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Back Pain Guide

"Back pain" affects over 80% of people at least once in their lifetime. As a chiropractor, I work a lot with clients suffering from back aches and soreness. In this guide, I hope to share my experiences with you so you can find your own freedom from pain. I will cover: What is the most [...]
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Will my back pain go away on its own? How can I get rid of back pain?

As a chiropractor, back pain is one of the conditions that I often see in my practice. While back pain may seem scary and sometimes warrant a trip to the hospital to find out what's causing your symptoms, research tells us that you don't always need to be worried. According to a study published by [...]
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Five Things People Do That Contributes to Low Back Pain

Most of us, no matter our age and gender, would have experienced sharp and acute pain at our lower back before. This could happen literally at any time of your life -- from lifting heavy weights to mundane day to day activities such as sleeping. Whatever it is, we know how painful and bothersome back [...]
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Five exercises for low back pain

Many people in Singapore experience back pain on a daily basis. It disrupts our daily lives and affect everything from work productivity to mundane daily activities. While pain killers and massages may be the go-to-treatment for most people, clinical guidelines around the world all agree that staying active and exercising is the first-line treatment for [...]
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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 [...]
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Self-improvement tips: How can I recover from chronic back pain?

If you are suffering from back pain, you are probably thinking there's a problem to fix: Do I have a herniated disc (or slipped disc)? Is my pain due to "wear and tear" in the lumbar spine? Perhaps one of my spinal nerves pr spinal cord  is compressed? Let's take a step away from that. [...]
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Work From Home: COVID-19 vs. chronic back pain and neck pain

Most of you would be familiar with working remotely or at least know some one who has. Since the start of the COVID-19, companies have been working on their business continuity planning. This typically includes having half of the employees coming into work while the other half would work from home. EY Australia has gone [...]
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Lower Back Pain | Chiropractor Singapore

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a psychological approach to helping people deal with various issues from mental health (depression, anxiety) conditions to chronic pain. It includes elements of mindfulness practice. Today we want to discuss what ACT is and how it might apply to your lower back pain. Six Core Elements of ACT The [...]
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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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Pain School! #4: Walter Tay – Low Back Pain from a Hawker’s Perspective

What is Pain Schooled! Pain Schooled! is Singapore's first pain community founded on the exploration of what it means to be living in pain in the 21st century. Our mission is to educate and empower pain sufferers with strategies to manage their pain. You can expect high quality content from the latest research, storytelling from [...]