Dr. Wayne Coghlan: Chiropractor - Locum tenens

Successful Weight Loss I recall a study released some 25 years ago describing that people who attend weight management systems such as Herbal Life, and NutriSystem, and even Weight Watchers, and Calorie Counters … or take special meal replacement formulas and/or follow strict fasting and cleansing programs… etc… WILL lose weight ... provided they follow the program. It’s mathematical and COMES DOWN TO THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS ….   WHEN YOU HAVE FEWER CALORIES IN THAN ARE USED YOU WILL HAVE A NET WEIGHT LOSS.   … and no.. I’m not yelling… just trying to emphasize the point. The problem with such methods is that eventually the person will go off the weight management program. And as they go off the program, in the order 95% of the people of regain or exceed the weight they lost. And it seems reasonable that such programs diet systems and calorie counting can be helpful in giving one a head start… yet it still come down to each person taking personal responsibility to

Winter Back Ache I’ve often commented that if it wasn’t for the cold, the dark, the blowing snow, black ice on the roads, the slush … winter would be just about perfect! Snowstorms trigger hazardous driving conditions, but they can also be treacherous for people who go no further than their driveways. Shoveling can result in aches and pains, broken limbs and sometimes even death. An Etobicoke man in his early 70s collapsed while shoveling his driveway Thursday morning, police said. The man suffered a heart attack and died shortly after. Earlier that morning, a 75-year-old woman fainted while shoveling the winter’s first dumping of snow from her driveway. Paramedics rushed the woman, who was in critical condition, to hospital. Shoveling-related medical emergencies spike in patients after a major storm. Shoveling is very strenuous and many people who go out shoveling lack conditioning. Often people don’t pace themselves, they just go, go, go. Especially when they are tr

   What Does Science Say You Should Eat? By Brad Lemley, Photography by Dan Winters   From Discover Magazine, February 2004 issue , http://discovermagazine.com/2004/feb/science-diet/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C= Most diets aren't realistic or advisable, including the U.S. agriculture department's famous food pyramid. Instead, a Harvard scientist recommends a new way of eating based on the world's largest and longest food study. America clearly needs dietary guidance.   More than 44 million people are clinically obese compared with 30 million a decade ago, putting them at increased risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and breast, prostate, and colon cancers. In the meantime, the noun diet seems to attract a different adjective every week, including Atkins, Ornish, Cooper, grapefruit, rice, protein, Scarsdale, South Beach, Beverly Hills, Best Chance, Eat Smart, and Miracle, not to mention Help, I’m Southern and I Can’t Stop Eating.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=when-dieting-not-all-calo When Dieting, Not All Calories Are Created Equal A low-glycemic-index diet is better than a low-fat or Atkins diet in terms of improving metabolism and reducing the risk of various chronic diseases A calorie is a calorie, goes the popular mantra. But now doctors and dieticians might have to eat those words. Researchers have found that not all calories are created equal and that the types of calories you eat, particularly after losing weight, can have a profound effect on how efficiently your body burns calories and keeps off unwanted pounds. The ideal diet that promotes a fast metabolism — that is, your body's ability to quickly burn off calories — as well as promotes long-term health in terms of disease-free organs appears to be (surprise!) fresh vegetables and whole grains or any foods that reduce the surge of blood sugar after a meal. These foods are said to have a low glycemic inde

There was a crooked man, who walked a crooked mile.... then his wife took him to see a chiropractor.. and he felt much better after that...

Standing straight when one leg is shorter is the equivalent of standing sideways on a hill. The person cannot help but lean to the shorter side. The spine may compensate by tilting the upper body in the opposite direction. This produces a "scoliosis" or sideways deviation of the spine. It also concentrates gravitational and kinetic stress on the area where the spine transitions to the sacrum and pelvis... the lumbo-sacral junction....  NOT GOOD. Often a person will try to compensate for a short leg by perching on short leg, usually with the longer leg bent at the knee and turned out...effectively shortening the long leg. NOT GOOD. Rather than balancing the pelvis, fatigue and strain usually causes the pelvis to over compensate. In either case, the distortion of the spine unevenly loads the joints and muscles, and promotes faster wear and tear, and injury. If you, or someone you care about, is persistently perching on one leg, or complaining of back pain, t

Standing straight when one leg is shorter is the equivalent of standing sideways on a hill. The person cannot help but lean to the shorter side. The spine may compensate by tilting the upper body in the opposite direction. This produces a "scoliosis" or sideways deviation of the spine. It also concentrates gravitational and kinetic stress on the area where the spine transitions to the sacrum and pelvis... the lumbo-sacral junction....  NOT GOOD. Often a person will try to compensate for a short leg by perching on short leg, usually with the longer leg bent at the knee and turned out...effectively shortening the long leg. NOT GOOD. Rather than balancing the pelvis, fatigue and strain usually causes the pelvis to over compensate. In either case, the distortion of the spine unevenly loads the joints and muscles, and promotes faster wear and tear, and injury. If you, or someone you care about, is persistently perching on one leg, or complaining of back pain, t