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It’s great to give up bad habit and to develop good ones. It’s even better to change behavior, But the greatest impact upon your life is when you become aware of your world and life view and seek to be consistent with that view, in every area of your life. It may not be necessary to ... Read more

Enthusiasm, conviction and excitement are great but they are  only the hammer that drives the message of chiropractic home.  There must be substance to your message, something that will  make the listener continue to think and not forget what you said  5 minutes after you have finished.

Is chiropractic trying to get into the practice of medicine or is medicine trying to absorb the practice of chiropractic and does it matter?

We should not have to abandon our consciousness, the utilization of our educated brain. It was placed in our body for a purpose. New ideas and new thoughts should not contradict previous educated ideas unless those previous ideas are wrong. New ideas should only expand upon or reinforce previous thinking. We properly use rationalism where empiricism does ... Read more

There are no icons in chiropractic as much as some people  would like to create them. Anyone’s ideas and philosophy is open to scrutiny and critical evaluation.

When the innate intelligence of the body is faced with external invasive forces (EIFs), whether in the form of toxins, poisons, bacteria and viruses, or any other aspect of the environment, it will endeavor to do what is necessary to adapt the organism to those EIFs. Most of the time it will succeed even if subluxated. Often ... Read more

The straight chiropractic  objective is the foundational principle we have chosen for our profession. The 33 principles are the basis or rationale for that objective.

If we are going to be relevant, we must totally reject confusing, archaic, and anachronistic terminology.  But…just because a term was coined and used by our developers does not mean it necessarly falls into the above category.

What are the reasons why the innate intelligence of the practice members body would not correct a vertebral subluxation beside poor technique. B.J. seemed to imply that the only limitation of matter was the inability of the nerve system to carry a mental impulse due to a vertebral subluxation. Would you agree or disagree?

Sometimes discussion on the blog gets confusing as we are not always on the same page. Discussion in philosophy can only be valuable if we agree on terms. I have compiled a glossary of terms directly from Chiropractic Textbook by RW Stephenson for use in our discussions. To help those new to the blog or ... Read more