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Facts are not very valuable as indicators of truth. The same facts can lead to vastly different conclusions. It depends upon your viewpoint. The way you look at the world will determine to a great degree the truth from facts. Scientific facts may be part of truth but they are not truth in and of ... Read more

The philosophy of chiropractic is part of an ADIO world and life viewpoint which stands in stark contrast to the outside-in viewpoint that is therapeutic care. The practice of chiropractic is not an alternative to medicine – they each have a different objective. Chiropractic is a way of addressing an issue of health (neurospinal integrity). ... Read more

Growing in the Philosophy Understanding the ADIO philosophy and how it relates to chiropractic and life is important to our growth. There are indications of growth that we need to understand and apply if we are to be better chiropractors Dr. Joe Strauss, in this 43 min. audio shares those ideas at an FSCO Triune ... Read more

To make the objective of chiropractic into anything other than enabling the innate intelligence to be better expressed takes it from the realm of absolutes into things relative. The adjustment always allows the innate intelligence to be better expressed. If our objective is to get sick people well, chiropractic would fail at times, we would ... Read more

Medical informed consent is explaining to the patient the potential side effects of a perfectly performed medical procedure or a properly administered drug. Chiropractic informed consent is explaining to the practice member the side effects of a properly administerd chiropractic adjustment. Very simply…there are none.

…if chiropractors put as much information and time onto the internet discussing chiropractic as they do talking about vaccination and nutrition, perhaps people could figure those issues out for themselves.

One way I know B.J. was much smarter than me: when he published an epigram, it was succinct and anybody reading it would say “that makes perfect sense!” I, on the other hand, post a thought on the blog and it ends up creating discussion and comments. Last week, I published the following: Old Chiropractic ... Read more

He who would do some great things in this short life must apply himself to work with such a concentration of force, as to idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. Francis Parkman

It’s been said that “If you do not have goals all you have are things to do.” I believe there is a corollary to that statement, “If you do not have priorities, all you have are goals.” My “Things to Do List” contains goals. Each day I have perhaps as high as a dozen. Most ... Read more

Old Chiropractic Tolerance- accepting/respecting therapeutic chiropractors even though their procedures and actions were unacceptable. New Chiropractic Tolerance-considering their procedures and actions as now acceptable. The new tolerance will lead to the destruction of our profession.