Health & Wellness Tips

  • Singapore Surgeon Insights: Flatfeet – Dr K Kannan

    Singapore Surgeon Insights: Flatfeet – Dr K Kannan

    Do you suffer from heel pain, achilles pain, or have a bunion? Maybe you have a Flatfoot Flatfoot is more than just an annoyance in buying new shoes, it can be the explanation for chronic heel pain, achilles pain and even that bunion that has been bothering you for a long time. This interview Dr…

  • Having shoulder or neck pain? Always mind your posture

    Having shoulder or neck pain? Always mind your posture

    The Importance of a good posture As a result of the recent Covid-19 condition, many people are experiencing neck and shoulder pains due to an incorrect posture. They are bored because they have stopped their routine activities and as a result try to do exercises at home without paying attention to how to do it…

  • Physiotherapy Tips: Avoid bike injuries with a good fit

    Physiotherapy Tips: Avoid bike injuries with a good fit

    Physioactive visits Bites & Bikes to find out why bike fitting is important With biking becoming more popular in this pandemic even physiotherapists recommend a good bike fit to avoid injuries. During the current pandemic a lot of people have picked up cycling. This is of course a good thing, but with biking being so…

  • Singapore Surgeon Insights: Herniated Nucleus Pulposus – Dr Hee Hwan Tak

    Singapore Surgeon Insights: Herniated Nucleus Pulposus – Dr Hee Hwan Tak

    Physio talks: Back Injury – Herniated Disc – Surgery and Physiotherapy options. Physioactive presents the Singapore Surgeon Insight series with Dr. Hee Hwan Tak of Pinnacle Spine and Scoliosis Centre Singapore where he explains a specific back injury, the herniated disc, also known as the herniated nucleus pulposus. Dr Hee Hwan Tak Dr. Hee, an…

  • Ergonomics Series 101 – Smartphone Ergonomics

    Ergonomics Series 101 – Smartphone Ergonomics

    Tips on using your smartphone smarter Physioactive strives to provide you with the ideal treatment and awareness to live a good quality, pain-free life. Have a look at our “Ergonomics 101” series to better understand the ideal environment for your everyday lifestyle. If you need further assistance with pain injury management or ergonomics, visit our…

  • Ergonomic Series 101 by Physioactive – Introduction

    Ergonomic Series 101 by Physioactive – Introduction

    Introducing Ergonomics Physioactive strives to provide you with the ideal treatment and awareness to live a good quality, pain-free life. Have a look at our “Ergonomics 101” series to better understand the ideal environment for your everyday lifestyle. If you need further assistance with pain injury management or ergonomics, visit our website for details. If…

  • Injury Prevention when Working From Home

    Injury Prevention when Working From Home

    How to prevent yourself from getting injured while working from home. Before I start, I’d like to express my deepest gratitude to our hard-working healthcare practitioners including nurses, doctors, and all teams involved in fighting the COVID-19. Through social media I learned about retired doctors returning to help with the current condition—it gave me massive…

  • Physio Case Study #004: “Adigang, Adigung, Adiguna”

    Physio Case Study #004: “Adigang, Adigung, Adiguna”

    Amid the boredom of this quarantine, many friends are experimenting with various kinds ofvsports virtually, includiing WOD at home challenges, 30km a day cycle, 31 days of Yoga, and of course (my favorite) ….. don’t do anything for 1 month without feeling guilty. Everything is acceptable because this quarantine is not a time for productivity…

  • Increase Work Focus and Productivity with EXERCISE

    Increase Work Focus and Productivity with EXERCISE

    This blog article was inspired by a TED Talk from Wendy Suzuki at TEDWoman 2017, titled Brain Changing Benefits of Exercise. I’m sure everyone knows that exercise is good for health and good for losing weight. It has become common knowledge that exercise can improve your heart condition, blood circulation, muscles and the function of…

  • Neglected Injury

    Neglected Injury

    Prelude Injury to musicians is something that we are not familiar with. The term injury is almost always synonymous with an incident such as a fall or accident. In fact, often times we associate injuries with sports. During college, my final project was to analyze the risk of injury to a drummer. The case study…