During your initial visit, Dr. Christopher Liu performs a comprehensive clinical evaluation. This includes a detailed review of your medical history, physical examination, and, where appropriate, an immediate in-clinic ultrasound assessment to examine soft tissues, nerves, and joints in real time. If prior MRIs or X-rays are available, Dr. Liu will review them with you to pinpoint the "pain generator." Based on this, a personalized, step-by-step non-surgical treatment plan is developed.

No, a doctor’s referral is generally not required to schedule a direct consultation.

Dr. Christopher Liu specializes in non-surgical, image-guided treatment for a wide range of acute and chronic pain conditions. His expertise includes spine and nerve pain (back/neck pain, sciatica, slipped discs, radiculopathy), musculoskeletal disorders (frozen shoulder, knee osteoarthritis, sports injuries), headache and facial pain (cervicogenic headaches, occipital neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia), and neuropathic or persistent post-surgical pain.

Some types of injection (eg sacroiliac joint injection) can be done as a clinic procedure. However, may procedure related to the spine requires the use of a X-rays. For this reason, these are usually performed on a later date in a day procedure suite.

Yes. For patients who are using cash or medisave to pay for their shoulder injections, it can frequently be done on the same day as your consultation in our procedure suite. For patients who are utilizing insurance, you may choose to pay out of pocket first and have it done on the same day, or defer the procedure until a letter of guarantee has been obtained from your insurer. Our staff can help you to address claims issues.

Yes. Dr Christopher Liu is a headache specialist and a member of the American Interventional Headache Society. He treats patients with migraines, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias as well as rare headaches (such as spontaneous intracranial hypotension). Apart from medication titration, Dr Christopher Liu offers interventions for refractory headaches and facial pain.

We advise potential international patients to have a teleconsultation with Dr Christopher Liu before travelling. This is to ensure right siting, treatment planning and discussion about the duration of stay required.

We see patients on an appointment basis. If this is an urgent consult, call our clinic to see if a same-day appointment is available. Otherwise, Dr Christopher Liu can also consult from an urgent care clinic at Mount Elizabeth Orchard, Mount Elizabeth Novena, Mount Alvernia, Gleneagles Hospital, Thomson Medical Center and Farrer Park Hospital. Just notify the attending medical officer that you'd like to consult with Dr Christopher Liu