Structural Imbalance Physiotherapy
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Structural Imbalance Physiotherapy

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You may have chanced upon this word “structural imbalance” before, online or speaking to your friends, or even seeing a physio for your body pains and aches. To understand imbalanced structures, it’s good to understand first, what is “balanced structures”. Structural Balance It simply means the optimal posture and position for our body, be it…

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Physiotherapy
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Physiotherapy

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Previously known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is typically a painful and progressively disabling condition. Patients and doctors and us therapists are often shocked, as CRPS can happen with seemingly mild stuff, such as scrapes bruises sprains strains and not always major stuff like fractures. It’s complex, affecting an area…

Compartment Syndrome Physiotherapy
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Compartment Syndrome Physiotherapy

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Compartment syndrome is a very serious medical condition, and can cause loss of limb and even life. It happens when the presurre in the muscle compartments is very high that it squeezes and compresses, causing lack of blood flow to the areas, and this can compromise the structures there. Think of it like asphyxiation to…

Childhood Leukemia Physiotherapy
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Childhood Leukemia Physiotherapy

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Leukemia is a cancer of the blood-forming cells, and is the most commonest type of cancer diagnosis in children. Unfortunately, the exact cause of leukemia is still unknown fornow. The good news is that survival rates of children with leukemia is improving in years and research, and will likely continue to improve as scientists continue…

Chronic Pain Syndromes Physiotherapy
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Chronic Pain Syndromes Physiotherapy

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There’s an estimated 116,000,000 Americans who have chronic pain every year, and it costs an averae of $600,000,000,000 for medical treatment, lost work time and lost income. Chronic pain is ongoing pain in one or more parts in the body…with or without any real body tissue damage due to injury or illness, beyond normal tissue…

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Physiotherapy
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Physiotherapy

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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 Physiotherapy
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Chronic Low Back Pain Physiotherapy

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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!…

Benign Hypermobility Joint Syndrome Physiotherapy
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Benign Hypermobility Joint Syndrome Physiotherapy

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Benign hypermobility joint syndrome (BHJS) is a disorder of the connective tissues (ligaments) that typically causes patients’ joints to become loose throughout the body. This is called joint hypermobility (joints being able to move too much), and is usually genetics related. Many kids and in fact, a number of adults, can have some level of…

Unstable Sacro-iliac (SIJ) Joint
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Unstable Sacro-iliac (SIJ) Joint

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The #1 job of our sacroiliac joint (often called ‘SIJ’) is to absorb vertical (up and down) forces that goes through the body. Such as in jumping walking carrying a load (groceries, kids, pets, laptop) climbing etc That’s why it’s made to be very stable and sturdy structure that joins the spine to the pelvis….

What is Chronic Pain?
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What is Chronic Pain?

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Chronic pains are pains that lasts for at least three (3) months or longer; and it tends to lead to emotional distress, decreased function and movement…and eventual physical and social decline. If you know someone whose pain still is persistent even with, during or after medical treatments (usually in the cases of chronic pain issues),…