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 [...]
I had a patient yesterday undergoing a MRI. It shows a large part of his disc has bulged out and is irritating his nerve. The medical doctor in explained about a new procedure to remove the bulge called plasma nucleoplasty. This is successfully used in cases with lower back pain and sciatica caused by disc [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
