tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57312015303805727792011-11-28T11:36:00.428+10:30Free Weekly E-newsletter by Dr Simon Porteous of Parade ChiropracticSimon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-34662334128546106242009-12-13T21:47:00.001+10:302009-12-13T22:01:15.023+10:30

Unfortunately I have spent more time than I would like visiting family in hospital over the last 2 years, and this has taught me 3 important lessons. 1. Hospitals are definitely the experts when it comes to hi-tech medicine. Hospitals have the monopoly on all the “machines that go ping”. Over the last two years I have been amazed at how many tubes they can stick into a person to help keep

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-50382987572833088982009-11-29T21:28:00.001+10:302009-11-29T21:37:28.195+10:30

Australian researchers had some great news for us chocolate lovers this week.  Eating high fat and high sugar foods alters our brain chemistry and makes us feel good! Since reading her book Changing Habits Changing Lives I have followed Cindy O’Meara’s advice on eating bliss foods. (To be truthful the chapter on cheating was easily my favourite in the book.) You see us homo sapiens don’t

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-91961945553287072692009-11-22T22:12:00.001+10:302009-11-22T22:12:31.487+10:30

A client at Parade Chiropractic asked me an interesting question this week. “How do people who don’t get regular adjustments, get by?” And the answer is really quite simple. Our bodies have an amazing ability to adapt. When one part of our body isn’t working 100% other parts will compensate by working harder. For example in a vertebral subluxation we have a joint which isn’t moving properly

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-40053921569281021042009-11-15T23:49:00.001+10:302009-11-15T23:49:43.671+10:30

Researchers from the University of Kuopio wanted to investigate how much lifestyle factors affected men’s risk of dying from cancer. They followed 2268 men for over 16 years and questioned them on their leisure activities and tracked all the cancers and the men who died from cancer in the group. They then scored the leisure activities by how hard the men had to work in METs, or Metabolic

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-48301906627926943482009-11-04T16:09:00.001+10:302009-11-08T22:43:48.803+10:30

Ten years ago the Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group compared intensive lifestyle changes to drug therapy and the placebo effect. No surprises, the intensive lifestyle group did much better than the drug and placebo group. Last week the  Lancet published a paper on it’s website a follow up to that study called “10-year follow-up of diabetes incidence and weight loss in the Diabetes

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-71222451118711442782009-10-25T21:28:00.001+10:302009-10-25T21:40:33.494+10:30

def. Greens (noun) “the flat leaves of a plant, attached to the stem, that can be wrapped around a finger”.  Victoria Boutenko. From childhood on, we are told to eat our greens.  It is fairly widely recognised that they are a very important (some even say the most important) food group.  But how many of us actually have a decent serve of greens each day? Greens have an image problem. 

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-21062863566096909662009-10-18T22:00:00.001+10:302009-10-19T21:55:12.024+10:30

Vomit Chuck Technicolour yawn Acid flavoured stew Puke Chunder Spew Hurl Barf Throw up Repeat Burp for the hearing impaired Now I’ve got your attention I’ll save you from the pictures. We often think of symptoms as bad. But what are symptoms really? Apart from a radical weight loss solution (definitely not recommended) why have these symptoms.

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-44837103072824836362009-10-04T22:08:00.001+10:302009-10-19T21:59:03.150+10:30

So your sitting at your desk happily catching up with friends on facebook and checking the lastest viral video on youtube, and you lean over to grab your sandwich and bam it hits you. It feels like you’ve been struck in the back by a red hot poker and you instantly know "your back has gone out." But how could a sandwich have done that. It was even a healthy sandwich with organic wholemeal

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-63386234333521658572009-09-28T11:23:00.001+09:302009-10-05T09:41:06.400+10:30

Fans of The Secret will understand this weeks topic well. A few years ago Clo and I spent a weekend in Brisbane with a lifestyle coach. During the weekend we did all sorts of activities like writing our BHAG list (that's Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals) and discussed what might be preventing us from reaching our goals and what to do about it. We learnt a much more about ourselves and each other along

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-41225188051431493612009-09-20T23:06:00.005+09:302009-09-21T16:10:57.739+09:30

Last week the AMA released a report tilted "Priority Investment Plan for Australia’s Health System". The report describes 7 key areas the AMA feels urgent action is needed to improve the health system. The 7 key areas are:more money to close the health gap between indigenous australians and the rest of the popluation.$830 million dollars to help GPs run better practicesmore money for more beds

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-35084986571253972032009-09-13T21:49:00.002+09:302009-09-13T22:39:41.808+09:30

Bill Esteb has many more good ideas than just going on a media fast. Today I bring you an except from his book Connecting The Dots.The fact is, most patients show up to our office because they’ve broken the rules. And with all rules there is a consequence for breaking them. Sporting events have rules. Break the rules and you can receive a 10-yard penalty or you can be ejected from the game.

