Category: Resources

wim hof singapore, chun yih tan
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Wim Hof in Singapore: Finding peace in a frantic world?

Despite being over 10, 000km away from Poland, we are very privileged to have our own Wim Hof-accredited instructor right here in Singapore. For those who are unfamiliar, Wim Hof is most famous for its ice bath. The purpose is to help practitioners to reconnect to ourselves, to others, and to nature. Who is Wim [...]
neck pain singapore, cervical lordosis
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The curse of the straight neck aka loss of lordosis

As a chiropractor in Singapore, I work a lot with neck pain patients. The unfortunate truth is that neck aches and soreness are often poorly managed in Singapore and most patients don't get long term relief. You have probably tried various treatments. You may have even seen chiropractors who specialise with neck problems to no [...]
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Did you miss out on our ‘How To Get Rid of Endless Pain’ webinar?

As a chiropractor, I focus a lot on education to drive long-term results. As such, we usually do a community project every month. This can be anything from an online webinar to a in-person workshop. We also host social nights and open houses so we can get to you outside of a clinical setting. If […]

neck pain singapore, chiropractic treatment, movement pattern
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Stop doubting exercise. It works for chronic pain!

As a chiropractor, we know for decades (yes, decades) that exercise works well for chronic pain. Since the 1990s, research is able to show that exercise is an effective treatment. If we were to dig back further, exercise has been part of chiropractic since over a hundred years ago. So in that sense, exercise, really [...]
back pain, recovery strategies
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Dear pain patients, high-value care is not in being touched

A lot of people are shocked by how much we charge for our consultation and recovery programmes. They think it's staggering out of proportion compared to other chiropractors in Singapore. These comparisons are often based on how much we charge versus how much our competitors charge per session, without considering the true value that we [...]
nudge theory, behaviour change
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Stay healthy with Apple watch: Do wearable activity trackers work?

We know increasing physical activity is no easy feat. In our blog post earlier this week, we highlighted that only 10% of healthy-weight children in United States meet guideline recommendations for exercise, sleep, and screen-time. To some extent, we live unhealthily since we were kids! Picking up a new health behaviour is a complex change [...]
prozac, ssri
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Science is always growing. New science debunks serotonin-hypothesis of depression.

Part of problem with being an evidence-based chiropractor is that you gotta repeatedly keep up with research. Sometimes new research challenges our existing knowledge base, and this is particularly problematic because it means our clinical practice would have to change. Today, we are going to talk about depression. Yes, you are right in that depression […]

chronic pain, mindfulness singapore
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It all starts from when you are young!

As a chiropractor, I work with people living with chronic pain. In many cases, chronic pain patients will blame specific injuries or "bad" posture or muscle imbalance as the cause of their pain. While these "causes" of pain may make sense to us, studies show that they poorly correlate with pain experiences. In other words, [...]
low back pain, core muscles
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Low back pain? Use less muscle; not more.

When it comes to low back pain, some pain sufferers feel like they are not using their core or their trunk muscles properly. There is the idea that if they were to activate their core muscles more, their low back will hurt less. In fact, if you are a regular at pilates or weight training [...]
chiropractor, achilles tendinitis, chiropractor singapore
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Navigating tendon pain. No, there is no true inflammation in your joints!

We absolutely love working with tendon pain because it challenges so many of current beliefs on what recovery should be like. One of the advices that are often given, even by healthcare professionals, is to rest and to take it easy. Well, no. Tendons don't actually like it when you take it "easy"! Exercise is [...]
fitt exercise, frequency intensity time type
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Yes, you are expect to exercise during pregnancy!

I don't think we have ever written anything specific to exercise during pregnancy before. So, let's get it straight, you should be exercising during your pregnancy. We are very lucky to be living in the digital age because information dissemination is way better than it was a decade or two ago. With clinical guidelines and [...]
how to squat, chiropractor singapore
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What is the purpose of a functional fitness training programme?

One of the things that drew us to CrossFit was that it's not just a high intensity workout. CrossFit is not just about getting your heart rate as high as you can or getting through a workout as fast as possible. There is an emphasis on functional movements and functional training. What is functional training? [...]