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Understanding Load Management: Exercise vs Rest

The emphasis is always on keeping active and avoiding complete rest even in times of chronic pain or injury. Retrospectively, I now realise that that is not enough for you to make sense of what to do. We'll look at load management today to give you an idea of how keeping active in spite of [...]
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Strength Training For Running (or any other endurance sports)

When it comes to endurance sports such as running or triathlon training, most athletes in Singapore know the value of strength training. Yet at the same time, weight training is poorly prioritise in endurance sports. For most parts, endurance athletes focus largely on their discipline. Marathon runners would almost exclusively run while triathletes would swim, [...]
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What are the 8 core values of person-centred care?

Most of us have very poor understanding of what is high value pain management. When I present data or evidence on how should a person's treatment look, most chronic pain patients tell me that nobody has ever told them before. You may find it strange that my latest blog posts have  been focused on the [...]
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Is Gratitude The New Bullet? Journaling for chronic pain treatment

Calm Collective did a virtual submit on How To Cope Mentally During COVID-19. One of the speakers was Jamie Lee who was the cofounder of The Kind Friend. Her topic specifically was how to use journaling to cope with anxiety. What are the benefits of journaling? There are tons of benefits to gratitude journaling - [...]
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Mindfulness: The Way of a Mindful Warrior by Colleen Lightbody

Dr Colleen Lightbody did a presentation on being mindful as part of the International Coaching Week 2020 program by International Coaching Federation (Singapore). In her presentation, Colleen talked about topics from what it means to be present to complex concepts such as neuroplasticity. It's refreshing to hear about brain science outside of the chronic pain [...]
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The VUCA World: Is uncertainty the new norm?

We are half way through the circuit breaker period in Singapore. As lockdown measures start to relax throughout the world, are we returning to times of certainty? What does VUCA stand for? V - volatility U - uncertainty C - complexity A - ambiguity VUCA stands for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Believe it or [...]
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Make Chiropractic Essential Again | Why chiropractic is not essential

Chiropractic is considered a non-essential service for the circuit breaker period. Since the extension of the circuit breaker, the Ministry of Health has allowed allied health providers such as physiotherapists and podiatrists to start seeing patients (for a day a week). However, chiropractors are NOT considered allied health providers in Singapore. Therefore, chiropractic clinics remained […]

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Personal Trainer and Nutritionist Shares About Her Stress Eating Experience

Caitlin's background in nutrition, personal training, and psychology puts her in a unique position to help women with emotional eating breakthrough. Doesn't matter if you are trying to lose weight or to live a healthy lifestyle. Eating well is important. In fact, nutrition services is big in Singapore. Gyms, such as Ultimate Performance, include weekly [...]
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Ultimate Scoliosis Guide | Scoliosis Treatment in Singapore

Most parents freak out when they are told their child has scoliosis. This is could be because chiropractic clinics in Singapore use scare tactics to encourage parents to start their child on treatment. Before you make a comment to a chiropractic treatment package, here are the facts you need to know. What is scoliosis? As [...]
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Why now is time to take online video consultations more serious

The coronavirus situation in Singapore is still a work in process. We know within the last week Singapore has banned all social gathering including private meetups and made wearing of face masks in public mandatory. All gyms have shutdown with the circuit breaker in effect. Even outdoor pull-up bars have been taped up to prevent [...]
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Understanding Rotator Cuff-Related Shoulder Pain: Damage vs Pain

If your chiropractor or physiotherapist in Singapore starts by telling you about shoulder impingement, rotator cuff tendinitis, subacromial impingement. or any other diagnostic label, you may want to start seeking a second opinion. Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain The first reason is because research no longer supports a structural-based diagnosis. The preferred diagnosis is rotator-cuff related [...]
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Looking for a back pain or neck pain solutions? Four lessons you can learn from Warren Buffett

Everyone is talking about Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and the $128 billion cash pile he's sitting on. So, we are going to jump right on it to talk about what we can learn from the third richest man in the world. 1. Always look in the long-term; forget those 'quick-fix' pain solutions [...]