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
Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 3 Comments
|The phrase (and the book) History Repeats is not just an historical account but a prophetic statement based upon historical trends.
Read More Faith (in chiropractic)
Thinking Straight | 17 Comments
|It has always puzzled me how people would make comments like, “I believe in chiropractic” or “I don’t believe in chiropractic” as if faith or a belief system was necessary in order to have a positive experience in chiropractic or that lack of belief would negate the possibility of chiropractic “working”. It is as if ... Read more
Read More Chiropractic without Compromise
Future of Chiropractic, Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 1 Comment
|When this country was formed they set up a system that was based upon what the majority of Congress (who were elected by the majority that the eligible voters) wanted. The system was based upon compromise. But the compromise was not based upon neither getting what one side wanted or something less. It was based ... Read more
Read More Quote-Rejection
Thinking Straight | 3 Comments
|The more you can overcome the fear of rejection, the greater your volume and hence your success can be-Jim Sigafoose, DC
Read More Robber Barons
Future of Chiropractic, Thinking Straight, Thoughts
|Other than in biblical accounts rarely do we get an honest appraisal of individuals, never if it is a fictional work. I am reading Matthew Josephson’s book on the lives of people like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Jay Gould. The book’s title “Robber Barons” pretty much tells you where the author’s perception is coming from. ... Read more
Read More Reggie's Legacy
Future of Chiropractic, Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 4 Comments
|There were at least three great things that Reggie left us (in chronological order) as his thinking evolved: 1. The idea of prevention 2. The idea of maintenance 3. The idea of improvement of innate intelligence expression as an end to itself. 4. Spinology. Perhaps the greatest is still in the future and involves number ... Read more
Read More Q&A # 65
Future of Chiropractic, Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 1 Comment
|Is modern day chiropractic merely a means by which a man or woman can make a good living by putting in the least amount of time and effort, living off the government (insurance), and being able to fill one’s time with the pleasures and diversions that usually are identified with a life of idleness?
Read More The President and Chiropractic
Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 1 Comment
|Barak Obama does not love the U.S. because of what it is or what it has been but because of what he desires/expects to make it. On the contrary, he loathes what it has been. Similarly, many chiropractors do not love chiropractic because of what it is or has been but because of what they ... Read more
Read More The Chiropractic GPS
Thinking Straight | 1 Comment
|Having no chiropractic philosophy is like having a GPS in your car and never programming it to where you want to go. It can do nothing more than tell you where you are.
Read More Agathos And Kalos
Patient Education, Thinking Straight | 2 Comments
|The ancient Greeks created two words for that which we might describe as beauty, something that is good and valuable. Agathos was the first term that was created. It meant good or beautiful of intrinsic value. It referred to the inner beauty or value of a person or object. The word kalos was later created ... Read more
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