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2 July 2010 1 Comment

Functional movement screen – What is it good for?

I had the opportunity yesterday to perform a functional movement screen on a few youngsters that are a part of the Youth Golf Programme that is conducted at the Laguna National Golf & Country Club. They all scored very well as one would expect from group of youngsters, but what could others benefit  from performing [...]

2 July 2010 3 Comments

Lower Back Pain – Disc bulge model

This video illustrates a model of the spine that can realistically demonstrate what happens when a injured disc is loaded. I bought this model to my clinic a year ago to help my lower back pain patients understand how the lumbar discs behave when they are compressed. This makes it very easy for them to [...]

2 June 2010 Comments Off

Scoliosis Treatment in Wisconsin

Scoliosis Treatment in Wisconsin

Just came back to Singapore on Monday form a trip to Green Bay, Wisconsin. Went so visit a friend of mine and learn how he treats his clients. He is brilliant in the treatment of scoliosis and has totally different approach than normal chiropractors in dealing with this spinal condition. It was a very productive [...]

16 May 2010 1 Comment

Chiropractic: An Introduction

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 [...]

14 May 2010 1 Comment

Lower Back Pain – Chiropractor is the 1st choice!

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 [...]

9 May 2010 Comments Off

The Human Spine – anatomy

The Human Spine – anatomy

I thought I dwell about the human spine for a while as it is the primary focus of my job. Consisting of 24 movable bones the spine is truly an engineering masterpiece. As it connects the skull to the hips it is anatomically divided into 3 regions. In lay man terms we would call them neck, [...]

3 May 2010 Comments Off

Spinal Manipulation – Is that all chiropractors have to offer?

There seems to be many chiropractic clinics in Singapore that offer purely spinal manipulation as their treatment. And I can see their reasoning why, as spinal manipulation or chiropractic adjustment can have a very powerful positive effect on a person’s condition, but it also has its limits. Spinal manipulation is very effective in loosening up [...]

1 May 2010 Comments Off

Chiropractor – Low Price vs Value

This happens everywhere when people want to buy something; they want to pay the lowest price for it. Many therefore go to different shops and malls to find a store that provides them with the lowest cost for the particular item they are looking for. Unfortunately this happens often again when people are looking for [...]