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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Sports Massage Debunked | Chiropractor Singapore

A physiotherapist reached out the other day after reading the chiropractic adjustment truths blog post. We had a bit of discussion on manual therapy and I dismissed manual therapy as ineffective for musculoskeletal conditions (back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, etc). He somewhat disagreed. He thinks there's value in manual therapy. I realised I have [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date July 3, 2019

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7 Lessons I Learn from Pain Schooled! | Chiropractor Singapore

Pain Schooled! #4 is now over. We are super privileged to have millennial hawker and fitness icon Walter Tay to join us as a guest at our chiropractic clinic. Pain schooled! was founded to explore what it means to live in pain. We use research from pain science, that is how to approach pain from [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date July 2, 2019

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Transitional Vertebrae: Do They Cause Back Pain?

Chiropractic is fairly new in Singapore (+/- 30 years). Square One is also new - we are about a year and a half old. What we do at our chiropractic clinic is virtually unheard of in Singapore - pain solutions through exercise. (Manual therapy like chiropractic adjustments and soft tissue "release" is still all the [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 30, 2019

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Free Community Clinic | Chiropractor Singapore

Square One Active Recovery is organising our first free community clinic! We have wanted to do this for a while now but never had the time to sit down to think through what a free clinic might entail. Truth is we still haven't, but we are going ahead with it anyway. Why? We wouldn't be [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 29, 2019

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Chiropractor Case 1: Achilles Tendinitis ft Kingsley Tay

We started working with Kingsley Tay a couple of months ago. He approached us for help with knee pain, previously diagnosed as quadriceps tendinitis, because it doesn't seem to be getting better. He had been receiving treatment from sports doctor and physiotherapist for nine months prior to seeing us. This was his Instagram post: I'M [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 23, 2019

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Why Your Instagram Rehab Doesn’t Give You Pain Relief | 7 Tips from a Chiropractor

Every now and then we get chronic pain clients who come to us for a visit and we never see them again. When we check in on them a few weeks or months later, they told us they've tried many exercises at home and they didn't work. Of course, they didn't work! When we think [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 12, 2019

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Pain School! #4: Walter Tay – Low Back Pain from a Hawker’s Perspective

What is Pain Schooled! Pain Schooled! is Singapore's first pain community founded on the exploration of what it means to be living in pain in the 21st century. Our mission is to educate and empower pain sufferers with strategies to manage their pain. You can expect high quality content from the latest research, storytelling from [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 10, 2019

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Chiropractic Treatment For Sports Injuries | When To See A Chiropractor?

Chiropractors are known for treating back pain and neck pain but do you know sports chiropractors also work with sports injuries? At Square One, we work with you to give you long term pain relief. What is chiropractic care? Most people mistake chiropractic care as chiropractic adjustments or spinal manipulative therapy. Chiropractic care, however, refers [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date June 2, 2019

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Transforming the Chiropractic Profession in Singapore | Tanjong Pagar

We know it's hard to find a good chiropractor Singapore. The chiropractic profession doesn't have a good rep in Singapore because there are many dishonest and unethical chiropractors. We started Square One in 2018 so we could build strong relationships with our community and deliver evidence based care for our patients. How exactly are we [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date May 24, 2019

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Intermittent Fasting: AMA by Tucker Medical

Dr Steven Tucker from Tucker Medical hosted an AMA with Brad Robinson from Ritual Gym, Nutrition Health Coach Ashrafi Bhagat, dietitians Bonnie Lau and Karthika Thiruganam to discuss fasting. There's lots of interest in fasting for health these days so I am going to share what I've learnt. What is intermittent fasting? How a 16:8 [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date May 22, 2019

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100% Truth Of An Anterior Pelvic Tilt / Arched Back | Evidence-based Chiropractor

Anterior pelvic tilt, or an excessively arched spine, is one of the most common "causes" of lower back pain. Today we discuss: What is anterior pelvic tilt? What is the cause of anterior pelvic tilt? How do I know if I have anterior pelvic tilt? What problems can arched spine cause? Is poor posture causing [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date May 15, 2019

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Choosing the Right Pain Treatment Option For Your Pain Relief

There are multiple pain management options available today. Some, like spinal manipulation and acupuncture, are thousands of years old while others are new technology claiming to help with treating pain. How do you know what is the best for you? Our advice? Leave it to the experts.Very often we get clients looking to book in [...]

Post author By Jesse Cai
Post date May 12, 2019