Dr. Wayne Coghlan: Chiropractor - Locum tenens

Dear Gentle Reader: The following is a thorough discussion of low back and originates from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Accessed from: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/backpain/detail_backpain.htm It is not my intention to plagiarize this work, but rather than re-invent the wheel, so to speak, I have provided the majority of the article and added my own comments along the way. If you have lower back pain, you are not alone. Roughly 90% of the population with have some degree of back pain in their lives. Perhaps 30% of people will experience some degree of ongoing back pain, with 10% having pain severe enough that it is interfering with their life and work activities. That is, it is common! Low back pain is a leading cause of work place disability and the second most common reason for visits to the medical doctor — only headache is more common. Fortunately, most occurrences of low back pain go away within a few days. Others take much longer to r

What to eat to keep your bones healthy: A reprint from the Globe and Mail. My appreciation to Ms. Beck for her informative, accurate, and concise articles. From: Globe and Mail, Nov. 09, 2010, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/leslie-beck/what-to-eat-to-keep-your-bones-healthy/article1791671/ Leslie Beck It’s estimated that nearly two million Canadians live with osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones to become weak and brittle, increasing the risk of fracture. In fact, one in six women will suffer a hip fracture during her lifetime – greater than her lifetime risk of developing breast cancer (one in nine). But it’s not only women who get osteoporosis – at least one in eight men over 50 have the condition. It affects mainly older adults, but it can strike at any age, even well before you hit your 50s. Risk factors for osteoporosis include older age, suffering a bone fracture after age 40, family history, low bone mass, cigarette smoking, inactivity, excessive alcohol c