TenderTouch Paediatric Rehab

12/12/2025

Assalamu’alaikum and selamat pagi semua.
Hari ni kita nak cerita sikit pasal therapist dan OKU. Saya seorang physiotherapists. Dah berkhidmat selama 21 tahun. And saya bersyukur dikurniakan pekerjaan yang bagi saya merasakan satu nikmat mendekati komuniti oku. Utk memahami dan bersama melalui kehidupan dgn komuniti oku.

Alhamdulillah saya diberi skill dan latihan dalam perkembangan bayi. Dan skill ini sangat memberi kesan dalam kualiti kehidupan anak2 ini. Kenapa bersungguh sangat? Sebab ini adalah satu tanggungjawab. We live on this world for a purpose. Ada matlamat kenapa kita dia dunia ini.

Anak adalah anugerah. Bukan untuk ibubapa sahaja, tapi juga untuk orang disekeliling anak itu. Untuk masyarakat. Setiap anak ada potensi. Untuk membesar, belajar dan masa depan. Mereka bukan robot. Masing2 ada cara dan maneuver nya sendiri utk mencapai perkembangan yang optimum utk mereka. Dan itu adalah satu tanggungjawab mereka2 yang dianugerahkan skill ini, termasuk saya.

Setelah bertahun tahun, saya lihat sendiri bagaimana hak anak2 ini diambil remeh. Bagaimana golongan tertentu ambil kesempatan ke atas mereka. Sampaikan kadang2 saya takut dilabel penunggang kesusahan org lain. Bak kata coach saya, nak tolong ke nak untung? Kita jadi serba salah. Tapi hakikatnya nawaitu kita itu yang penting.

Sebagai seorang physiotherapist, saya tahu skill saya ada impak siknifikan dalam kehidupan setiap anak2. Dulu saya pandang rendah pada apa yg saya lakukan tapi pernah satu hari saya sembang dgn parents yang pernah jalani terapi intensif di negara lain, yang mengatakan anak nya capai b*k progress walaupun baru sekejap dgn cara saya. Sedangkan di negara dia, dia pergi physio 5 kali seminggu. Mula2 dia pun skeptikal, tp bila dpt nikmat hasilnya dan selalu dgn penerangan saya, dia faham. Dari situ saya faham, ia tidak terletak pada sekadar berapa kerap terapi semata, tp pada kaedah dan cara yang betul. Dan jadi tanggungjawab saya untuk kongsi bersama dgn rakan2 physio agar lebih ramai anak2 dpt nikmati kualiti kehidupan yang lebih baik.

Sambung di komen 👇

11/12/2025

Today, I chose to write about humanity, rights, and basic needs. All of this revolves around something I’m honestly tired of having to repeat—OKU (disabled) parking lots. We tend to focus only on parking spaces, but the real issue is accessibility as a whole.

When I arrived at the centre later that day, my eyes immediately caught the neighbour’s renovation dumpster (tong roro). It had been placed at the empty lot next door since last week, but suddenly on Monday it was moved onto the OKU parking space. This OKU parking in front of my centre has been an issue for years. It even went viral before. Yet it keeps happening again and again. This shows how lacking our public education and enforcement really are on this issue.

I immediately called the police. The officer asked me to check with the JMB since it might not be under their jurisdiction, but he still tried to help. Alhamdulillah, even though it wasn’t his department, he still wanted to do something. Then I spotted an MBSA enforcement van. I waved, and thankfully the officer stopped. I rushed over and explained the situation. They listened.

At first, the officer told me to lodge a complaint through SISPAA. But I told him, “I’ve already complained last year." "How long do we need to wait? The parking is needed today.” I have patients who need this space for their children with disabilities. He explained that technically, it's not his department—it should be the unit that handles parking offences.

“But where are they?” I told him.

Still, he patiently listened to my frustrations. Two female officers and one male officer then went to ask the company to move the dumpster. I truly respect them for acting out of humanity, even when it was outside their jurisdiction—and for listening to my grumbling.

But this shows how weak the enforcement is for OKU parking. I was even advised to purchase my own parking lot to make it easier for my patients. For business purposes, maybe. But wheelchair users need larger parking spaces. Regular spaces are too small and have no ramps.

This isn’t just about the one parking spot here—all OKU parking lots need proper attention. If local councils can consistently patrol and summon unpaid parking, why can’t they monitor or summon the shops, cars, or motorcycles blocking OKU spaces?

How long will this go on? It saddens me. We build towering skyscrapers, we celebrate high-tech innovation everywhere—but we fall behind in the most basic aspects.

We study overseas, bring home degrees from prestigious universities, but when it comes to OKU parking—“It’s okay, just for a while.” Until when? We think we are progressing as a developed nation, but in reality, we are regressing as human beings.

Wallahualam.

May this serve as a reminder.

Sharfiza Abdul Aziz
Tender Touch Paediatric Rehab

10/12/2025

INTRODUCTION TO FACILITATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT
For Physiotherapists
📅 17 January 2026 Saturday
🕘 9am – 5pm
📍 Shah Alam (TBC)

This course is designed to help physiotherapists strengthen their clinical reasoning and hands-on facilitation skills when working with babies and children with developmental delay. Perfect for those who want to deepen their understanding of developmental delay and improve therapy outcomes.

