Richard Kan

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Richard Kan Sports Chiropractor based in Sydney
Changing the world's pain through movement, one person at a time.

Rock wins. Every time. Link in bio to book.
13/10/2026

Rock wins. Every time.
Link in bio to book.

10/10/2026

A scan is only as useful as the person explaining it to you.

You should leave knowing what's on the images, what it means in plain English, and what you're doing next week to get strong again.

Bad, good or great. Which one did you get?



07/10/2026

Exercises are just the ingredients.

The dose, the coaching, and knowing how to read your own body? That's the recipe. If all you got was a list of exercises, ask for the rest.

03/10/2026

TheraBand rehab, translated into real rehab that'll make you stronger.

A band is fair enough early on. But you can't add a kilo to it, and it's hard to tell if you're any stronger than last month.

First one: banded external rotation to side-lying dumbbell ER. Now there's a number on it, so you can start light and add weight as it gets easy.

Tell me which band exercise you want done next.



29/09/2026

Most of these lines get said in a five minute appointment and carried around for years.

The damage comes from what happens next. Tell someone their back is fragile and they start moving like it is. They guard, they stop lifting, they lose strength, and every flare-up feels like proof the prac was right.

For most gym injuries, modified training does far more than stopping. Squats, deadlifts and overhead work are usually part of the fix.

If you've been told one of these and it's still sitting in your head, it's worth getting a second opinion from someone who wants you back under the bar.

19/09/2026

Part 2.

Same crack he does every day. This time it wouldn't go. He forced it anyway. Neck locked.

Showed up begging me to say he was fine. I didn't. Examined it first.

Meniscoid entrapment. Inflamed, angry, not something to rush.

He wanted it cracked on the spot. I waited instead. Calmed it, adjusted him the next day.

He wanted what he asked for. He needed what actually helped.

12/09/2026

How many of these would you get right? If you've ever wondered what your practitioner actually thinks but doesn't always say, find out here.

11/09/2026

Soreness isn't damage. Use the rule of three: stay at 3/10 pain or below.

You're not chasing more soreness to prove you're working. A 3 is as far as you go.

Feel it during the exercise, under a 3. Fine, keep going.
Next morning, under a 3. Good sign.
Two days later, still worse than before. That was too much. Do less, not nothing.

08/09/2026

Nobody stays with a bad practitioner for long. It's the "good enough" ones you get stuck with.


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06/09/2026

He came in holding his head at an angle. Couldn’t look over his shoulder.

I asked what he’d done.

He said “nothing, I just cracked it like I always do.”

Then he paused and said “it didn’t go the first time, so I gave it a bit more.”

Follow along for part 2.

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Dural, NSW
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