Blog

From 2011 through 2017, after 28 years of publishing The Pivot Review, Dr. Strauss  instead began blogging thoughts and articles. We hope you are stimulated, challenged, and inspired by this collection of of over 1000 thoughts and articles.

Chiropractic Q&A

In reading various blogs, I cannot help but continually notice students and doctors of chiropractic asking questions. Some are very good questions. Some are not so good. Some indicate a lack of basic chiropractic philosophy. All of them indicate one thing – chiropractors and students are thinking…and that’s great. We need more of that kind ... Read more
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Chiropractic Q&A

In reading various blogs, I cannot help but continually notice students and doctors of chiropractic asking questions. Some are very good questions. Some are not so good. Some indicate a lack of basic chiropractic philosophy. All of them indicate one thing – chiropractors and students are thinking…and that’s great. We need more of that kind ... Read more
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The Body does not heal itself

The body is only material, flesh and blood. If it healed itself, you could cut the finger on a corpse and it would heal. It is the innate intelligence of the body, the non-material principle of life that does the healing. Are we making that distinction to our practice members and the people that we ... Read more
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Thought-Certainty and Statistics

There is no such thing as absolute certainty in statistics. Yet everyone wants to live in a world of certainty. Drugs are uncertain, help some, kill others, surgery the same. People count on the statistics (the odds) indicating the drug or surgery will do more good than harm, which is okay if your are part ... Read more
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Energy Medicine and The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor’s New Clothes is a famous fable. We all know the story of how con men convinced the emperor that they could make him a beautiful set of clothes that only really intelligent people could see. It worked well until a little boy, not expected to be brilliant, said what everyone else was thinking…the ... Read more
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Thought-We Do Not Address "Abnormal" Physiological Function

Philosophically, we can never fully understand or explain “abnormal” physiological function. It may be a manifestation of the innate intelligence of the body adapting or it may a serious medical condition that necessitates immediate attention. That is one reason why we do not address it in practice.
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Thought-We Do Not Address "Abnormal" Physiological Function

Philosophically, we can never fully understand or explain “abnormal” physiological function. It may be a manifestation of the innate intelligence of the body adapting or it may a serious medical condition that necessitates immediate attention. That is one reason why we do not address it in practice.
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Philosophy and Objective

There appears to be a resurgence of interest in the philosophy of chiropractic today, especially the writings of D.D. and B.J. This is great and is definitely good for the straight chiropractic message that our Founder and Developer desired to see propagated. That said, I believe it is important that we also promote our chiropractic ... Read more
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An FSCO Triune talk on Making Chiropractic Relevant

Here is a free 50 min talk given by Dr. Joe Strauss in the 90’s. The presentation addresses the need to put aside our political battles and concentrate on getting the message out. https://chiropracticoutsidethebox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Freedownload01.mp3
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Quality of Mental Impulse

The amount of force created by intelligence is always 100% (Principle #9). That’s a simple, straight forward principle. In other words, the innate intelligence of the body never creates less or more force than is necessary. The confusing aspect of this principle for many students is the use of the word “amount” which connotes the ... Read more
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