This afternoon I listened to one of the numerous audiocassettes tapes that come in the mail. Actually, it probably arrived weeks (maybe months) ago but today I was clearing the top of my desk and throwing out all the “Dead Doctors Don’t Lie” cassettes, along with all of the other tapes I had that were … Read more
If chiropractic corrects the cause of disease or if subluxation is the cause of all disease, how do we account for the fact that people who are not under chiropractic care get well from medical conditions? I am not talking about temporary, symptomatic relief either, but the actual complete resolution of a condition that never … Read more
Modern-day straight chiropractic has one great weakness. Its weakness is that the successful practice of it is dependent upon the proper communication of its purpose or intent, after all, even mixers are often competent at correcting subluxations. It is the safest approach to the practice of chiropractic as long as the patient understands what the … Read more
Changing history to suit ones personal bias or to give credibility to one’s position is in the opinion of this writer one of the most academically dishonest things that can be done. It is also one of the most common practices by the academic community. Some professors at colleges and universities believe it … Read more
If you feel you must “monitor innate” (check the symptoms or do medical examination of the patient) to determine the need for chiropractic care, you either do not trust the innate intelligence of the body or you do not trust your own ability to locate, analyze and correct vertebral subluxations. The former reason makes you … Read more
.We think our need to overcome the lifelong medication of our patients. But it is more than just medical brainwashing. It is the outside-in thinking that permeates every aspect of their lives. Outside in thinking in this area of health, personified by medicine, is just a small part of it. Until this way people look … Read more
1. Diagnose and refer or 2. Give nutritional advice or 3. Believe “by hand only” is the determining factor or 4. Use only “conservative” physical therapeutics or 5. Believe subluxations are the cause of all disease or 6. Believe chiropractic gets sick people well or 7. Believe practicing HIO is the determining factor or 8. … Read more
One major difficulty with chiropractic reaching its place in society is our desire to “fit in.” Almost since our profession’s inception, we have been trying to gain acceptance. The earliest pushes in licensing laws were an attempt to get the government to accept us. We have been and are still looking for acceptance by the … Read more
Chiropractic is faced with a serious dilemma. Its present accepted model by society, the correction of misalignments for the purpose of achieving or maintaining a healthy back, cannot support the quickly growing number of practitioners. With most of the schools showing no signs of limiting enrollments, the profession will need to expand its population base. … Read more
When we consider how few people in society at large understand the chiropractic message, let alone accept it, we have to give some serious thought to our approach to communicating chiropractic. Even the best chiropractic communicators, and those building the largest practices in the shortest period of time, admit that educating the public takes tremendous … Read more