aligned with Daniel Tan (galleria Hartamas) who practice gonstead technique which has a more specific joint manipulation rather than overall joint manipulation. Because gonstead usually only target a specific joint so yo...

I only realise now it has been a decade since i took elts test. My english defintely has downgraded since based on the test results, however i still get an overall band of 7 same as 10 years ago which was taken for australia PR application purpose, maybe now 6.5 should be more appropriate :) it was an impromptu decision, on 7/8/17 i was offered a conditional offer letter to study in Victoria University, Melbourne, i needed 6.5 Elts. So straightaway i went for online registration at the latest date which was on 11/8/17. Oh boy i was so out of academic league. I have not use a pen to write more than a few sentences ever since i graduate 10 years ago, talk about writing an essay... geez. And so i paid RM800+ for registration and with that you have one free elts master module to practice out of the 4 module (listen,read,write,speak) so i took out my old elts result i found my writing has the lowest point and decide to take up this free module online. Oh gosh, i totally forgot how El...

In 2016 April i started one on one gym training with Luke Lango in Honey Badgers Crossfit, it was the first time i was introduced to compound movement such as back squat, front squat, deadlift, bench press and military press. Since i was a total beginner, my typical routine would involve 3 combination of compound movement plus 1 accessory exercise each session . On a weekly basis i would try to lift heavier weight. One day after a heavy set of bench press, few hours my hand and fingers starts to get numb and tingling sensation. I remember waking up middle of the night unable to feel my fingers and got panicked. After all is my first sports related injury and many to come later on. Next day i went to see a chiropractor about it but the tingling sensation still persists, instead of tingling at the last two finger it went to first two finger and thumb. I went online to research and found out it was ulnar nerve impingement as the sensation started from the arms down to last 2 finger...