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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Beginner’s Guide To Personal Training in Singapore

Searching for a fitness trainer, can be a daunting task. With so many choices and even more broscience to sift through, it comes as no surprise that you may be feeling overwhelmed. Don’t fret just yet. This guide to personal training will cover everything from what services fitness coaches provide, to the cost of hiring [...]
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Understanding Ground Movements: Animal Flow and MovNat

A quick search on any journal databases will reveal strong evidence supporting the benefits of exercising. While virtually everyone will agree is good for you -- from reducing pain to improving longevity and quality of life -- there is little clarity on the type of exercises we should performing for maximum health value. Many “professionals” [...]
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Understanding FMS: The Ultimate Functional Movement Screen?

If you have been shopping around for a personal trainer or a physiotherapist, you may have come across trainers who are FMS certified. FMS stands for Functional Movement Screen - one of the functional movement tools developed by acclaimed physiotherapist Gray Cook. With all the fluff around functional movement, what exactly is a functional movement [...]
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The Truth Behind Functional Training: Is CrossFit Bad for You?

CrossFit has a bad rep because the look of people throwing weights around just simply doesn't look safe. However, is there any truth to such beliefs? What is CrossFit? CrossFit is a high intensity fitness programme that involves both strength and functional training. It is build on the foundation of constant variation, functional movements, and [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]