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.

Exercise and Chiropractic Philosophy

Many chiropractors will exercise their physical bodies every day but not spend 5 minutes to exercise their educated brain by “working out” on the philosophy of chiropractic.
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10-2-67

Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of my office on 10-2-67. Iris and I were was able to travel back to be there for part of the day and visit with some of the hundreds of practice members who are still active and 3 former associates (including Dr. Claude who started his own ... Read more
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Repetition

Memorization results from repetition and repetition is a precursor to memorizatiion
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Inductive Reasoning

Research into getting sick people well is inductive reasoning. It only works/worked for chiropractic if and when we believed that VS was the cause of all disease. That is why BJ continually looked for THE WAY to correct vs and when he failed to find it was forced to conclude that LOM of the nerve ... Read more
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Q&A #99

Are absolutes relevant today? If they are, are the 33 principles absolutes?
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Q&A #104

Is innate intelligence omniscient?
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Rapport

Definition of rapport: to bring back 1. especially a relationship marked by harmony, conformity, accord. Does correcting the cause of a disease create a relationship, accord, or harmony with a person/a practice member? 1. If you have explained it is not the chiropractor, but rather the innate intelligence of their body, that heals the body, ... Read more
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Reggie's Comment

I remember once over hearing a chiropractor saying to Reg, “I use to do lay lectures but i’m too busy now.” Reg responded “Don’t worry you’ll have time again, in the future!” Think about that.
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DIS_EASE v. Disease. Why?

Does correcting the “cause” of a disease (by vertebral subluxation correction) change a person’s outside-in philosophy or merely reinforce/add to it. That is the reason for clearly differentiating disease and DIS-EASE. BJ moved from his father’s cause of all disease philosophy, to the 33 Principles (differentiating it by a new, different term) but unfortunately he ... Read more
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The Objective OF Getting Sick People Well…

…is chiropractic’s trivial pursuit.
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