Recently I had an opportunity to talk to a group of about 100 students at a chiropractic college, one that is not known for being straight, either traditional or objective. This particular group was a class whose instructor was gracious enough to give me two hours of her class time. Because the class had … Read more
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. –found in a fortune cookie v14n4
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed or repetition is the best teacher. Philip Johnson v14n4
As a profession, we do not want medical doctors adjusting vertebral subluxations but we want to treat disease. Odd isn’t it? v14n4
An interesting philosophical question was presented to me by a group of students. Why are the students always the ones to raise the insightful questions? Do we stop thinking once we get out of chiropractic college? There was a difference of opinion among the students as to the scope of the chiropractor’s responsibility in informing … Read more
It amazes me how we can hear something and it will not impress us until we have heard it three or four or even ten times. This is a great reason why we should not be reticent in repeating our philosophy to patients. How often do we hear patients say, “You know, I finally understand … Read more
There is a growing rift between the chiropractic philosophers (“the innatists” as one chiropractor calls us) and the chiropractic scientists (those that want to place chiropractic on the playing field of science). The argument, however, ends up being one-sided against the philosophers and it is not an argument in support of science, but rather against … Read more
You would think I had nothing else to read or nothing else to write about inasmuch as I am devoting an article on a number of articles in the tabloid that describes itself as “The Chiropractic News Source.” These particular columns appeared in a mid-January issue and were written by different people but all present … Read more
Excerpt from another soon-to-be-published book on Chiropractic Philosophy The title presents an excellent question, one that has been the topic of considerable discussion among the straight community. First, we need to get the legal aspects out of the way. The laws of most states have defined chiropractic as a health profession. So it is. Further, … Read more
The problem is not that our profession is unable to agree on a definition of chiropractic. The problem is that we have failed to define the practice of medicine or to accept how medicine defines itself. Most chiropractors define medicine as “anything I choose not to do.” v14n3