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.

pain-free, pain management
Resources

What should you do in your recovery if your pain is no longer hurting

Pain relief can feel like a victory. However, the absence of pain doesn't always signal that your body has fully healed or that you're out of the woods. As a chiropractor, I frequently see patients at this crucial crossroads. Now that your pain is gone, does that mean you can return to normal activities? Is [...]
overweight, weight loss, fasting, angus barbieri
Resources

Why proper nutrition is critical for IPPT training (overweight edition)

People generally don't associate nutrition advice with chiropractors. Chiropractors, traditionally, perform chiropractic adjustments to the spine and don't do much more than that. When it comes to nutrition professionals, we have nutritionists and dietitians. With these in view, it does suggest that providing (basic) nutrition advice is what is required of a chiropractor. Yet in [...]
lucas tey, hyrox athlete singapore, project rally
Resources

Project Rally: Could calisthenics be the cure for chronic low back pain?

When I booked a private one-on-one calisthenics session with Lucas Tey at Project Rally, I was curious about bodyweight training and wanted to explore a different approach to fitness. As a chiropractor who spends his days helping others with chronic pain, I rarely get the chance to be just a regular person wanting to try [...]
steamed chicken breast, tay's ready to eat chicken, chicken salad
Resources

Review: Tay’s Steamed Boneless Chicken Breast

I do give basic dietary advice as a chiropractor. In my work, I do have clients who are looking to lose weight for health related reasons. I also have clients with reduced muscle mass who are require higher protein intake. Part of my job as a chiropractor is to familiarise myself with the food products [...]
rehab chiropractor, jesse cai, exercise based chiropractic
Resources

How to treat frozen shoulder without chiropractic adjustments

Frozen shoulder, also known as adhesive capsulitis, is one of the conditions of the body that is very poorly understood. For one, nobody knows what is the cause and there is no suitable to explanation to why does it take so long to heal! Even though frozen shoulder patients tend to have severely limited range [...]
chiropractor singapore, lower back pain singapore
Resources

Physical preparedness for life or sports from a chiropractor’s perspective

Today, a client feedback that his glutes are much stronger than before. He could feel a difference at the glutes when he uses the elliptical trainer at the gym. When squatting to full range aka ass to grass, he feels more stable. There is no need to jerk to come up from the bottom position. [...]
trendelenburg gait, weak-glutes
Resources

Debunking Dead Butt Syndrome: Why your glutes haven’t gone anywhere

Just this weekend, a client was complaining that he can't feel his glutes. He has been doing his home exercises but doesn't seem to be getting anywhere. He attributed it to that his glutes are not working. Today, we will explore what is glute amnesia or dead butt syndrome. The Great Gluteal Amnesia Con I'm [...]
chiropractic adjustments, stroke,
Resources

Is a chiropractor always right?

One of the things about education is that you have to make corrections when people are wrong. Education is always important because "give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime". Right? In my work as a chiropractor, I teach [...]
jesse cai, chiropractor singapore, chiropractic consultion
Resources

Why is it important to trust your chiropractor

A week ago, a referral from a friend reached out to be about a case. It doesn't sound too complex. It sounds like a chronic musculoskeletal injury (e.g., joint sprain, muscle strain) that was recently re-injured again. The person was in a lot of pain, already sought care from other practitioners and wanted some help. [...]
ong ye kung, singapore health minister, mount elizabeth pre authorisation
Resources

Did shortcomings in public policy contribute to the Great Eastern versus Mount Elizabeth saga?

One thing I really don't like about the Singapore government is that they don't really acknowledge shortcomings or limitations. Unless they are the perfect government, there must be something they can do better right? The second thing I don't like is that there are no published action steps in terms of what they will do [...]
ns fit locations singapore
Resources

NS FIT training suspended after 30-year old man dies

A 30-year-old man passed away yesterday after collapsing outside Maju Camp. He had just completed his NS FIT training at Maju Fitness Conditioning Centre. The circumstances to his death is not yet reported. How did NS FIT come about? Before we talk about NS FIT, we have to talk about IPPT aka the Individual Physical [...]
typical private hospital bill singapore, mount elizabeth hospital charges
Resources

Great Eastern stops Mount Elizabeth pre-authorisation

Great Eastern, the largest insurer in Singapore, has stopped issuing pre-authorisation certificates for Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital. This comes in the midst of OCBC's attempt to delist Great Eastern. OCBC owns 93.72% of Great Eastern, which has been suspended from trading since last year due. This post is written with the [...]