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Mindfulness Apps for Chronic Pain: A Chiropractor’s Perspective

We talked about mindfulness practice last week because the latest lower back pain clinical guidelines recommend mindfulness as a second-line treatment for lower back pain. If you are looking for treatment for your lower back or neck pain, mindfulness practice could be a good place it start. Today, we discuss three apps that we have [...]
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Does Frozen Shoulder Exist? A Chiropractor’s Perspective

There is very little clarity on what frozen shoulder actually is among research literature. Because of the vague diagnostic criteria and poor understanding of the condition, chiropractors and physical therapists sometimes mis-diagnose shoulder pain. What is frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis?   Doesn't matter if you've been told you have a frozen shoulder or adhesive [...]
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Sports Massage Debunked | Chiropractor Singapore

A physiotherapist reached out the other day after reading the chiropractic adjustment truths blog post. We had a bit of discussion on manual therapy and I dismissed manual therapy as ineffective for musculoskeletal conditions (back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, etc). He somewhat disagreed. He thinks there's value in manual therapy. I realised I have [...]
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Transitional Vertebrae: Do They Cause Back Pain?

Chiropractic is fairly new in Singapore (+/- 30 years). Square One is also new - we are about a year and a half old. What we do at our chiropractic clinic is virtually unheard of in Singapore - pain solutions through exercise. (Manual therapy like chiropractic adjustments and soft tissue "release" is still all the [...]
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Why Your Instagram Rehab Doesn’t Give You Pain Relief | 7 Tips from a Chiropractor

Every now and then we get chronic pain clients who come to us for a visit and we never see them again. When we check in on them a few weeks or months later, they told us they've tried many exercises at home and they didn't work. Of course, they didn't work! When we think [...]
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Chiropractic Treatment For Sports Injuries | When To See A Chiropractor?

Chiropractors are known for treating back pain and neck pain but do you know sports chiropractors also work with sports injuries? At Square One, we work with you to give you long term pain relief. What is chiropractic care? Most people mistake chiropractic care as chiropractic adjustments or spinal manipulative therapy. Chiropractic care, however, refers [...]
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Intermittent Fasting: AMA by Tucker Medical

Dr Steven Tucker from Tucker Medical hosted an AMA with Brad Robinson from Ritual Gym, Nutrition Health Coach Ashrafi Bhagat, dietitians Bonnie Lau and Karthika Thiruganam to discuss fasting. There's lots of interest in fasting for health these days so I am going to share what I've learnt. What is intermittent fasting? How a 16:8 [...]
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100% Truth Of An Anterior Pelvic Tilt / Arched Back | Evidence-based Chiropractor

Anterior pelvic tilt, or an excessively arched spine, is one of the most common "causes" of lower back pain. Today we discuss: What is anterior pelvic tilt? What is the cause of anterior pelvic tilt? How do I know if I have anterior pelvic tilt? What problems can arched spine cause? Is poor posture causing [...]
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Choosing the Right Pain Treatment Option For Your Pain Relief

There are multiple pain management options available today. Some, like spinal manipulation and acupuncture, are thousands of years old while others are new technology claiming to help with treating pain. How do you know what is the best for you? Our advice? Leave it to the experts.Very often we get clients looking to book in [...]
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To Stretch or not to stretch: Is stretching enough exercise?

"Dr Stretch" is all the rage in Singapore. Many people with neck and shoulder pain, hip pain, sore muscles, however, intuitively stretch for pain relief. Some people even think stretching can reduce your risk of injury. In this article we discuss: What is stretching? Should you stretch when you are in injured? Does stretching increase [...]
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Osteopath: Everything You Need To Know About Osteopathy

With over 500 searches for "osteopath singapore", it is clear the demand for osteopathy is on the rise in Singapore. In this guide, I discuss: What does an osteopath do? Is osteopath a doctor? What is the osteopathic lesion? What is the difference between an osteopath and a physiotherapist? How is osteopathy different from chiropractic? [...]
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First Chiropractic Visit

You are wondering what a chiropractic visit is like. We walk you through the difference between a good and bad first chiropractic visit