My desire is to correct subluxations. I do this for no other reason than because they are a detriment to the well-being of the human organism. I do this not out of dedication to a person or belief system. I do it because reason dictates it. I guide my professional life by a set of … Read more
It is truly amazing how foreign the idea of “no diagnosis, no alternative to medicine, no treatment of disease” is to certain ones of the profession. In the opinion of the straight chiropractor, it is bad enough that they reject the above ideas but what is worse is that they cannot even comprehend the possibility … Read more
Who should make the laws governing the practice of chiropractic? We all understand that while the legislature makes the laws, their responsibility is to pass legislation that represents or reflects the will of the majority as long as that will does not infringe upon common sense or the rights of the individual. We safeguard their … Read more
Attempting to identify yourself as a straight chiropractor is becoming rather ludicrous. It’s ironic that the term was begun years ago by B.J. and resurrected again in the mid 70’s in order to clarify a chiropractor by his objectives. It seems that so many chiropractors with such diverse methods of practice are calling themselves straight … Read more
We don’t mix because we choose not to mix. It is not because we are too stupid to diagnose or too lazy to perform certain procedures. It is not because we cannot afford modalities or because some therapeutic procedures are esthetically distasteful to us. It is not because we blindly follow an ideology or worship … Read more
Perhaps it would do the “straight” segment of the profession good to stop for a moment and understand how the “broad scope practitioners” view the “straights” and, more importantly, why. Not so much because we really care what they think of us but because we should represent the clearest, most intelligent image of the straight … Read more
It is interesting how so many aspects of chiropractic deal with cycles. It appears we have made a full circle in chiropractic with regard to certain analytical procedures in the chiropractic office. In the beginning of our profession, the primary method of determining the presence of vertebral subluxation was the presence of symptoms. If the … Read more
Not too long ago a national chiropractic publication ran the results of a survey in Michigan and Georgia concerning “practice rights.” It appears the survey was done legitimately and scientifically although they never revealed who paid for it. I imagine the results were nearly what they expected or they probably would not have published the … Read more
There appears to be an inconsistency among the mixers! An article ran recently in a chiropractic professional publication decrying the Arizona Attorney General’s position that chiropractors cannot adjust animals. The position of the article’s author is that animals need chiropractic care also and that the leaders in chiropractic should protect or insure the right of … Read more