Marcus Hui許展承

Before becoming a physiotherapist, I was an athlete — and a patient.

As a swimmer, I injured my shoulder before an important competition. I sought treatment, followed the exercises, and did what I was told. But my shoulder didn't get better the way I hoped.

What frustrated me most wasn't just the pain.

I didn't understand why I wasn't getting better, what was actually wrong, or what I needed to do to return to swimming.

Eventually, I stopped swimming.

That experience stayed with me, and it became one of the reasons I chose physiotherapy.

Today, I often meet people who have already tried treatment. They have rested, done exercises, received different therapies — yet they are still in pain, still unable to return to their sport, and sometimes beginning to wonder whether they will ever get better.

I know that feeling.

It is why I wanted to become a different kind of physiotherapist.

Not just someone who treats where it hurts, but someone who takes the time to understand why you are still struggling, what you want to get back to, and how we can build a clear path forward together.

Because sometimes, what a patient needs most isn't another treatment.

They need someone who can help them find a way forward.

在成為物理治療師之前，我曾經是一名運動員，也曾經是一名病人。

我曾是一名泳手。在一次重要比賽前，我的肩膊受傷了。我尋求治療、依照指示做運動，亦完成所有被要求做的事；可是，肩膊的康復始終未如我所期望。

最令我感到挫敗的，不只是痛楚。

而是我一直不明白，為甚麼自己沒有好轉、問題究竟出在哪裡，以及要怎樣做才能重返游泳。

最後，我停止了游泳。

那段經歷一直留在我心裡，也成為我選擇物理治療的其中一個原因。

今天，我經常遇到一些已經嘗試過治療的人。他們休息過、做過運動、接受過不同療法，卻依然感到痛楚，仍未能重返自己的運動；有時甚至開始懷疑，自己是否永遠都不會好起來。

我明白那種感受。

亦正因如此，我希望成為一個不一樣的物理治療師。

我不只想處理痛楚所在的位置，而是願意花時間了解：為甚麼你仍然受困、你希望重拾甚麼，以及我們可以如何一起建立一條清晰的前路。

因為有時候，病人最需要的，未必是另一種治療。

他們需要的，是一個能夠幫助他們找出前進方向的人。