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-90010535780082855202009-09-06T23:16:00.005+09:302009-09-06T23:29:23.081+09:30

This morning my wife, Clo, and son, Zane left home at the crazy time of 4am to fly to Canberra and join the Mother Of all Rallies.Our federal Government recently conducted a much needed review of maternity services which provided many sensible recommendations such as giving more rights and responsibilities to midwives in hospitals. You see it's actually midwives who study normal births and it's

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-24892089871378087612009-08-30T22:08:00.001+09:302009-10-14T11:27:35.197+10:30

I have been reading a lot about vitamin D lately. At uni I learnt that Vitamin D was produced on our skin when exposed to sun light and is important for strong healthy bones. I also learnt that because of our abundant sunlight in Australia Vitamin D deficiencies are very rare here. We are now finding that Vitamin D is far more important that we initially thought and deficiencies are

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-27520661232515053462009-08-23T20:45:00.005+09:302009-10-05T09:56:12.269+10:30

I am often asked if we should use heat or ice. Our body reacts to temperature a lot like honey. Ice slows us down and heat speeds us up. So if you want to slow down some inflammation use ice and if you want to relax a muscle use heat. Here's what I recommend when it comes to ice and heat. Cryotherapy (cold therapy) Cooling the affected area does a couple of

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-74017175995206451762009-08-16T21:42:00.000+09:302009-08-16T21:45:16.775+09:30

I had this sent to me recently and thought it had so much good advice I had to pass it on.Regina Brett's 45 Life Lessons and 5 To Grow Onby Regina BrettSunday May 28, 2006To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolls over to 50 this week, so here's an update:1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.2.

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-31120049454090226652009-08-16T21:35:00.000+09:302009-08-16T21:36:42.287+09:30

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-744442919317217302009-08-09T22:01:00.002+09:302009-08-09T22:03:16.779+09:30

Bill Esteb is one of my chiropractic mentors. He has been a chiropractic patient for nearly thirty years and now runs a company producing chiropractic brochures and posters and lecturing chiropractors on how we can better encourage our clients towards healthier lifestyles. All his lectures and materials are "from the patient's point of view".Bill regularly recommends we go on a "media fast". No

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-59123872175502162662009-08-02T20:45:00.003+09:302009-08-02T21:09:22.786+09:30

Researchers from Monash University has just published the results of their study of the sleep habits of 519 seven year olds. After seven years they concluded that active kids fall asleep easier and sleep better. Wow!, Pretty amazing hey? I wonder if they could have just asked some parents and finished the study in one afternoon.If has had me thinking of all the activities available for kids

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-4327246617170335922009-07-26T23:40:00.003+09:302009-07-26T23:44:28.597+09:30

One way to lower your blood pressure.No I'm not talking about Enrique Iglesias or Celine Dion but the effect different types of music can have on your blood pressure. There have been quite a few studies on the effect of music on you heart and blood vessel health.In a 2007 study at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, researchers compared the effects of 25 minutes of selected music on 15 elderly

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-47443093825202379932009-07-19T08:45:00.001+09:302009-07-31T09:15:01.512+09:30

There's a trend in the media at the moment. For some reason some people feel the need to protect the public from alternative therapies, mainly chiropractic, acupunture and homeopathy, and set medicine up as the absolute authority on all matters to with your wellbeing. This is ridiculous, medicine definitely doesn't have all the answers when it comes your our wellbeing. It has got me thinking

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-8334916359004168382009-07-12T23:33:00.007+09:302009-10-16T15:32:12.550+10:30

Mental illnesses such as depression, dementia and alzheimers disease are growing at an alarming rate. Many people are terrified of these diseases, probably because they fear there is nothing they can do to avoid them. While your genes and environmental factors such as aluminium might be a factor (I certainly don't risk it by cooking in aluminium) fortunately there is plenty you can do to look

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-20057426623086308962009-07-12T20:34:00.005+09:302009-10-16T15:32:58.176+10:30

Memorise the pattern played then copy it by clicking on the lights with your mouse. Simon made by Neave Games

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-6662933026568621922009-07-05T23:48:00.001+09:302009-10-05T09:57:31.401+10:30

We currently have this 'special' breakfast once or twice a week when the whole family can sit down and enjoy it together around the table. By default, all ingredients should be organic wherever possible... 4 or 5 large granny smith apples; Some rhubarb. This is really good for you, and easy to grow in your back yard, but you might have to start with small quantities to get kids

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-22775342287271170072009-07-05T23:47:00.005+09:302009-07-31T09:15:21.091+09:30

This is different every time I do it, but it always tastes good and keeps me going for the whole morning. So quantities are negotiable...1/2 an avocado (or a banana, or both);1 tablespoon of cocoa (raw, organic & fair trade);A handful or three of baby spinach leaves;'Milk' of your choice ... dairy, soy, rice, oat, almond etc. to make up the quantity and consistency you choose;Optional extras:

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-10069458288011820952009-07-05T23:44:00.003+09:302009-10-05T10:01:20.657+10:30

When I was growing up Coco Pops were "Just like a chocolate milk shake only crunchy". Today they are marketed as full of essential vitamins and minerals that your growing kids need and love to eat. This type of marketing is really aimed at relieving parents stress and reservations about giving their children sugary, nutritionally deficient foods. Looking up the ingredients list of

