The Practical Approach “Philosophy is great, but in practice you have to be practical.” “Let’s be practical.” We must admit that there is no way you can make as much money in chiropractic practice being a straight chiropractor as you can being a mixer. If making as much money as you possibly can is your … Read more
Our chiropractic philosophy has answers to many of the questions that plague society. One of these questions is that of responsibility. The philosophy teaches that there are no accidents in nature, everything happens for a reason, and behind it is a cause. When it comes to illness, society seems to lose sight of the cause-effect … Read more
Legal basis for straight chiropractic The legal basis for straight chiropractic is probably one of the most controversial and yet one of the simplest areas to explain and understand. One of the beautiful things about the practice of straight chiropractic is that the best interests of the chiropractor and the best interests of the patient … Read more
B.J. Palmer once said something to the effect that anybody who ever got well did so because of a specific chiropractic adjustment. The question that initially comes to mind is “what is a specific chiropractic adjustment?” Is it HIO, any force introduced by a chiropractor with the intention of correct ing a subluxation, or something … Read more
There is an alarming trend in chiropractic today to abandon our unique chiropractic terminology. Much of it has come about by the desire of many in our profession to get into mainstream medicine. However, there is another tendency within the straight chiropractic community. Instead of aban doning our unique terminology, some decide to incorporate other … Read more
Obviously, it is not possible to condense the philosophy of chiropractic into a short essay. If it were, it would not need to be taught in six trimesters, and B.J. would not have had to write volumes of Green Books. But if there is one philosophi cal concept that separates straight chiropractic from every thing … Read more
One of the charges leveled at straight chiropractors by the mixers is that we are merely technicians. They believe that by concerning ourselves with only locating and correcting vertebral subluxations and also because disassociating ourselves from the art of diagnosis that we should not be called doctors. There is a movement among the mixing community … Read more
In the last issue we discussed to some degree why we, as straight chiropractors, do what we do. If we are to substantiate the validity of straight chiropractic, we must present a complete argument or defense of it’s position. We can not rely upon “because that is what B.J. said” as our sole argument, although … Read more
There has been much discussion recently concerning chiropractors getting together, putting aside their philosophical differences and working together. So what’s new? Aside from personalities, the problem seems to center around the mixers and straights. If we are to get together it would help to outline the practical problems that must be overcome from both sides. … Read more
Man, historically, has looked for a simplistic approach to disease. At one time or another it was believed that all illness was caused by demons, night air, “bad humors” and various other entities. Even in modern times medicine has embraced this idea hence the development of so-called miracle drugs. It was in this atmosphere that … Read more