TenderTouch Paediatric Rehab

14/01/2026

Semalam sembang2 meriah dengan ibu patient, OT dan ticer di Tender Touch. Topik yang kami bincangkan adalah rawatan2 terapi alternatif yang menjadi pilihan ramai ibubapa sampai beratur panjang2. Perasaan ketika itu macam2 yang bermain. Kelakar pun ada, sedih pun ada, marah pun ada. Tak tau nak cakap. Sekarangkan orang bincang pasal rawatan alternatif balut2.

Tapi apa yang ibu itu kongsikan amat menarik. Dan syukur saya yang mereka ikhtiar tapi masih gunakan akal untuk menilai. Saya faham, dan berdasarkan pengalaman saya, biasanya dalam awal menerima diagnosis, pasti ibu ayah mencari segala ikhtiar untuk anak mereka. Ikhtiar utk menyembuhkan anak mereka. Jadi apa saja rekomendasi hampir semua mereka cuba. Yang menariknya orang kita lebih tertarik dengan rawatan alternatif yang menjanjikan bulan bintang dari kami professional yang rawatannya di back up sains dan beribu atau berjuta kajian dan hasil yang lebih realistik.

Yang kisah ibu ini cerita menarik. Beberapa tahun dulu dia pegi bawa anaknya untuk 1 rawatan saraf. Ramai jugak orang pergi ke situ katanya. Kene tunggu la jugak. Kata pengamal tu kalau nak ikut rawatan dia, ibu ayah kene berhenti semua ubat hospital, tak perlu pergi physiotherapy atau occupational terapi hanya dengan dia saja. Dengan jaminan anak tu akan baik dan akan boleh berjalan kalau ikut terapi dia sepenuhnya. Scary! Ubat semua dia suruh stop. Berani. Tapi jugak ibu ayah disuruh sain borang mengatakan mereka tidak bertanggungjawab sekiranya apa2 terjadi. Begitu mudah ya!

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11/01/2026

Hari ni kita nak cerita mengenai otot. Otot ni bukan perbincangan yang hanya sesuai utk athlete atau utk ahli s**an sahaja tp ia ada satu topik yang perlu menjadi perbincangan untuk semua peringkat umur. Sebagai seorang physiotherapist, setiap fakta dan perincian otot itu harus sentiasa menjadi tanda tanya, ruang untuk explore dan dibincangkan selalu.

Saya ada sepasang ibubapa yang mempunyai background sport science. Jadi perbincangan saya mengenai anak mereka selalunya sangat menarik dan teruja kerana mereka memahami bila saya sebut mengenai property otot. Jadi mereka lebih faham setiap pilihan aktiviti utk anak mereka.

Dalam apa bahagian terapi pun dalam fisioterapi, perkara yang kami perlu lihat dan beri perhatian adalah otot. Ini termasuk untuk anak2 special needs. Kerana cerita otot dan pergerakan ini adalah asas dalam perkembangan dan pergerakan manusia.

Jadi tempoh hari saya explain kepada ibu dan ayah. Saya sangat tekankan mengenai position dalam therapy approach saya. Kenapa? Kerana otot kita ni dia ada system dia. Dia akan activate hanya dalam posisi dia sahaja. Bila angle position dia lari, mula lah dia akan carik bantuan atau guna kan otot2 lain utk berfungsi. Kami panggil ini sebagai adaptation. Menggunakan otot2 lain, kecil atau besar utk menjalankan sesuatu pergerakan contohnya berjalan. Bila otot primer tak boleh berfungsi dengan baik, pelbagai otot sampingan terpaksa digunakan. Dan oleh kerana fungsi asalnya berbeza, pergerakan itu berlaku dalam keadaan kekok. Dan menyebabkan ia penat dan tidak dapat jalankan fungsi asal dia dengan baik. Dan pergerakan itu sendiri juga jadi kekok kerana otot yang sepatutnya itu tidak dapat berfungsi dengan baik.

Jadi saya memilih untuk meletakkan anak2 terapi saya dalam posisi yang betul, melatih mereka dalam posisi2 ini supaya saya dapat activate otot yang sepatutnya. Dan sebab tu setiap posture dan pergerakan dalam perkembangan bayi itu sangat penting dan berharga, kerana setiap fasa perkembangan itu, activate otot, menyediakan otot untuk fasa seterusnya. Intervensi awal perkembangan fizikal anak itu sangat penting. Seawal baru lahir. Bila ada risiko, walaupun hanya 10% perlu diberi perhatian dan intervensi perlu dimulakan. Itulah EIP yang sebenar. Kita manage risiko.

Semoga bermanfaat

Sharfiza Abdul Aziz
Tender Touch Paediatric Rehab

09/01/2026

Dear Parents,

Please be informed that Tender Touch is currently experiencing a technical issue and is unable to access the company WhatsApp at the moment.

For any communication or urgent matters, please contact us at:

📞 017-336 9001

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

05/01/2026

INTRODUCTION TO FACILITATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT
Shar Developmental Approach Level 1
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! 💚

Payment can be done via:

Acc Name : Tender Touch Holdings Sdn Bhd
Acc Number : 562843526392
Maybank Islamic

31/12/2025

28/12/2025

Recently, I read the outpouring of a mother whose child has CP, expressing her sadness because the PDK no longer accepts children with CP. I don’t know what justification was used to make this decision. Who were the committee members involved in stopping all of this without providing a more effective alternative solution? Instead, these children were rejected outright. Although PDK is very basic, at the very least it provides social impact for these special children—especially for those with physical challenges, regardless of their diagnosis.

We are now in the year 2026. Everything is so advanced, yet sadly Malaysia is still lagging behind when it comes to the rights of special children—especially those with physical disabilities. It is as if they have no future potential at all, no value at all. That should not be the case. Every individual has their own potential. They have their own space and needs, their own purpose and value.

Therapy is expensive, and it places a heavy economic burden on families. In the Klang Valley, an income of RM10,000 is just barely enough if you have to cover therapy costs every month—and even then, families struggle during certain months, while only being able to afford minimal therapy. This is the reality that many people do not understand.

On top of that, there are hardly any childcare centres willing to accept children with physical disabilities. In the end, either the mother or father is forced to quit their job to care for the child full-time, further impacting the family’s finances. Hiring a helper is not cheap either.

These are children who clearly need help and support. Their physical challenges are evident—why are they not given attention? These children have great potential and can eventually contribute to the country’s economy. People celebrate when they become graduates, yet the reality is it was a struggle. Many more could reach that level if they were given proper opportunities and stimulation from an early age—but they are being neglected.

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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.

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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