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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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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 [...]
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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 [...]
Comparison of twenty student brain activity scans after sitting quitely and after twenty minute walk. The brain activity after 20 minute walk is significantly higher comparing to sitting. Research/scan compliments of Dr. Chuck Hillman, University of Illinois.
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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 [...]
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Understanding Value: Why What Is Important To You Matters

When pain sufferers seek treatment, they know they are looking for pain relief. However, what motivates them to seek pain relief isn't always clear to themselves. For most parts, most of us are happy to live with an occasional back pain knowing it will pass without intervention. We go on with life as per normal [...]
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Understanding your relationship with a chiropractor: task vs social

I really do encourage all of you to watch this video. It's rare for a client to be willing to openly share their frustration of working with me. This may be an extreme case of choosing task over social relationship. The thing about working with me is that there's a good chance you'll leave my [...]