There is a correct way to stand; having a correct posture you may say. The purpose of this is that the human body can be erect with the minimal amount of muscle effort. Viewed from the front the body should of course be symmetrical. And there is hardly anyone that would not know that. How [...]
People do MRI scans for all kind of different reasons and lower back pain a common one. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a great way to illustrate anatomical structure in the body. It works very well for the brain, arms, legs and the spine. My interest is of course with the imaging of the spine [...]
Very often people who have neck pain and ask what kind of exercises they can do to help their condition. A normal neck should a nice cervical lordosis; it should have a nice C-shaped curve when an x-ray is viewed from the side. Unfortunately it is quite common that people walk around with a total [...]
Chiropractic is a health care approach that focuses on the relationship between the body’s structure – mainly the spine – and its functioning. Chiropractors primarily perform spinal adjustments to the spine goal of correcting alignment and problems relating to it supporting the body’s natural ability to heal itself and deal with the daily stresses that [...]
The video report findings made by a consumer survey and shows that hands on chiropractic care was first choice among lower back pain sufferers. This is of course good news for the chiropractic profession as the survey shows that the public trusts a chiropractor to care for their back problems. 80% of adults do suffer [...]
Lower back pain can have many causes and sometimes there is a intervertebral disc that is at fault. This video illustrates a disc in the lower back and how it degenerates, eventually bulging causing pressure on the spinal nerve. The end result can be lower back pain and leg pain as is mentioned in the [...]
The standard medical model for treating scoliosis in teens is wrong. For instance, the young patient is often diagnosed in Singapore during school screening and then referred to a doctor for x-rays to confirm the diagnosis. Here is where the first problem lies, if the scoliosis is below 25 degrees patient is asked to wait [...]
Many of you know Dr Oz from Oprah. Now, what could he have on his heart about ladies handbags and even referring to the American chiropractic Association. I thought the video is both entertaining and informative so I wanted to share this with all the ladies reading “The Singapore Chiro” blog. Hopefully you take Dr [...]
This video is showing a few patients getting help with their headaches and migraines through spinal manipulation provided by a chiropractor. Many patients and chiropractors can tell stories about how headaches and migraines, were either completely resolved or greatly diminishes by treating their neck. At our chiropractic clinic we use the same x-ray measurements as [...]
High blood pressure reduced by chiropractic adjustment is something that is not commonly talked about among the profession and I personally never advertise this to my patients, but it can be a nice and positive side effect for some. It was great that a solid scientific study was able to prove that spinal manipulation by [...]
