Delayed onset muscle soreness, a term that’s very common and commonly shortened to “DOMS” basically means muscle soreness and aches that happens hours after a workout, exercise or activity. Common aches It’s really common, especially for gym rats (like myself haha) runners / people who workout people who suddenly pushed or increased the duration /…
Ever since our first kid, Olivia, was born, my wife’s gone all baby-carrier-wrap-happy, and that started back in 2015. Our second kid, David, spent lots of time in the baby carrier too; and now our third kid, Josh, is the same. We. Love. Baby. Carrying. Or. Wrapping. We’d tried them all: baby carriers baby wraps…
Use the heat correctly for best results and recovery If you use an electric heating pad, start with a lowest setting first. Maintain the same temperature for the duration of the session. Once you start getting used to the heat, you can slowly and gradually increasing the temperature. WARNING: Never fall asleep with any type…
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a condition that affects approximately 1% of the population in the United States (in Singapore, it’s about 3-5%). And to make matters worse, if patient choose to not get treatment for a period of time, chronic fatigue syndrome can lead to disability and even death. First up: what’s chronic fatigue…
Chronic low back pain is defined as low back pain that continues for 12 weeks or longer…even after the original injury has been treated. About 5-10% of people who has back pain develops chronic back pain which lasts at least one year. To make things worse, 20% of doctor visits are related to back pain!…
Spondylosis is a very specific type of osteoarthritis in the joints of your spine bone (neck, back or sacrum), and it affects the center of the spinal verebrae and/or neural foramina. Note: It can be easily misdiagnosed, so the doctor and physiotherapist needs to do differential diagnosis: if the same condition affects the zygapophysial joint…
90% cases of untreated ankle sprains can become recurring (as in the ankle keeps getting sprained again and again), but there’s good news: with skilled ankle sprain physiotherapy we can decrease the recurrence to below 40%. What’s an ankle sprain? An ankle sprain happens when the ankle either bends IN or OUT too much, stretching…
All of us have special reflexes “built in” or hardwired into our movements. They’re involuntary, and only works as a response to a specific stimulus. An example is tendon reflexes, which are tested to provide vital information on the integrity of the central and peripheral nervous system. These reflexes are: Reflex spinal levels & their…
Carpal tunnel syndrome happens when the median nerve in the middle of the wrist gets compressed, causing numbness, tingling and loss of strength. The carpal tunnel is a very small and narrow tunnel (about 2 cm width) in the wrist, with NINE flexor tendons and a median nerve that runs through it. That means it’s…
People usually dont think about balance or balance training, because it’s simply not popular or usually thought about in our busy lives…but really, if someone has balance issues, man, it’s really, really tough. Not only would you feel nauseous and keep falling down; you’d find it very difficult to stand or move around. Working, responsibilities…
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