We chiropractors seem to be latching on to this quantum-healing concept that says everything affects everything (the butterfly flapping its wings causes the hurricane). If we accept that idea, then we must acknowledge the influence that outside factors have on the cause of disease. This may be hard to accept for those who say that … Read more
If people truly understood chiropractic, chiropractors would have no time to do anything else but adjust. If people have not understood chiropractic, then chiropractors have no time to do anything else but educate. If chiropractors truly understood chiropractic, they would not want to do anything but adjust and educate.v16n1
Why is it that chiropractor researchers are going to great lengths to prove that chiropractic is only good for a small percentage of the public, those with musculosketal conditions. In doing so they are creating an overcrowded market and forcing those chiropractors to learn additional procedures and acquire expensive equipment so they can be competitive … Read more
Most everyone has listened to or at least heard of the popular audio tape “Dead Doctors Don’t Lie.” Its message ultimately is about nutritional supplements and how you can receive or sell a particular supplement through a multilevel marketing program. It is an interesting tape and probably has some good material in it. Whether … Read more
Mental Impulses I In the latest issue of Chiropractic Technique there appears a two-part article by David R. Seaman, D.C., M.S., D.A.B.C.N, entitled “Antiquated Concepts Related to Chiropractic Technique Part I: A Case Against Mental Impulses and Nerve Interference.” Comments on Part II which was published in the same journal will appear in a … Read more
Isn’t it odd that the chiropractic colleges are not willing to accept the straight chiropractic model of vertebral subluxation (decreasing the life potential of individuals) but in desperation they are anxious and willing to begin to teach “alternative health care” approaches, most of which have no scientific or logical basis and merely small anecdotal proof … Read more
Isn’t it ironic that almost all the pamphlet manufacturers produce pamphlets designed to reach a small percentage of the American public (those people with one or more of about 30-40 specific diseases)? Yet the pamphlets appeal to the greater percentage of the profession. Let me get this straight. That means that the majority of the … Read more
The battle between the mechanist and vitalist continues. The problem is simple. We, the vitalists, cannot prove this immaterial thing we call innate intelligence and the mechanists cannot demonstrate the concept of life by virtue of chemistry and physics alone. They say that they are getting closer and one day will. Our thinking is such … Read more
If people truly understood chiropractic, chiropractors would have no time to do anything else but adjust. If people have not understood chiropractic, then chiropractors have no time to do anything else but educate. If chiropractors truly understood chiropractic, they would not want to do anything but adjust and educate. v16n1
I was sitting in a chiropractic seminar recently when a well-known chiropractic speaker was giving a strong motivational talk. In the middle of it he spoke of “giving your chiropractic treatment” to your patients. I was really stunned at the use of the word “treatment.” I guess I lead a pretty sheltered life inasmuch as … Read more