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.

Thought

It takes two for the expression of truth, one to speak, one to hear-Thoreau
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Early Chiropractic

The first published text of the Palmers’ included the concept of innate intelligence. Prior to that DD was very mechanistic in his explanation of the body and its function. He, in fact, saw man as a machine and used the watch analogy made famous by theologian William Paley maintaing it was because parts, like the ... Read more
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God, universal intelligence, BJ and Reggie

Some people still have not grasped the difference between God and universal intelligence. Let me try once more: BJ saw everything in terms of natural law (never suggesting where or from whom it came). He did not recognize the existence of or even the possibility of the existence of anything supernatural. While he seemed to ... Read more
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Thought

A good living in chiropractic is not or should not be the basis for ignoring what chiropractic is all about.
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Tradition or Principle

The problem with many TSCors is that they have honor and respect for the the person, in this case BJ, who gave us the tradition of chiropractic and they allow that to supersede their honor for the principle which he also gave us… first.
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The Causeless Cause-Rethinking P.#17

One of the arguments that continues to exist among chiropractors is the issue of cause and effect. They are intertwined and interdependent. If it is true that universal intelligence is a legitimate principle (and it is), that “every effect has a cause and every cause has effects” as RWS wrote. That negates the idea that ... Read more
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The PA Law

The original “Chiropractic Act/approach” (1929)to chiropractic was clearly to regulate the practice of chiropractic so that it defined what we do as chiropractors and restrict us from doing something that would encroach upon another licensed practice (medicine). It failed to do that for it allowed for the incorporation of procedures that were parts of the ... Read more
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Anarchy

Anarchist-one who rebels against an authority or established order The objective of the chiropractic “anarchist” (the CCE , with no law or principle, just practicing however he wants) is to discredit anyone or anything (like OSC, a “straight law” and “philosophy based on the 33 principles”) that is or should be in a position of ... Read more
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Fundamental Facts #1(for the PM)

Your symptoms: If you feel the need to share your symptoms with the chiropractor, that’s okay. However you should realize that chiropractors do not need to know that information. It is not helpful to his/her procedure or service. Chiropractic is different from medical or therapeutic procedures. Therapies all have as their objective the alleviation of ... Read more
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Thought on TSC

If you practice/live in the past, you cannot function in the present…or in the future.
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