On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee signed a document surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant at a farmhouse in a town called Appomattox Court House, Virginia. With that event the great conflict commonly known as the Civil War ended. Much more ended than just a conflict that … Read more
If medical doctors have more malpractice suits than chiropractors, why is it some of our profession feel the more medical procedures we do, the less incidence of malpractice we will have? The effects of straight chiropractic care on the spine as an organ, other organs of the body, and specific diseases is or should be … Read more
Why is it that the “ICA people” feel that their professional objectives are so different from the ACA’s that they cannot merge, yet they believe that their academic objectives are so similar that they can both utilize the same accrediting agency? Mixers present chiropractic as another approach tot he treatment of disease. Straights present … Read more
The term “primary health care provider” appears to be a focus of controversy between the different segments of the profession. the mixing element says that the straights are a danger because as primary health care providers, they should diagnose disease and then either treat patients if chiropractic care is appropriate or refer them to … Read more
With last year’s Department of Education decision concerning the Straight Chiropractic Academic Standards Association (SCASA), there has been increased interest and discussion about the straight schools applying to the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) for accreditation. The straight schools have maintained that philosophical differences prevent them from applying to CCE. The CCE on the … Read more
The failure of medicine historically has been that it based its entire practice on a mechanistic model. Down through the ages there were attempts, some were more successful than others, to bring the occult into medicine but invariably it would be brought back to a strictly mechanistic approach. With few exception even today it … Read more
As a writer, most of the time you just know when you write a line or make a statement that is going to evoke tremendous emotional response. What is surprising is when you make what is, in your mind, an innocuous statement and somebody responds in great length. In the Pivot Review Vol. IX, … Read more
There has been considerable discussion in recent months concerning whether chiropractors should be in hospitals taking care of patients. Clearly, those within our profession who have a medical objective, the treatment of medical conditions, would want access to a hospital and the use of its facilities. They cannot compete with the medical procedures and … Read more
The spine works as a unit but it is also part of the human unit. you can affect a unit by affecting the parts of a unit or you can affect the unit by affecting it as a whole. Damage the engine of a care and the entire car stops running. Drive it into … Read more
Being a competent mixer chiropractor is 90% medical skills and 10% chiropractic skills. Being a competent straight is 90% communication skills and 10% chiropractic. To be competent as a mixer chiropractor, like a medical doctor you must be able to correctly determine the nature and the cause of the patient’s illness and then … Read more