With the upcoming presidential and congressional election a good deal of attention within the chiropractic profession has been focused on who are the better candidates for the chiropractic profession. I think we are terribly selfish as a profession if we judge who is best to serve the country by who is best for our profession. … Read more
The economic, political, and philosophical factors that impact upon chiropractic seem to be almost endless. They create much discussion and unfortunately much animosity within the profession. Perhaps no single issue among straight chiropractors brings these factors together more than the subject of payment for services. The political aspect of it is, without doubt, the primary … Read more
Which is easier…changing the public’s perception of health care so they understand chiropractic in its true light or getting chiropractic out of health care? It is my opinion that leaving the health care community is the easier, more effective and most philosophically sound choice. The pros and cons of that idea have been discussed recently … Read more
A recent article by a well-known practice management consultant extolled the benefits of being leaders in the alternative health care community. His argument was that since we are “a frequent first ‘point of contact’” for patients we should be a “valuable resource.” His suggestion is that we should “refer to, support and integrate the services … Read more
Sometimes we need to look beyond our own immediate needs and instead look toward the good of society, which ultimately benefits all of society including us as chiropractors. It is ironic that our philosophy is directed towards benefiting the body in the long run rather than quick, temporary symptomatic relief that ultimately leaves us worse … Read more
We seem to have two very differing viewpoints within the straight chiropractic community. For the most part, we are in agreement as to what our objective is, i.e., to promote chiropractic as the correction of vertebral subluxations simply because they are detrimental to the inborn, intelligent expression of life. (Perhaps that is a new way … Read more
The recent difficulties that Life University is having with the CCE brought back some painful memories underscoring the truth in the saying that what we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. Since many readers perhaps have little knowledge of history as it relates to the accreditation process, a little history lesson … Read more
The straight chiropractic community has always had a dearth of leaders. When B.J. was alive and doing the work of 20 people, it was not so noticeable. After his death it has become painfully clear that there is little vision among the so-called chiropractic leaders. There are definitely exceptions, some very visionary people. But, for … Read more
Chiropractic Most of us have questioned or have been questioned about the right to change chiropractic as D.D. and B.J. espoused it. Recently, a young man raised the question of whether anyone had the right to change B.J.’s philosophy. Even the development of objective straight chiropractic has been challenged by traditional “chiropractic gets sick people … Read more
There is no doubt that the greatest task of the objective straight chiropractic movement is educating the public to what chiropractic truly is. This task has been made more difficult by the stupidity (idiocy, imbecility, witlessness) of our profession in positioning itself as a treatment for bad backs. It is perhaps the ultimate example of … Read more