Contents1 Use the heat correctly for best results and recovery2 This is where cold therapy comes in. 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…
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. Contents1 First up: what’s chronic…
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%. Contents1 What’s an ankle sprain?2 Multiple ankle sprains3 Grades of ankle sprains4 I think I sprained my ankle –…
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: Contents1 Reflex spinal levels &…
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…
Cancer means there’s abnormal cell growth in the body that destroys normal healthy cells, directly and negatively affecting the health and function of body parts…and can even cause disability and death. Contents1 Some cancer statistics2 Cancer and its treatments can cause:3 How is cancer diagnosed?4 How a physiotherapist can help patients with cancer? Some cancer…
Calf may sound like baby cows, but here it refers to the muscles at the back of our leg. These calf muscle injuries or strains are pretty common actually, for: joggers / runners football / soccer players dancers basketball / volleyball players badminton / tennis / squash players gymnasts …and even normal working people People…
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