When people come into our office they obviously come wanting something. They may not verbally express it, they may not even realize it themselves but they do have a want, a desire. 1. They may want a specific problem corrected. That is not too difficult to understand and I think that ordinarily that is not … Read more
I sometimes think that non-therapeutic straight chiropractors do not like to see new people in the office. After all, new people disrupt the rhythm of an office, they take more time and effort. And no matter how good an education program an office has, a good percentage of new people will not choose lifetime care. … Read more
A former faculty colleague and long-time friend of mine, Brian McAulay, D.C., PhD, recently wrote an excellent paper entitled, Language of the Philosophy of Chiropractic as a Barrier to Understanding (The Chiropractic Choice, February 2006) concerning the various and controversial definitions of innate intelligence and universal intelligence and how these terms create animosity within the … Read more
Recently a legal case here in Pennsylvania made national headlines. A judge in Dover, PA ruled that Intelligent Design could not be taught in the science curriculum of the town’s local high school. We probably think that it does not impact too many of us unless we are strongly into the Intelligent Design movement or … Read more
The greatest task before us in the chiropractic profession, in order to succeed as we would like, is to change people with regard to chiropractic. It has been said that you cannot change people, people must change themselves. With that in mind, let us see what changes people. I would suggest that there are really … Read more
I have an issue with those who decry the lack of “scientific proof” of this principle that we straight chiropractors embrace. We hear everything from vitriolic condemnation to condescension because of our “problem.” Ironically, our “problem” is not a problem for us, nor for the government, nor for even a single insurance company and most … Read more
Here’s an irony: They say you get what you pay for. Yet, new people that come in the office for free (by referral) are generally better practice members than the ones you pay for (by advertising)v21n3
A Different Perspective Interestingly, both William Jenner and D.D. Palmer come up with their procedures through anecdotal findings. Jenner by noticing that milkmaids who got cowpox seemed to be immune to smallpox. Palmer, while practicing magnetic healing, noted that certain medical conditions were alleviated by moving bones. At the time of their respective procedures there … Read more
The term Objective Straight Chiropractic (OSC) was originally used in Refined by Fire to distinguish between the periods of time when straight chiropractic practiced the Palmer model of chiropractic and when the non-therapeutic model was developed in the 70’s. By non-therapeutic we mean not relating to disease, its cause, or its prevention. To my knowledge … Read more
From time to time this question comes up in discussions, especially on the FACE message board. We are not treating diseases, we are enabling the innate intelligence of the body to be better expressed by correcting vertebral subluxations. However, when that happens, people’s bodies work better and conditions disappear. People do get well under chiropractic … Read more