JX's Neverland

When I was having my intern in Farringdon Group, my supervisor told me about this Spine and Joint and recommended for me. He said he went and it did cure his issue. So after settle things up in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, which I tried physiotherapy and it didn't work, I was thinking perhaps I should try this one instead.

So today I went to this Spine and Joint which located in Great Eastern Mall. I took the Putra LRT to Jelatek station and it took about a 15mins walk from the Jelatek station to reach Great Eastern Mall. Since we reached there quite late, I was so afraid that I couldn't meet up the doctor today and did something to my back. Luckily I was able to meet up the doctor!

After registering, we waited outside for awhile. We didn't come with an appointment so it is expected. After waiting for about 15mins, my name was called and both of us went it together. The doctor first introduced himself, named Kenneth J. Corbett D.C. Then I showed him my MRI report that I took 3 years ago. After looking through the report, he did a check up on me to have a better view on my problem. He also explained the situation to me and then he started to do the chiropractic session with me.

During the chiropractic session (or simply known as adjustment), he will adjust the position of my body accordingly and then apply forces on me. And there the sound like "krak krak krak" of the bones can be heard clearly and loudly. My friend, Cecellia was so fed up with these kind of sounds so she quickly cover her ears and clenched her teeth.

After the chiropractic session, I will have to proceed to the next room which there is a DTS Spinal Decompression Table. I will post up a video on how actually the table look like by the end of this post.

The DTS Spinal Decompression Table is eventually a table that pulls your body apart? Hahahahaha XD Just joking. I was asked to tell the physiotherapist my actual weight and he will adjust the pull force to half of your actual weight. Then I was strapped on the table separating the upper and lower part. He hooked the string to the strap from the machine and there he pressed start. I can't really remember how long it last but there is a 30 seconds gap in every pull (which means pull and let go, pull and let go again.) I was given an alarm button, if I feel any discomfort or pain, I can just press that button and that machine will stop immediately.

The main reason using the DTS Spinal Decompression Table is too unlocked the bones that squeeze hard on the disc. It basically letting the disc to have some space to recover and grow back how it was look like at first.  So it is actually an alternative way to cure slipped disc without surgery (this is what i was told, no guarantee though).

After the DTS session, I will proceed to another room again to put on some vibrator patch on my back, as well as some cold pack to soothed the tension earlier. So after 10mins, this session ended as well and the whole treatment for today had come to an end.

The doctor recommended me to do it twice a week so that it is more effective. So I will be going back for every Wednesday and Friday since I have less class on these days. About the fees, it is quite pricey. From what my supervisor told me previously, it was about RM150 per visit. However the bill for me today is RM380 because it included the consultant fees. If I take it as a plan it will be cheaper because DTS alone is RM220, haven't adding up the chiropractic session. If I take up the plan for 24 times, it will actually cost RM167 per visit, including chiropractic session(total is RM4000). So I am still thinking on it.

I do feel a bit more relax after the whole treatment and I hope that this is gonna work for this time because this is so pricey and if it works, I won't have to undergo surgery, that will be such a relieve! Before ending my post, I would like to thank Cecellia a lot for accompanying me to go because I have been a coward when coming up with the issue on my back pain. Thank you, Cecellia! Muacks!

Below is the video showing how the DTS Spinal Decompression Table look like.

Firstly, I didn't plan to post any updates about the physiotherapy because it is a bored and fixed routine. However, I wanted to share about this as this is something different compare to the previous visits. Something so different that the effects are still there even though it has been hours since I finished the treatment.

What is so different compare to the previous visits?
IT IS THE THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND!!!

During my first visit, the physiotherapist actually already did it with me once. But I think the physiotherapist previously was just simply get it done and it had no effects at all (I don't even feel a single thing during the treatment of therapeutic ultrasound.).

Since last week the physiotherapist gave me a wrong exercise routine which cause my back pain has gotten more worse and even have two lumps on the back upper part of my pelvis, the another physiotherapist said she wanted to have the therapeutic ultrasound treatment with me. The therapeutic ultrasound treatment is said to have deep penetration of ultrasonic wave towards the tissue.

There are three primary benefits to ultrasound. The first is the speeding up of the healing process from the increase in blood flow in the treated area. The second is the decrease in pain from the reduction of swelling and edema. The third is the gentle massage of muscles tendons and/ or ligaments in the treated area because no strain is added and any scar tissue is softened.

So I was required to lay down on the bed with head facing down. Then the physiotherapist applied a layer of gel on my back thoroughly. The gel is to reduce friction and assist in transmission of ultrasonic waves.  Then she put two square patches which are connected to the machine on my left calf. Afterwards, she started to use a handler that is connected to the machine as well to roll over my back.

I couldn't feel much at first. Then she started to turn the frequency higher and higher. So the feeling came when the frequency became higher. Feel like what? LIKE ELECTRIC CURRENT RUNS THROUGH YOUR BODY!!!

I had experienced electric shock before (like holding the plug and you didn't realize you was actually holding one of the three legs and then you plug in with the switch turn on) and this ultrasound thing feel exactly the same. I tried to endure the pain but the physiotherapist turn the frequency even more high until my whole leg was numb.

She then asked, "Rasa okay ka?" I quickly replied her that my leg is so numb that I couldn't feel it anymore. So she turned the frequency a bit lower and continue to rub over my back. Although the frequency is now lower, but I still feel like electric current overflowing from my back. After about 7-8 mins, the machine started to beep and automatically turned off.

The physiotherapist rubbed off the excess gel from my back and told me that the treatment was done so I can arrange my next appointment and go home. Now there is another problem, my whole back was paralyzed and so did my left legs. I could barely stand up and walk normally. Then she asked, " Macam mana balik?" I answered, "Ambik bas."

The physiotherapist was laughing around and said, " Lain kali ajak kawan datang sama. Bolehlah tolong jaga sikit. " I was just smiling and then quickly get my next appointment done.

Till now I can still feel numbness over my back. It is suppose to stay for a bit but it will help out my back pain that was cause by the wrong exercise. So that it is the ULTRASOUND treatment that freaked me out like experiencing electric shock. What a valuable experience.

Woke up early in the morning and realized that I just got sore throat. After I had my every Friday jogging session with lots of sweating, I thought the sore throat could recover but NO! I even ate a pill of Panadol ActiveFast before going to the CME Workshop and drank a lot of waters, but the sore throat is still there. And now I have running nose and shaky legs after taking a nap coming back from physiotherapy in HKL. Let's just hope that things are not gonna get worse.



There is a locker inside so you can keep your belongings inside without worrying being stolen during your physiotherapy session. For first time comer, they will let you to fill in a form to state your level of condition and also made you read the rules and regulations. Inside the gymnasium, there are various of sports equipment such as bicycle, treadmill and etc. Most of the time I just spent my session on the bed doing stretching and applying hot pack. Again the physiotherapist in charge of me keep changing from every visit so I have to explain my condition again and again (they said they lost my information so there is no record).