Every chiropractic clinic in Singapore now leads with a cheap first visit ($29, $50, $68, $99, $138) and the numbers are real. What almost nobody tells you is what each one actually buys, or what you pay from visit two onwards. Chiropractic Singapore's $29 spinal check-up (code PAINFREE29, U.P. $105) excludes X-rays AND the first adjustment, and the clinic states it performs no adjustments at all on a first visit, so you leave with a report and a quote rather than treatment. Live Well's $68 nett does include a treatment on the day, and it publishes the cheapest ongoing rate we found anywhere: $100 for a single adjustment afterwards, falling to $65 to $85 a session on a treatment plan. Life Chiropractic Centre's $138 September offer covers two visits including X-rays and the first adjustment, with follow-ups at $110. Total Health's $99 includes X-rays but excludes GST. The other thing worth knowing before you book anyone: chiropractors are NOT registered under Singapore's Allied Health Professions Act (physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech-language therapists, diagnostic radiographers and radiation therapists are), so there is no government register to check, and credential-checking falls to you. We verified the current first-visit price, the ongoing rate, what each one includes, the addresses and the opening hours for eight practices.
Singapore's chiropractic market is a price war: $29, $50, $68, $99, $138. Those five numbers buy five genuinely different things, and two of them include no treatment at all.
> Quick view: cheapest first visit $29 (Chiropractic Singapore, code PAINFREE29) but no adjustment on visit one · cheapest that treats you same-day $68 nett (Live Well) · cheapest ongoing rate $65 to $85 a session, against $130 to $140 at Genesis.
What a chiropractor actually costs after the trial
The trial is the cheap part, and it is not the number to choose on. Chiropractic care is a repeat visit, so the rate you pay from visit two onwards is what decides the bill. Published ongoing rates, cheapest first:
| Clinic | Ongoing rate | X-rays |
|---|
| Live Well Chiropractic | $65 to $85 a session on a treatment plan; $100 for a single adjustment | Reviews scans you bring |
| Chiropractic Studio | $90 to $135 an adjustment (warm-up, adjustment, traction) | Analysis included in the $50; the films themselves typically $120 |
| Life Chiropractic Centre | $110 a follow-up, less on a package | Covered inside the $138 offer |
| Chiropractic Singapore | $120 an adjustment; $105 walk-in check-up | $150 to $270, separate |
| Genesis Chiropractic | $130 follow-up, $140 initial, no trial rate | About $108 |
Total Health and Onsite Health do not publish ongoing rates, so ask at the first appointment. Square One Active Recovery does not adjust, so it sits outside this table: it publishes a $300 90-minute assessment and a $2,040 programme of 12 supervised sessions over six weeks (about $170 a session), and charges nothing for maintenance afterwards.
Two things fall out of that table. The spread is more than twofold, from $65 to $140, so where you go matters far more over a course of care than which trial price tempted you in. And the clinic with the cheapest trial that treats you on the day, Live Well, is also the cheapest ongoing, which is unusual.
For scale, Chiropractic Singapore's own FAQ says a typical course runs 9 to 12 months at one to two adjustments a week and compares the total cost to orthodontic braces. At even one visit a week for nine months, the difference between $65 and $130 a session is a four-figure sum. Ask for the recommended number of visits and the plan total in writing before you commit to anything beyond the trial.
Assessment or treatment? That is what the trial price decides
This is the distinction that separates the offers:
- Assessment-only trials. Chiropractic Singapore's $29 (X-rays and first adjustment excluded, and the clinic states it does no adjustments on a first visit at all) and Chiropractic Studio's $50 (consult, spinal exam, neurological scans, review, plus a separate test-results appointment). You leave with findings and a plan; treatment is billed separately at a later visit.
- Trials that treat you. Live Well's $68 nett (consult, postural assessment, one treatment on the day), Life Chiropractic Centre's $138 September package (two visits, X-rays covered, first adjustment) and Total Health's $99 (adjustment plus X-rays, excluding GST).
Neither model is a scam. But if you are in pain today and you book the $29, you will not be adjusted today.
Chiropractor, physiotherapist or spine surgeon: who should you actually see?
Worth settling before you spend anything, because a cheap trial at the wrong kind of practice wastes both the money and the weeks.
- Chiropractor. Hands-on spinal adjustment, spinal decompression and posture work. Cannot prescribe medication or operate, and is not on any government register (see below). Every clinic on this list is this category.
- Physiotherapist. Registered under the Allied Health Professions Act, focused on exercise-based rehabilitation and loading. For most desk-bound aches this is the more conservative first stop, and it is the one your GP is most likely to refer you to.
