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Still Alive….and Well?

One afternoon I was watching the television at home when the legendary Dave Mustaine, lead vocalist/guitarist of Megadeth, appeared on my 50 inch screen. My vision and attention was immediately captured by this iconic image as my mind went down memory lane, to the times I used to head-bang to his tunes. I am a…
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Experience as an Intern at Physioactive

My name is Claudio Sagita and I am a 2nd year undergraduate student at the University of Melbourne majoring in physiology. Since I am planning to become a physiotherapist in the future, I decided to do an internship at Physioactive Jakarta while I was on my uni break last February. My main expectations out of…
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The Miseducation of DOMS

I remember the 2017 NBA Finals when the Golden State Warriors finished against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kyrie Irving was still at Cavaliers at that time and he surely had a night not to forget. On a quick glimpse at broadcast TV, Kyrie was bending over, while his therapist used a device to massage him –…
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Best Posture to Prevent Achiness and Pain While Sitting

Do Not Slouch! We’ve heard it, we all do. That’s the message that are out there, your back pain and achiness is because of the way you sit, that is slouch. Sitting in a slouch position has been deemed to be “bad” for your health and cause pain/achiness all around your back. While that is…
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Covid-19: Stepped Up Precautionary Measures

Further Precautionary Measures at PhysioActive Physiotherapy Clinic To safeguard the health and well-being of our patients and staff, we have stepped up precautionary measures at our clinics with immediate effect: Mandatory temperature taking of all visitors Disinfecting at the clinic Rescheduling of appointments We ask you to reschedule your appointment…
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Online Physiotherapy Treatment Now Available!

Book your online physiotherapy session with Physioactive! In light of Covid-19 escalating in Indonesia and campaigns for social distancing and self-isolation in effect, Physioactive still stands dedicated in helping patients become pain free. Apart from all the measures taken at the clinic to ensure safety for patients and staff, we now offer online treatments for…
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How to Prevent Back Pain during Home Quarantine

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all of us are required to stay at home as much as possible. Although this is good to prevent the spread of Covid-19, it has some impact and implication to your health, namely your back. Because of home quarantine, our activity level reduce and we tend to move less. As…
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Work From Home Awareness

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 chills down to my spine. Also, I’d like to remind…
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Study Case #001: How can a yogi be affected by a shoulder injury?

I asked myself, when Mr. E came to our clinic. He explained that Yoga has been part of his life for more than 25 years. At the age of 50, he felt that age couldn’t be fooled by him anymore. He had difficulty raising his arms in front of him and his hands behind him.…
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7 keys to good health that many people ignore

Supplement? Special medicine? Multivitamin Special? Fish oil? NO! When you hear the word health, it immediately pops up in people’s minds, wow, what is this new supplement? What new medicine? This mindset is wrong. Health is sometimes associated with supplements, with drugs or with certain multivitamins. Of course supplements and multivitamins can help you to…
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Case Study # 002: Mysterious Lower Back Pain

When you have back pain, most people assume there is an injury or some kind of irritation in your back. And in most cases, problems in the back are caused by injuries or irritations to structures in the back. However, it is different for Ms. M. She received treatment from more than 5 different physiotherapists…
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Case Study #003: Violin, Neck pain and Corona Virus

Music is almost always a part of our lives. Many of us have even started formal and informal music education at a young age. The piano and / or guitar are the musical instruments of choice that seem to be obliged to be played by the child — as if it were a household obsession…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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