Posts in Dr Mohd Mashfiqul Arafin Siddiqui

Welcome to Bangladesh. Tell us something about your visit to Bangladesh this time. I was born in Dhaka but brought up in Singapore when my family migrated there. It’s always nice to come back. I have been coming back here … Continued

An active lifestyle is an integral part of healthy living. There is a particular category of diseases that affect the skeletal and muscular systems. These diseases will affect a person’s active lifestyle negatively. From the very common condition of arthritis … Continued

In March our Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, Dr Mashfiqul Arafin Siddiqui, was in Indonesia giving a public talk on lower back pain. He shared tips on the prevention of low back pain including things like sitting posture, sleeping posture and carrying of weights. … Continued

Teenagers in hunched postures are becoming a common sight. Parents naturally find it worrisome and need to keep reminding them not to slouch but after a while, they go back to the same position. Some children start off with good … Continued

Farrer Park Hospital organized a Continuing Medical Education (CME) talk for a group of Bangladesh doctors on 17th March 2018. Our Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, Dr Mashfiqul Arafin Siddiqui, shared his experiences and expertise about Cervical Myelopathy to the overseas … Continued

Dr. Siddiqui shared with the Straits Times some common tips on the prevention of a more recent phenomenon, “text neck”. This occurs from excessive usage of mobile devices where the neck is flexed (looking forward and downward) for a prolonged … Continued

Dr. Siddiqui visited a hospital in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam and gave a talk on “Spine surgery: Occiput to the Pelvis” to the spinal surgeons. He later performed a cervical spine (neck) operation on a patient with the spinal surgeons … Continued

Dr. Siddiqui visited Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2015 and gave a talk on “Minimally invasive spine surgery “ to the orthopaedic surgeons there. He also gave a public talk on “Back pain” with a discussion on preventive measures as well as … Continued