- Spine surgeon. An SMC-registered specialist doctor at a hospital, for disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, fractures and anything needing imaging-led diagnosis or surgery. This is also the route that MediSave and hospital insurance actually cover; chiropractic generally is not.
Red flags that mean you skip the chiropractor and see a doctor first: numbness or weakness in a leg or arm, loss of bladder or bowel control, pain that wakes you at night, unexplained weight loss alongside back pain, or severe pain straight after a fall or accident. None of those should be met with a spinal adjustment as the opening move.
The thing to know before you book anyone
Chiropractors in Singapore are not registered under the Allied Health Professions Act. That Act currently covers five professions: physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech-language therapists, diagnostic radiographers and radiation therapists. Chiropractic is not one of them. It is treated as a complementary and alternative treatment, and is not licensed under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act either.
That does not make it illegal or fringe. It does mean there is no government register to look someone up in, the way there is for a physiotherapist. The profession self-regulates through the Chiropractic Association (Singapore) and the Alliance of Chiropractic (Singapore). So before your first appointment, ask three questions: where did the chiropractor take their chiropractic degree, are they a member of one of those associations, and who takes and reads the X-rays if imaging is recommended.
Which chiropractor is actually near you
Chiropractic care is a repeat visit, not a one-off, so proximity matters more than the headline price. Sorted by where these clinics actually are:
- Orchard / Somerset. Chiropractic Singapore (TANGS, Tang Plaza), Chiropractic Studio (TripleOne Somerset #15-20), Genesis Chiropractic (TripleOne Somerset #08-13). Three practices, two of them in the same tower.
- CBD / Raffles Place / Chinatown. Total Health (19 Amoy Street), Onsite Health (Capital Building, Malacca Street), Square One Active Recovery (Hong Lim Complex).
- East. Life Chiropractic Centre (Katong Point, Joo Chiat), Live Well (Bedok North), Chiropractic Singapore (Our Tampines Hub), Total Health (CPF Tampines Building). None is in Pasir Ris itself; the two Tampines clinics are the closest, one MRT stop away.
- Kallang / Paya Lebar / Geylang. There is no clinic on this list inside Kallang itself. The nearest is Total Health's Paya Lebar affiliate at 60 Paya Lebar Road (#B1-49/50), directly above Paya Lebar MRT. After that, Live Well at Potong Pasir and Life Chiropractic Centre at Katong Point are each roughly ten minutes out.
- Central / North. Onsite Health (Novena Medical Centre), Live Well (Toa Payoh Central and Potong Pasir), Total Health (Lorong 1 Toa Payoh), Chiropractic Singapore (Woodleigh Mall and Woodlands Civic Centre).
- West. Chiropractic Singapore (Westgate Tower, Jurong East), Total Health (Clementi Avenue 3). There is nothing in Choa Chu Kang or Bukit Panjang; from Choa Chu Kang, Westgate at Jurong East is three stops down the North-South line.
- North-east. Live Well (Rivervale Mall, Sengkang).
If you are in the heartlands, Live Well and Total Health between them cover the most ground, and Live Well is also the cheapest ongoing. If you work in town, the Somerset cluster gives you three options within a few minutes' walk of each other, at the dearer end of the range.
How to choose, in four questions
- Do you want to be assessed or treated on day one? That single answer eliminates half this list. Assessment: $29 or $50. Treatment: $68, $99 or $138.
- Where will you realistically go eight times? Chiropractic care is rarely one visit. Live Well's four heartland clinics and Chiropractic Singapore's five locations exist for exactly this reason. A clinic you dread travelling to is a course of care you will abandon.
- What happens after the trial? Ask for the recommended number of visits and the per-visit rate before you commit, and ask whether a package is being offered instead. If a clinic will not put the total in writing, that is your answer.
- Are X-rays actually needed? They are a separate charge nearly everywhere, roughly $108 to $270, so ask why they are being recommended in your specific case, and whether existing scans you already have would do.
A note on when not to book a chiropractor
Chiropractic is for musculoskeletal complaints. See a doctor first, not a chiropractor, if you have sudden weakness or numbness in an arm or leg, any loss of bladder or bowel control, unexplained weight loss, fever alongside back pain, or pain that started after a significant fall, accident or injury. Those are red flags that need a medical assessment.
*This article is consumer information about pricing and availability, not medical advice. Prices and promotions were verified on each clinic's own website on 17 September 2026 and can change without notice, so confirm directly with the clinic before you book.*
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