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.

Intellectualism and Excitement

We must not allow the intellectualism  of objective chiropractic make us arid, that is, without emotion, excitement and enthusiasm. Sometimes that is difficult especially when we are continually forced into a defensive and combative position. We need to be excited about enabling the innate forces of the body to be more fully expressed and how that relates ... Read more
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The problem with our technique is…

…proving a metaphysical outcome-enabling the innate intelligence and its forces to be better expressed,when we do not use symptoms. Does that make legitmate research impossible?
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Q&A #38

Can chiropractic philosophy exist is a darwinian evolutionary Model? Why or why not?
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Chiropractic confrontation

A friend of mine presents chiropactic in a confrontational manner and maintains that he can get the message across in this confrontational dialogue. I am not going to question his approach. He is very successful and it seems to work for him but I do see two problems. The logic of chiropractic as we present it in ... Read more
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What must we do?

We must acknowledge the fact that it is up to us. No one is going to present the Big Idea for us. Depak Chopra doesn’t have it. The antivaccination crowd doesn’t have it. That is not a judgement on the worthiness of their message. It’s just not  the chiropractic message.
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Practice Management Consultants….

…may be able to tell you what they did to build a practice…but when the majority of practice building gurus were in practice: 1. There was no internet 2. There were half the chiropractors there are today… or less. 3.There were no HMO’s. 4. Insurance paid big bucks with no arguments. 5. People read the ... Read more
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Reality

If reality is limited by words and  it is, it is a legitimate limitation. For we speak and think in words. Some outside-in thinking is attempting to get us to accept reality based upon something  other than thought, something like intuition, feelings or emotions.
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Isn't it Odd?

Almost every mechanical device/design is patterend after  an organ or part of the human body.  So after seeing  how mechanical things mimic the design of the vitalistic innate intelligence of the body, we take a mechanistic approach to the body. That’s like seeing  some children act as grownups and thinking to be grownups we need to ... Read more
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Understanding our Philosophy and Objecive

You cannot really fight for something or against something unless you truly understand that something.
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Natural Law

Natural law is based upon the value of the individual.
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