Dr. Wayne Coghlan: Chiropractor - Locum tenens

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) WHERE IS MY OFFICE? My main location is the Collingwood Chiropractic & Sports Injury Clinic located at 516 Hurontario Street, at the corner of 9th Street, in Collingwood. I have a second location at the east end of Wasaga Beach at the River Road Professional Centre, at the corner of Zoo Park Road, sharing space with the Wasaga Family Foot Clinic. DO YOU NEED A MEDICAL REFERRAL? There are three or four chiropractors that the local physicians do refer to, including myself. However, you DO NOT NEED a medical referral. It is as simple as calling Megan at the front desk (445-5401) and asking for an appointment. WHAT ARE MY FEES? The fee for your initial visit is a very reasonable $55. Each additional visit is $30. There may be additional fees for extended visits and services. These will be discussed with as relevant. WHAT HAPPENS AT YOUR FIRST VISIT? Your initial appointment includes intake, consultation, examination, referral for x-rays and f

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

Repetitive Strain Injury! Repetitive strain injury is typically caused by rapid, repeated use of muscles and joints (hammering), or by holding a muscle in a sustained load/position (using the computer mouse). It affects a broad variety of people from athletes such as tennis players and golfers to trades people like jackhammer operators and assembly line workers. Video gaming, and even crafts like knitting are all associated with repetitive strain injuries. It is not the one time that you do the activity that hurts you… If it were you would likely know enough to stop… or I hope you would. Rather, each time you do the activity, there is a little bit of injury. Normally, if you do the activity once in a while, the tissue heals and all is well. With repetitive strain however, you re-injure the tissue before it has healed. Inflammation, the normal healing mechanism of the body sets in and a gradual onset of numbness, tingling and burning sensations, swelling and aching pain are among th

An Environics survey* identified that among recent back pain sufferers who went to a chiropractor, “an overwhelming majority” of nine in ten (92%) were very (69%) or somewhat (23%) satisfied with their treatment. This compares well with our own survey were patients reported well over 85% satisfaction with the results of their treatment, and their impression of experience with the clinic. This is gratifying as we work hard to understand and meet the needs of each of our patients and clients. In addition to an accurate diagnosis and plan of management, I help the patient understand how they came by their injury so they can best avoid it in the future. I often recommend medication to help a patient through a tough period, yet when the pain diminishes does not mean that the injury itself is resolved. The pain of a relatively minor injury may subside within a few days, yet it may take at least a few weeks for the tissue to stabilize and the injury to heal. More severe injuries may tak

A multivitamin a day may keep heart attacks away Readers will be familiar with my evaluation that supplementing one’s diet with good multivitamin is smart in today’s modern world. According to new a study published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, women who took a one-a-day supplement were 40 per cent less likely to suffer a heart attack than their peers who didn’t use multivitamins. A Nurses’ Health Study reported that regular multivitamin use was linked with a 24 per cent lower risk of heart disease. A study of more than one million healthy U.S. adults, demonstrated that multivitamins were associated with a 25 per cent lower risk of dying from heart disease. Another study included 33,933 Swedish women aged 49 to 83 years, the vast majority (93 per cent) having no history of heart disease. At 10 years of follow up, women who were free of heart disease upon enrolling in the study, taking a daily multivitamin reduced the risk of heart attack by 27 per cent. Th

More Information On Vitamin D. Studies of vitamin D have been on the rise in recent years, and with good reason—a 2009 estimate suggests that nearly three quarters of teens and adults in the U.S. are deficient in this vital nutrient. Vitamin D deficiency not only causes rickets, a skeletal disorder in which the bones are soft and weak, but has also been associated with a rapidly increasing range of chronic conditions like cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. Now, two new studies suggest a link between vitamin D and neurological disorder: Older people with insufficient vitamin D levels may be more likely to develop Parkinson's disease and experience cognitive decline. Humans can obtain vitamin D by eating oily fish or fortified foods, and it is also photosynthesized in the skin upon exposure to adequate amounts of ultraviolet B (UVB) rays in sunlight. Major factors that influence vitamin D status in humans include season, latitude, age, skin tone, diet and supplement use.