Pivot Review Archives

ADIO v. OIBU

Dr. Bruce Lipton says that the environment types on the cells computer keys. Chiropractic philosophy says that the innate intelligence of the body types on the computer to make the biochemical and genetic effects. With Liptons model we must change the environment. With chiropractic we must remove interference to innate intelligence expressing itself. Lipton is … Read more

Straight Education

The question is can a straight school increase the ability of its students to score better in the non-straight portion of the National Board and at the same time not decrease the quality of the straight chiropractic product? In other words, is the better our students do on Parts III,IV etc., the less straight they … Read more

Charges and Responses

1. “You’re not scientific.” Science doesn’t have all the answers. 2. “We need to prove chiropractic” To who, a bunch of pointy headed, scientific snobs? 3. “The public expects us to be scientific” No, the public expects us to be honest and competent and will accept us by virtue of the logic of our philosophy.  … Read more

Compromise

We need to compromise on issues that are non-essential. Objective straight chiropractic needs to say what is essential and what is not, what we will compromise on and what we will not.   February 24 2010

What is the reason for chiropractic's success?

Our success and survival for 100+ years has not been because chiropractic works. Everything works to some degree. It is because we unlike other fields have successfully merged the immaterial factors involved with the healing of man with the material factors involved in that healing, in just the right proportion, without an inordinate amount of … Read more

Acting on Principle

Too often we are told to do things for the sake of others, for humanity, etc. That is often outside in thinking and the greatest reason for mixing. Most important it is trying to avoid saying “do it because it’s the right thing to do”. Saying it’s the right thing to do connotes some sort … Read more

Chiropractic Education

One of the worst things we can do for people ( chiropractic students and practice members) is to give them education without purpose, without values, without principles, without standards, without a world and life viewpoint. It’s better to have purpose without education than education without purpose.   February 5, 2010