Straight answers from our musculoskeletal doctors on the conditions Singaporeans ask about most.
Straight answers from our musculoskeletal doctors on the conditions Singaporeans ask about most.
Sharp back pain is most often caused by muscle strain, disc irritation, facet joint pain or nerve impingement. At Inflexion Health in Singapore, our musculoskeletal doctors assess the cause, exclude red flags, and start treatment with manual therapy, pain education and progressive exercise. Most acute episodes settle within a few weeks with the right plan.
Knee pain treatment depends on the cause — patellofemoral pain, meniscal injury, ACL rehabilitation or knee osteoarthritis (OA). Our Singapore clinicians take a holistic approach to treatment and therapeutics, combining medication, exercise therapy, injections and evidence-based medical-grade shockwave and electromagnetic therapies. The goal is to restore function and reduce pain without rushing to surgery.
See a doctor for shoulder pain or shoulder injury if pain persists beyond two weeks, you have weakness or loss of motion, the pain wakes you at night, or the injury followed a fall or tackle. Inflexion Health in Singapore provides prompt musculoskeletal assessment for rotator cuff tears, frozen shoulder, impingement and labral injuries.
Musculoskeletal osteoarthritis (OA) is wear-and-tear arthritis affecting joints such as the knee, hip, shoulder and spine. Evidence-based management at Inflexion Health in Singapore includes load modification, targeted strengthening, manual therapy, weight optimisation and adjunct modalities such as shockwave therapy — all aimed at reducing pain and preserving joint function.
Yes. Inflexion Health offers primary care for musculoskeletal complaints including back pain, knee pain, shoulder injury, neck pain and sports injuries. Our doctors provide first-contact diagnosis, conservative treatment, imaging referrals when needed, and onward referral to orthopaedic surgeons only when surgery is genuinely required.
No referral is required. You can self-refer to Inflexion Clinic for any back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, shoulder injury, sports injury or chronic musculoskeletal problem in Singapore. We accept walk-ins and online bookings.
Inflexion Clinic (66 East Coast Road, #03-12 & #03-13, The Flow, Singapore 428778) is a musculoskeletal-focused private GP clinic that performs knee injections — hyaluronic acid (HA), PRP, Cingal and corticosteroid. No referral is required. Walk in during opening hours, book via the website, and the assessment plus injection are usually done in the same visit.
Yes. Cingal — the single-shot injection combining cross-linked hyaluronic acid with triamcinolone hexacetonide — is available at Inflexion Clinic, a private GP clinic in Singapore. Cingal is best suited for knee osteoarthritis with an inflammatory flare and is delivered in a single 15-minute visit.
Yes. Inflexion Clinic in Katong stocks Synvisc / Synvisc-One, Monovisc, Hyalgan, HyalOne and Hymovis. You do not need a referral, and the assessment and the injection are usually done in the same visit. If a specific product is temporarily out of stock we will tell you and suggest the closest alternative.
Yes. Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) is a routine musculoskeletal GP problem and is treated at Inflexion Clinic without requiring a referral. Depending on how long you have had the symptoms, treatment may include a structured loading programme, shockwave therapy, a corticosteroid injection for a short-term flare, or a PRP injection for chronic tendinopathy.
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a synthetic viscosupplement that lubricates and cushions the joint — a mechanical effect that lasts 6–12 months. PRP is your own platelet-concentrated blood, delivered to trigger a biological repair response — the effect builds over 4–12 weeks and lasts 6–12 months. HA is typically our first choice for older patients with straightforward osteoarthritis; PRP is often preferred for younger, active patients or where the arthritis is combined with tendon pathology. We assess and recommend the right option for you at Inflexion Clinic in Singapore, without requiring a referral.
No. Joint injections — hyaluronic acid, PRP, Cingal and corticosteroid — can be provided at a GP clinic and do not require a referral in Singapore. Inflexion Clinic offers all four injection types. Walk-ins and online bookings are both accepted.
There are two main kinds of shockwave device. Focused shockwave uses an electromagnetic, electrohydraulic or piezoelectric source to generate a true acoustic shockwave that converges at an adjustable depth, so the energy can be concentrated on one deep structure, such as a tendon insertion, a calcific deposit or bone. Radial pressure-wave therapy, the form most often found in physiotherapy and wellness settings, uses a compressed-air projectile to create a pressure wave that is strongest at the skin and spreads out as it travels, which suits broader and more superficial tissue. Both are established treatments with published evidence, and systematic reviews comparing them have not found one to be better for every condition; the right choice depends on the diagnosis and how deep the target tissue lies. In Singapore, shockwave devices are regulated as medical devices by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). At a medical clinic, treatment follows a doctor's diagnosis, ultrasound can be used to locate the target, and shockwave is weighed against the other options a doctor can offer, such as imaging, medication or an injection where that would serve you better.
Cartizol is an injectable type I atelocollagen: purified collagen with the end segments that can trigger immune reactions removed. Injected into the knee, it is thought to act as a temporary scaffold that supplements the worn cartilage matrix, gives cartilage cells a surface to attach to and multiply on, and dampens inflammatory signalling in the joint lining. It is often described as a regenerative injection, but it does not regrow a joint, and the evidence is still developing. A double-blind randomised trial (Cartilage, 2021) reported better pain relief than a saline placebo; a 2025 study of two injection cycles (In et al., Bioengineering) found collagen non-inferior to hyaluronic acid for pain and function in knee osteoarthritis; and a retrospective review of 91 patients reported pain relief in most, with no serious device-related adverse events. The usual side effect is mild soreness for a few days. It may suit people with mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis who are interested in a biological option, and we discuss it alongside the other joint injections we offer so you can decide with the evidence in view.
A musculoskeletal (MSK) GP clinic is a general-practice clinic that also handles pain, joint, tendon and sports-injury conditions — the kind of MSK problems that would traditionally be sent to an orthopaedic surgeon or sports-medicine physician. At Inflexion Clinic in Singapore we do both: everyday GP care (coughs, health screening, chronic disease follow-up, vaccinations) plus MSK diagnostics, joint injections (HA, PRP, Cingal, corticosteroid), shockwave therapy and exercise rehabilitation — all under one roof, with no referral required.
Inflexion Clinic is at 66 East Coast Road, #03-12 & #03-13, The Flow, Singapore 428778 — in the heart of Heritage Katong. A 5-minute sheltered walk from Marine Parade MRT (TE26) on the Thomson–East Coast Line. Parking at The Flow is limited; we recommend Katong Square just opposite, with more parking a 5-minute walk away at i12 Katong and Katong V. The clinic is fully wheelchair-friendly with step-free access. Opening hours: Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri 10am-6:30pm, Sat & Sun 10am-1pm; closed on Wednesdays and public holidays.