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-78817077530322335862009-06-29T15:04:00.003+09:302009-06-29T19:12:00.675+09:30

Last week The Advertiser published the article "Our cash wasted on unproven medicine" http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25681119-5006301,00.html. I was quite disappointed to read the the comments by Professor Rob Morrison, someone I looked up to as a child growing up with the Curiosity Show. Apparently, "Medicare was funding treatments from chiropractors and acupuncturists that "

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-50024474014027547382009-06-29T11:14:00.000+09:302009-06-29T11:15:07.388+09:30

Who would have thought that a some hippy surfers from the beaches of California could have such a strong understanding of neuroscience?A couple of years ago my wife bought me a pair of "Sanuks" as a Christmas present. The label had a blurb about how wearing shoes was bad for our health and we need to go barefoot or wear flexible sandals to be more in touch with nature.Turns out research by Dr

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-91167653585451721272009-06-21T21:45:00.002+09:302009-06-21T21:51:25.986+09:30

Health and wellness, same thing aren't they? Well to most people probably yes, but to most people health is feeling good, right? Nope.Are you healthy when you have cancer but don't know it? You might feel good but you certainly aren't healthy. So defining health as feeling good isn't enough.The World Health Organisation defines health as -"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-22605340817278197372009-06-15T07:35:00.016+09:302009-06-19T08:52:03.098+09:30

by Josh Smith, PT HLC Managing Director of Mitise Health and Fitness, Holistic Lifestyle Coach and Personal Trainer.I welcome you all back once again, to hopefully gain some insights and some valuable information in this article, part 2 of 2 of my stress response series!Now of course you would have made time to relax and have a read of part 1 of this series, sent out last week, which contained

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-48253588457868564762009-06-10T17:42:00.005+09:302009-07-19T20:55:37.446+09:30

By Josh Smith PT HLCWhen you think of stress, what do you think of? Weight gain? Tiredness? Constant, unrelated illnesses?I can guarantee that most of you will not relate these, seemingly unrelated, effects to stress.The fact is that in everyday life, we are subjected to stressors more than we think, and these stressors play a significant part in how we look and feel.Now try not to get too

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-47451556543005321882009-06-01T17:36:00.003+09:302009-06-19T09:29:17.840+09:30

In the summer of 87/88 a sailor at my yacht club was looking for someone to train with leading up to the Australian National Championships. His regular crew wasn't able to train on Friday evenings so he approached my mum who had been sailing with my dad on a 14 foot windrush catamaran. It was a big step up to the faster, more powerful 18 foot stingray catamaran where mistakes became very wet. Mum

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-89716074010259489292009-05-27T17:31:00.005+09:302009-07-27T07:57:47.274+09:30

Proper sleep allows our body to heal and process all the information from our day. Depression, aggression, poor concentration and poor immunity are common side effects of not getting enough sleep. I discovered a lot of these when my first son Bodhi was born. Here he is looking about as angelic as you could get.... little bugger.So here are my 14 tips to getting a good night sleep.Make sure your

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-27271795179485863112009-05-19T17:28:00.005+09:302009-10-05T13:29:37.728+10:30

Last week i wrote about the swine flu scare sweeping across our media and it appears that Australia has recorded its first confirmed case of the virus. It was inevitable, the best way to avoid it is by strengthening your own immune system, and it turns out that what we eat can either stimulate or depress our immune system, funny that hey? So as promised last week here is our list of Immune

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-32160076528957658422009-05-14T13:03:00.005+09:302009-06-13T23:08:29.408+09:30

Welcome to our first Health & Wellness WeeklyI though we would start with the big health issue that is all over the news at the moment the Swine Flu Pandemic.What is Swine Flu?Swine flu is a contagious respiratory disease that usually affects pigs but can also occur in humans. It is caused by a variety of influenza A viruses. Pig to human transmission is very rare and usually only happens where

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-6154985648380627642007-10-31T11:10:00.000+10:302009-10-14T11:29:05.323+10:30

I just saw this video on YouTube and thought "wow" this guy gets it. Now if only we could get more people to understand it, especially our lawmakers.

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-12632464934776889212007-09-29T09:56:00.000+09:302007-09-29T14:39:29.830+09:30

Drink Diet Drinks, Weigh MoreIn 1988 Diabetes Journal published an article describing the effects of soft drinks on insulin release and obesity. They found that just the taste of the sweet drink prompted the release of insulin even without and sugar in the gut or blood stream. The release in insulin results in a drop of blood sugar producing more hunger.Taste-induced changes in plasma insulin and

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731201530380572779.post-87469993811851097572007-09-28T08:30:00.000+09:302009-10-05T11:40:14.627+10:30

Some of the most common complaints we see at The Parade Chiropractic Centre is neck pain and grinding teeth or jaw pain. Many people have intuitively put this down to stress. Emotional stress from family pressures, work deadlines, grocery shopping and car travel is an extremely common problem. Our bodies response to stress is to go into a fight or fight response. Thousands of years ago humans

Simon Porteoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466458075775389548noreply@blogger.com0