Author: Kelvin Ng

How a Sedentary Lifestyle is Causing Chronic Disease and Early Mortality December 5, 2023 Sitting Disease is a modern day health epidemic associated with prolonged sitting in poor posture. If this sounds like you, then you could be suffering. You sit at a desk all day at work, then you go home from a long workday and check your social media and watch TV. After watching a couple of shows you go ...
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What is Generation C? Generation C basically refers to Tech Neck Generation, where forward head posture is prevalent. A study by Chandoliya et al in 2021 found that 73% of school aged children have forward head posture, and 36% have severe head posture. It’s a first world problem where kids are given smart devices at such young age, and they start to position their heads in front of their hea...
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Since the circuit breaker (“CB”) started in April 2020, many have been working from home (“WFH”). This appears to be a new norm for long while for most of them, or maybe even a permanent one for some. Unlike our office, our homes are generally designed for relaxation and family time. Due to the lack of ergonomic consideration, many will inevitably be subjecting their spines to a lot of stress dur...
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Most of us are working from home during this Circuit Breaker period. (“CBP”) Presumably, you are also spending more time on your handphone or ipad. It is understandable during this period since almost everyone is cooped up at home. It could out of boredom, or the need to work using the devices. Our smart devices these days have a built in app that tells us our daily or weekly screen time (see pi...
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4 years ago, one of our patients told us that he was keen in a career in chiropractic. Then off he went to Sherman College of Chiropractic (USA) (Dr Kelvin’s alma mater). Fast forward 4 years, he is now a qualified Doctor of Chiropractic in Singapore. Some may know him as the young man in the sports attire who ran back and forth our office when we were at Park Mall, or the national marathoner w...
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You’ll probably never see your five or six-year-old bend over to pick up a toy and freeze in pain saying, “Oh, my back went out again.” Spinal degenerations and vertebral subluxations that cause that kind of pain will generally not appear in children – but it started there. Birth Trauma Natural childbirth has come to mean many different things, but for the purpose of this article let’s keep ...
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It is not uncommon for some patients to ask, “ That’s it?” after receiving at their chiropractic adjustments. Some perceive their sessions to be similar to massage or physiotherapy and expect them to be as long. Chiropractic is different from other therapies in many ways. Unlike massage and physiotherapy, which target muscle groups, chiropractic works on the spine and nervous system. As such, t...
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As a chiropractor, I provide chiropractic care to sportsmen ranging from amateurs to professionals. Most of them come in with some form of injuries that produced discomforts. One challenge I face is having the individual to stop temporarily while receiving treatment and allow the body to heal. While it is important to have structured training and guidance, it is paramount to listen to the body....
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