Author: Jesse Cai

A self-proclaimed “not your usual chiropractor”, Jesse believes in using movement as medicine and champions an active lifestyle for a functional and fulfilling life. Jesse, who originally chose to enroll in a Veterinarian School, went on a whirlwind journey through the law department of Murdoch University before settling into its Chiropractic Science course for five years.

Prior to his return to Singapore, Jesse worked closely with high level Australian athletes. This included the Australian Football League as well as various state and national level sporting clubs. He was the Head Sport Trainer for the Forrestfield Football Club, board member of the Sports Chiropractic Australia in 2017, and was a member of Sports Medicine Australia.

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The Totality of Health: Why Mental Fitness Also Matters

As the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths from COVID-19 rise, it is no surprising that some of us may start to feel anxious. After all, the uncertainty is, well, uncertain. From 13 October, those who are unvaccinated will no longer be allowed to dine out or enter shopping malls. Despite the increasing new [...]
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Exercise for Weight Loss & Anxiety: Killing Multiple Birds with One Stone

With the locked down last year and the work from home recommendation that runs until 24 October, a lot of Singaporeans started getting back pain. In fact, it's such a common experience that hospitals and and magazines started giving out advice. Albeit, mostly not congruent from the latest clinical guideline recommendations. Despite the compelling claims [...]
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Regulation is important for the chiropractic profession in Singapore

It is sad that chiropractors in Singapore are not regulated. Not only does this mean anybody -- absolutely anyone -- can call themselves a chiropractor, it also mean chiropractors can do whatever they want in their clinical work without getting into trouble. This is not the case in Australia. Australia does not tolerate spread of [...]
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Squat Therapy: How do you properly do a squat?

Squatting is a movement that can be found in many facets of our our lives. From going to the toilet to CrossFit, you would find yourself performing some form of squatting. Now that you are well-versed with the importance and benefits of squatting, we can start working on movement drills to help you achieve your [...]
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Squat Therapy: Why Regular Squatting is Good for Your Health

Are you having difficulties with squatting? Perhaps you are able to squat but you don't feel quite confident with how you are moving? As a chiropractor, we care that you can squat! Not only is it important for you to live your daily life, it can also be your back pain solution. Squat therapy is [...]
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Exercises for Back Pain: Ten Exercises to Help Your Low Back Ache

From sedentary office life to CrossFit, many individuals suffer from back pain on a daily basis. Regardless of its cause, many treatments such as chiropractic adjustments and massage can help you feel better. However, all of these treatments require you to depend on someone. The truth is that there is a better solution. There are [...]
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The Ultimate Guide to CrossFit in Singapore (2022 edition)

Have you ever wondered how fitness enthusiasts in Singapore are able to stay fit? With a plethora of gyms in the city, there is an ever expanding list of modalities and disciplines to choose from. CrossFit is one such choice. It promises to turn your body into a “fitness machine” with simple steps. But does [...]
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Why your muscle knot is a problem. No, it’s not what you think.

It's fair to describe your symptom experience as a muscle knot. As a chiropractor, I often hear clients talk about their tightness that needs to be released. However, this is often a problem. Your muscles do not get caught in a knot. While chiropractor Jesse Cai may have stretched necks in his early days of [...]
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Why an enactive approach to pain treatment may be what you need

The main focus of my work in clinical practice is chronic pain. While I do still work with athletes and help people with return to sports, most people who seek out my services are patients who have lived with back pain or neck pain for many years. Why pain theories are important to you. In [...]
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Is your chronic pain a lifestyle disease: a behavioural approach to recovery

It's not unimaginable that a sedentary lifestyle or an overactive lifestyle can both contribute to chronic pain. When you try to make sense of your pain, you probably reason with a structure-based or damage-based narrative. Afterall, this is what most chiropractors or orthopaedic surgeons will talk about even though recent research has vigorously challenged them. [...]
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The power of deload and why more is not always better

We consistently get over 10,000 visitors to our website on a monthly basis. For perspective, we are the most visited chiropractic website IN THE WORLD. This is only possible because we consistently post up-to-date, quality content. I took a break from writing over the last couple of weeks because I needed rest. It's kind of [...]
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New research (2019 participants) shows manual therapy does not work

We talk so much about exercise because exercise is awesome. It empowers pain suffers to take charge of their own recovery. It allows you to be independent and not have to dependent someone for the rest of your life. Quite often manual therapy such as chiropractic adjustments and massage are said to be good for short-term [...]