Speaker:
👩‍⚕️ Sharfiza Abdul Aziz
Founder / Senior Physiotherapist, Tender Touch Paediatric Rehab

Fee: RM600 per pax
✨ Early Bird before 4 Jan: RM500

If you’d like to reserve a seat or need more info, feel free to WhatsApp/call us:
📞 03-3341 1584 | 017-336 9001
📧 tendertouchrehab@yahoo.com

Limited seats — we look forward to learning together! 💚

05/12/2025

Recently, a young couple brought their child for an assessment session at Tender Touch. A young pair with an adorable premature baby. As usual—my “work hazard”—I can’t resist cute babies. I love meeting parents who are excited and eager to learn about their baby’s development. Their curiosity makes me excited to share too.

Anyone who has ever talked to me might realize that I kind of “switch on” whenever I talk about baby development—about early intervention during the earliest stages of growth. A baby’s development, especially in the first two years, really needs close attention. It’s a stage we absolutely cannot wait and see for too long.

A baby’s development is like an art within science itself. Every stage has its story, its movements, its purpose, and its own needs. Every movement builds sensory processing, every movement builds strength, every movement builds connection, and every movement brings function. There is no single stage in a baby’s development that is meaningless.

I once had a parent who was a medical doctor. She became excited when she saw how I arranged the goals for teaching her child to roll (supine–prone–supine). I broke the journey into 10 stages. She said it made her realize how to achieve even one developmental milestone, a baby must go through many smaller stages. And to identify these stages, you need to be attentive and understand what is being built and experienced at each point.

Once we understand this, then we can be confident that every stage and every component of movement has its own role and function. That’s why it’s better to seek expert advice whenever there are concerns about a child’s development—so that together, as a community, we can support every child, whether they have a medical diagnosis or not. Early intervention starts from birth.

May this be useful.

Sharfiza Abdul Aziz
Tender Touch Paediatric Rehab

05/12/2025

Baru baru ini ada sepasang suami isteri yang bawa anaknya untuk sesi assessment di Tender Touch. Couple muda dgn anak pramatang yang sangat comel. Mcm biasala work hazard saya, tgk budak comel sgt. Saya s**a bila jumpa parents yang teruja dan semangat nak tau tentang perkembangan bayi. Curiosity mereka buat saya teruja jugak nak cerita.

Siapa yang pernah sembang dgn saya mungkin sedar yang saya mcm switch on setiap kali bercakap pasal perkembangan bayi. Pasal early intervention dalam fasa perkembangan di peringkat awal. Perkembangan bayi lagi pada 2 tahun pertama itu sangat2 perlu diberi perhatian. Peringkat yang tak boleh kita tunggu tunggu.

Perkembangan bayi ni bagaikan satu seni dalam sains itu sendiri. Setiap fasa mempunyai cerita, mempunyai gerak, mempunyai maksud dan keperluannya tersendiri. Setiap gerakan membina sensori, setiap gerakan membina kekuatan, setiap gerakan membina perhubungan dan setiap gerakan membawa fungsi. Tidak ada satu fasa pun dalam perkembangan bayi itu yang sia-sia.

Dulu pernah ada parent saya yang merupakan seorang Dr. Dia teruja melihat bila saya susun goals untuk ajar anaknya berpusing (supine-prone-supine). Saya pecahkan fasa untuk capai goal kepada 10 fasa. Dia kata baru dia sedar betapa untuk mencapai 1 fasa itu, ada banyak lagi fasa2 kecil yang perlu seorang bayi lalui. Dan untuk identify fasa fasa ini anda perlu teliti dan memahami apa sebenarnya yang di bentuk dan dilalui setiap fasa.

Bila dah kenal dan faham barulah kita yakin bahawa setiap fasa dan setiap komponen dalam pergerakan dari setiap fasa perkembangan itu ada jasa dan fungsi ia sendiri. Sebab tu lebih baik dapatkan nasihat pakar bila ada kegusaran mengenai perkembangan anak. Supaya kita sama2 dalam komuniti dapat bantu seorang anak sama ada yang ada diagnosis medical ataupun tidak. Early intervention bermula dari lahir.

Semoga bermanfaat

Sharfiza Abdul Aziz
Tender Touch Paediatric Rehab

03/12/2025

26/11/2025

Are you a physiotherapy centre owner looking to expand your services and impact?
I’m opening up meeting slots to share more about the Tender Touch Paediatric Rehab Licensing Programme — a platform designed to support centres in delivering quality paediatric physiotherapy across Malaysia.

If you’re interested in collaboration, growth, and raising the standard of care for children with special needs, I’d love to connect.

Send a message to schedule a conversation.Together, we can make paediatric care accessible across Malaysia. 💙

12/11/2025

08/11/2025

This review examined the effectiveness of early intervention strategies for children with developmental difficulties, focusing on physical, occupational, speech, and psychological therapies. The goal was to assess how early intervention influences motor, cognitive, language, and social development.

Interventions

Physical Therapy: Improved motor skills and functional movement through evidence-based methods.

Occupational Therapy: Enhanced independence and daily living abilities.

Speech Therapy: Structured programs improved language comprehension and communication.

Psychological Interventions: Strengthened emotional regulation and social interaction.

Findings

Early, combined, and family-centered interventions produce the best developmental outcomes.

Timing, consistency, and supportive environments significantly affect effectiveness.

Multidisciplinary approaches lead to more holistic progress across all developmental domains.

Musa
Student
Dip. In physiotherapy, MSU.

Conclusion
Early, integrated, and family-involved rehabilitation—combining multiple therapies—significantly improves outcomes for children with developmental challenges. Accessible, evidence-based programs are essential for long-term success.

Source: Liu, S., Zhu, M., Yi, C., & Zeng, D. (2025). Early rehabilitation interventions for global developmental delay in children: A narrative review. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 13.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2025.1576324

06/11/2025

Early intervention yeay!