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The accepted approach of scientific research does not allow for a vitalistic model. In fact it rejects it. While some are saying we need to rethink our philosophy to fit accepted scientific models, perhaps what we need to do is rethink our model of science. If it needs to be of value to chiropractic it ... Read more

Chiropractic, unlike holistic approaches, does not represent an alternative to anything. The entire concept of “alternative” is that there is no right or wrong, just alternatives, each having its good and bad points. Chiropractic deals with absolutes. There is no alternative to chiropractic.

Historically, man blamed outside factors for his problems. Outside forces such as weapons, poisons, or animals caused pain and injury therefore he naturally but incorrectly concluded that sickness and disease were also caused by outside factors. It seemed to be consistent with what he saw and it kept him from having to blame illness on ... Read more

As an object of faith chiropractic is not worthy of belief. It is not meant to get sick people well or relieve pain. As such it would fail almost as often as it would succeed. If there is to be belief, it is in the validity of the Law Of Life, the idea that the ... Read more

a fortiori latin (Webster’s definition) “with greater reason or more convincing force-used in drawing a conclusion that is inferred to be more certain than another.” If I can lift 100 lbs, it follows, a fortiori, that I can lift 50 lbs. If the innate intelligence can create an entire human body out of 2 cells ... Read more

There is no doubt that pride is appropriately described as the first deadly sin. It is especially prevalent among members of the health care community. We, as health care providers having the health and well-being, and even the life and death, of people in our hands can become preoccupied with our own self- importance. Any ... Read more

If muscles do not pull the bones out of place, and they don’t according to a good deal of recent research, then they do not cause a subluxation, therefore: -they likely are a guarding mechanism, something the innate intelligence of the body is using to stabilize the spine and prevent further trauma and insult. -in ... Read more

Confused chiropractors, especially those who are practicing in a manner that is divorced from the reality of the philosophy, have stressful practices.

Regular lifetime chiropractic care is based upon how long you want to walk around with a vertebral subluxation in your spine, interfering with the function of your nerve system, decreasing the expression of your body’s innate intelligence and making your life less than all it could be.

Every therapeutic procedure has harmful side-effects, whether physical, chemical or psychological in nature, even those that are life-preserving. Since they are not being done by the innate intelligence of the body, the side-effects may be relative, perhaps undemonstrable, often imperceptible (why the practice of medicine is so popular), and open to conjecture.