Category: Resources

chronic pain, chiropractor singapore, solution-focused
Featured Post Resources

Applying Problem Solving Skills to Chronic Pain

"The idea that patients who appear to improve in the first treatment session will do well longer term is not supported by the literature." Source: Musculoskeletal Science and Practice When it comes to recovery from chronic pain or injury, we have an expectation that we should feel better with each visit. However, research tells us [...]
pain solution, pain problem, solution focused
Resources

Understanding Coaching: Problem-Focused vs Solution-Focused

I am not gonna lie. I didn't coin the phrase solution-focused. If you dabble in the coaching or counseling scene you'd probably have heard of solution-focused coaching/brief coaching or solution-focused brief therapy. They are both founded on the same principles and I've slowly start to adopt them into my work with chronic pain clients. Solution-focused [...]
Quadrant with four axes, including "Ask" on top, "Problem" on the left, "Tell" on the bottom, and "Solution" on the wright. Each quadrant includes, "Counceling" on the upper left and bottom left, "Mentoring, Teaching" on the bottom right, and "Coaching" in the upper right corner. "Coaching" is highlighted by the oval figure and arrow.
Featured Post Resources

Understanding Empowerment: Therapy vs Coaching

Despite the rocky beginning, our client achieved full-symptom resolution with just exercise and education. We teach our clients to finish for their own pain relief. Coaching is our long-term pain solution! Singapore's 1st no-adjustment chiropractor I started as Square One Chiropractic because as a chiropractor that made sense. That was expected of me. Then I [...]
chiropractor singapore, massage singapore, sports massage
Resources

Sports Massage: Does it improve performance and recovery?

If you are a social media user, you'd have seen lots of ads promoting sports massage. Specifically, that it reduces injury risk, improves recovery, or boost sports performance. These claims are made by physiotherapists and massage therapists alike. However, what does research say? What is sports massage? Sports massage is a general term used to [...]
self talk, self-care, positivity
Featured Post Resources

Understanding Words: Positive vs Negative Self-Talk

Our client talks about mindset shift. How becoming aware of his negative self-talk led him to a whooping 95% improvement in symptoms just within four weeks of online coaching. I am moving towards what I consider high value content. By that I mean things that are actionable that you can implement in your daily life. [...]
pain management, singapore pain clinic, exercise pain
Featured Post Resources

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 [...]
running singapore, physiotherapy singapore
Resources

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, [...]
condom use, education, error
Resources

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 [...]
Resources

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 - [...]
mindfulness singapore, mindful coaching, awareness
Resources

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 [...]
vuca, harvard business review
Resources

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 [...]
Resources

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 […]