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Is your chronic pain a lifestyle disease: a behavioural approach to recovery

It's not unimaginable that a sedentary lifestyle or an overactive lifestyle can both contribute to chronic pain. When you try to make sense of your pain, you probably reason with a structure-based or damage-based narrative. Afterall, this is what most chiropractors or orthopaedic surgeons will talk about even though recent research has vigorously challenged them. [...]
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What does it mean to be healthy?

As stated by WHO, "health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." As of today, Singapore has over taken Japan to have the longest healthy life expectancy in the world. This is wonderful news. Our public health policies to encourage Singaporeans to participate [...]
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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 haveĀ  been focused on the [...]