“ErgoTune has helped many of my clients suffering from chronic neck & shoulder pain due to poor ergonomics.”

Nelson Chong
Pain Management & Peak Performance Coach
Functional Training Institute

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Meet Nelson Chong

Founder of FTI and creator of the R4 Method

Nelson began his career in the semiconductor industry before moving into fitness. Across nearly three decades he progressed into senior leadership within a major fitness organisation, then founded Functional Training Institute.

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From engineering to a life in movement.

Nelson founded FTI as a place where people of different ages could receive support shaped around their own lives — from adults living with pain and families seeking help for a parent or child, to coaches and athletes developing greater capability.

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Founder of R4 and DZMR Therapy Balls

At FTI, Nelson developed the R4 Method — Review, Release, Retrain and Results — to give the team a consistent way to understand what limits how someone moves, address the restrictions behind it, rebuild strength and control, and carry that progress into daily life.

He also invented the DZMR Therapy Balls and created the Dual Zone Myofascial Release module they belong to — the release work that sits inside R4's second stage.
01

Meet Nelson Chong

Founder of FTI and creator of the R4 Method

Nelson began his career in the semiconductor industry before moving into fitness. Across nearly three decades he progressed into senior leadership within a major fitness organisation, then founded Functional Training Institute.

02

From engineering to a life in movement.

Nelson founded FTI as a place where people of different ages could receive support shaped around their own lives — from adults living with pain and families seeking help for a parent or child, to coaches and athletes developing greater capability.

03

Founder of R4 and DZMR Therapy Balls

At FTI, Nelson developed the R4 Method — Review, Release, Retrain and Results — to give the team a consistent way to understand what limits how someone moves, address the restrictions behind it, rebuild strength and control, and carry that progress into daily life.

He also invented the DZMR Therapy Balls and created the Dual Zone Myofascial Release module they belong to — the release work that sits inside R4's second stage.

Your Longevity Partner.

27+ years working in fitness and movement

Worked with people aged 6 to 98

Creator of R4 and the DZMR Therapy Balls

Our Belief

"Longevity is not simply about adding years. It is about protecting the movement, confidence and independence that make those years meaningful." — Nelson Chong

We partnered with Nelson because he studies, professionally, the same thing we engineer against every day: the quiet erosion of movement and independence — and fit isn't cosmetic, it's what protects your ability to keep doing what matters.

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Curious about the thinking behind Nelson's work?

Nelson Chong and the team at FTI-R4 look at longevity from a different angle than we do — but the same core belief drives both of us: protecting how well you move matters just as much as how long you live. If his perspective resonated with you, it's worth spending a few minutes on their site.

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Address:

5 Stadium Walk, #03-02
Leisure Park Kallang
Singapore 397693
*Stadium MRT


Opening hours:

Monday to Friday 7:00am - 8:00pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8:00am - 5:00pm