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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Paracetamol and NSAIDs do more harm than good (NICE Guidelines, 2020)

Last night, an acquaintance from Oxford said to me, "You seem to store a lot of faith in academia." Yes, I do. I do put a lot of faith in science and research because I think it is the best way to understand problems and, more importantly, to find solutions. You would be totally right [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date August 5, 2020

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McKenzie Exercises: Are they the best?

This study was published two days ago in Journal of Physiotherapy and its misleading title 100% offends me. To give a little of a background, the study looked at 262 participants. Out of which 133 of them saw a physiotherapist twice for McKenzie-based self-management exercise and education programme. The researchers then conducted follow ups with [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date July 27, 2020

Ultimate Guide to Knee Osteoarthritis and Hip Osteoarthritis (2021 Edition)

There are only 22 clinical guidelines in Singapore that are available to the public. It is unsure if there are other guidelines available to medical doctors only. If so, Singapore has a long way to go in moving away from authoritative, doctor-centred care to embracing patient-centred care. We have an ageing population here in Singapore [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date July 15, 2020

Do you need a spine x-ray before starting chiropractic treatment?

In Singapore, most chiropractors require you to have an x-ray before you can start treatment. It's such a common occurrence that you can probably pick up multiple instances of such complaints on Google if you do a little quick search: Source: Reddit Source: Singapore Expats Forum It is so prevalent that when UFIT Clinic [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date July 14, 2020

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WTF? Can you F*** your pain away?

Research is not always boring okay? A paper published in April this year found swearing "fuck" to improve pain threshold and pain tolerance by over 30%! Interestingly enough, using words such as “fouch” and “twizpipe" to have NO influence on both pain threshold and pain tolerance. On the surface, this paper sounds like a joke [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date July 13, 2020

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Exercise may PREVENT degeneration of your lumbar spine

Even though majority of Singaporeans would understand that regular exercise is good for them, there is still a common misunderstanding that exercise could potentially lead to degeneration. Most of us would know some one with back pain, neck pain, or even knee pain who has been told that they have degeneration in their joints. This [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date July 10, 2020

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Why is clarity important?

Is it important to have clarity? Source: Nature Maybe you are a right-brained person and you think setting clear goals or a defined course of action will limit your creative freedom. I hear you. Guess what? Pablo Picasso, in all the glory of his variety of styles, said: "Our goals can only be reached through [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 19, 2020

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Are you stuck? Complain yourself out of it!

How do we move past a stuck stage? Circuit breaker has ended and Singapore is moving into Phase 2 of re-opening of resuming activities safely. With Phase 2, physical retail stores, gyms, wellness businesses can resume operations. Groups of up to five people are allowed to dine-in at F&B spaces. As we return to a [...]

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Post date June 18, 2020

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What is coaching?

It comes as no surprise that coaching isn't exactly mainstream in Singapore. The International Coach Federation (ICF) Singapore, the largest organisation of its kind, has only 400 registered members locally. While the membership numbers may be considered low, coaching is in fact well established in Singapore. Publicly-Funded Autonomous Universities have been offering coach training program [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 17, 2020

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Understanding Sleep: What is enough?

Singapore employees work one of the longest hours and are the most stressed in the world. How does this affect our sleep? I haven't really spoken much about sleep because there's a lot to what is enough sleep or what constitutes good sleep hygiene that I don't quite understand enough. With so much information about [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 12, 2020

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Understanding Coaching: What If Exercising Hurts

I spend more time with some clients because they are heavily invested. They have paid their fees, did their homework, but the results were subpar or maybe took longer than expected. That happens. I'll be lying if I said it didn't. It's humbling to be a chiropractor. When I work with clients and they don't [...]

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Post date June 9, 2020

Understanding Exercise: The Ultimate Cure To All Ailments

When it comes to pain management, more and more chronic pain patients are starting to see the value of exercise in their long-term pain solution. Exercise is amazing because it kills so many birds with one stone. Exercise can: • Improve your sense of well-being therefore decrease your susceptibility to pain • Increase your confident [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 7, 2020