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One of the major topics of discussion during the development of ADIO Institute of Straight Chiropractic, later named Pennsylvania College of Straight Chiropractic was the “Conspiracy.” It was the opinion of some that there was a concerted effort by everyone from the ACA, ICA, CCE, NBCE, most chiropractic colleges, the PCS down to the county ... Read more

Historically, straights did not see chiropractic as a cure-all, but rather for the correction of the cause of DIS-EASE. So when adjusted patients did not get better, they wrote it off to limitations of time and matter. The mixers, on the other hand, saw chiropractic as a cure for all disease. When it failed to ... Read more

Visionary thinking requires a system for it to be successful. Objective Straight Chiropractic is a system. Getting bigger, richer, or more famous or powerful for self outside of a system ultimately fails in creating a fulfilling life. It’s like unrelated snapshots in an album, nice but no story or message, no purpose or meaning. A ... Read more

When I posted on this blog on December 14, I got an interesting and thoughtful email from a chiropractor. He quoted an East Indian philosopher who said “Religious…Organizations of thought inevitably become hindrances to thought.” The chiropractor went on to say that “chiropractic philosophy is like religion in that it adheres to absolute principles and ... Read more

Recently, I have been thinking about the irony of our profession. As chiropractors, we talk about living innately, practicing innately, adjusting innately, thinking innately and acting innately. The best example of an individual who is perhaps expressing innate intelligence better than at any other time in his/her life is the infant who is only expressing ... Read more

The main problem with the “power of positive thinking” movement is that it sees positive thinking as the means rather than the result, just as medicine sees getting rid of symptoms as the means to health rather than the result.

You cannot substitute one component of health for another. In fact, in trying to do that, the substitution can actually do more harm that good. Common sense says you cannot eat more to make up for a lack of execise. It will do more harm than good. You cannot increase your exercise program instead of ... Read more

If anyone can scientifically demonstrate that a positive change occurs after an adjustment ONCE, for one person, they have proved the efficacy of chiropractic care for every person ONCE AND FOR ALL. If you need to do it for every person who comes in the office or for every condition, it seems to me that ... Read more

Without the ability to make decisions there is no freedom. You can never make good decisions in life unless you can discern good from bad, right from wrong. You can never discern good from bad, right from wrong, unless you have absolutes, standards or principles by which to measure those decisions. The greatest standards (laws) ... Read more

Physical ailments and their symptoms cause an individual to become subjective. Taking care of people who are focusing on their symptoms can cause us to lose our objectivity. In doing that we ultimately lose the opportunity to give those people, on a lifetime basis, the greatest service we could perform and ultimately we can lose ... Read more