Tag: Exercises

Discover effective chiropractic exercises designed to improve your posture, reduce pain, and enhance overall mobility. Our expert tips and step-by-step guides make it easy to incorporate these exercises into your daily routine, helping you achieve optimal spinal health and prevent future discomfort.

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What? The Pope goes to the gym?

I love that the leader of the 1.3 billion catholics goes to the gym. According to AP News, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV works with a personal trainer at the Omega gym in Rome. Unfortunately though, it would seem like the Pope's exercise routine is not aligned to the current physical activity recommendation by [...]
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World Sarcopenia Day: Do You Have Enough Muscles?

Are you aware of the impact that sarcopenia can have on your health as you age? As we grow older, it's common for muscle mass and strength to gradually decline, leading to a condition called sarcopenia. Sarcopenia affects up to 44% of Singaporeans. It was estimated that between 14% to 25% of seemingly healthy older [...]
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Why your daily stretches aren’t helping your chronic aches and pain

As a chiropractor, I get a lot of questions about stretching. How often should I stretch? How much should I stretch? What stretches are good for back pain, neck aches and soreness, etc? My take on stretching? Don't do it. No, it is not the stretching is harmful for you per se. For most parts, [...]
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Sport Injuries: 7 Low Back Truths Every Athlete Should Know

We all know some one who have had a low back injury from sports. Maybe you yourself are recovering from low back pain. Today we want to share with you 10 truths (references included) everyone should know about their low back.

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Muscle relaxants don’t work. What will it take to change pain management?

If you Google "muscle relaxant", one of the articles that pop up is about lower back pain treatment. According National Heart Centre, muscle relaxants can help with reducing muscle spasm and stiffness. Do they help though? Do muscle relaxers help back pain? Muscle relaxants were identified as an emerging trend and forecasted to be a [...]
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Resistance band exercises to build a more robust and strong neck

As an office worker immersed in the daily grind, you're no stranger to the persistent neck aches and stiffness that come with prolonged sitting. Hours hunched over a desk can take a toll on your neck, leaving you yearning for relief and renewed vitality. While we often focus on ergonomic chairs and posture correction, there's [...]
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Can Personal Training Decrease Chronic Pain?

Living with chronic pain can be challenging, affecting various aspects of your life and overall well-being. However, taking a proactive approach to managing chronic pain through personalised training can be transformative. With the guidance and expertise of a certified personal trainer and chiropractor, you can embark on a journey towards pain-free living. Not only that, [...]
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Is muscle strengthening a missing part of your exercise?

Most of the musculoskeletal (e.g., muscle and joint pain) issues I see as a chiropractor are addressable through exercise. For those who are sedentary, it comes as no surprise that you may have persistent pain. This is because without regular exercise our muscles and joints don't get the stimulation it needs to remain healthy. For [...]
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Does combining exercise with chiropractic adjustments benefit you?

Exercise and chiropractic adjustments are thought to be essential components of a healthy lifestyle. Both have been reported to provide a wide range of benefits for your physical and mental well-being, and when combined, it is assumed that they can have even greater benefits. In this blog post, we'll discuss the benefits of exercise and [...]
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When are chiropractic adjustments better than exercise?

As a chiropractor, chronic pain sufferers expect me to adjust their spine. This is because many people assume seeing a chiropractor equals chiropractic adjustments. However, this is not true. Evidence-based chiropractors are trained in a variety of techniques including spinal manipulation, soft tissue therapy, ultrasound, dry needling, physical therapy, and of course rehabilitative exercises! What [...]
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Can ChatGPT write you an exercise programme for chronic pain?

A couple of weeks ago, I asked ChatGPT to write an exercise programme for my client. I then compared it against what I have planned for the client for the session. As a chiropractor, I can say the result was actually not bad. Out of the five exercises I asked for, three were usable. However, [...]
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Is yoga the ultimate back pain cure?

As a chiropractor, we often get ask if yoga is good for spinal pain. I think because yogi often have great range of motion and spinal flexibility, that is the preconceived idea that they have great spinal health. Unfortunately, this is largely not true. Yoga as a recovery intervention I think it's entirely possible for [...]