Whenever someone pays for a service or product they have certain expectations. When you take your car to the dealer or service station for repairs, you expect it to be running properly when they have finished. When a service or product does not meet our expectations, we naturally are upset. The legal and the health … Read more
I recently saw an interesting advertisement for a book by a chiropractor relating to the therapeutic and diagnostic aspects of conservative health care. Across the page was an ad for a book on conservative treatment for urinary tract infections. It had never struck me before. (Probably every other chiropractor has thought of this), but there … Read more
Chiropractic is: A. The treatment of disease without drugs or surgery. B. The adjustment of vertebral subluxation to improve health. C. The adjustment of vertebral subluxation to enable the innate intelligence of the body to better express itself. D. The removal or reduction of the vertebral subluxation and its component parts (VSC). E. All of … Read more
The first part of this article is for the chiropractor and the patient; the second is for the chiropractor only. “And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” John 8:32. This passage found in the Bible refers to a specific Truth. However, the principle appears to work for all truth. … Read more
Every so often an inconsistency in the thinking of different chiropractors jumps out at me. Over the past few months, I have noted many such cases and filed them for future reference. I retrieved them today and decided to share them with you. Historically chiropractors maintained and even testified under oath that chiropractic was different from … Read more
It has been said that the term “silent majority” originally was used to signify the billions of people who lived upon the earth at one time but do so no longer. It is for us, the living to be heard. Every country, organization, or profession has its silent majority, that is, those from whom we … Read more
The straight chiropractic segment of the profession has embraced the above term more quickly than anything in recent history. In fact, it seems to have more readily accepted VSD and VSC (Vertebral Subluxation Complex) than the term “straight chiropractic” which in itself is more than a little frightening. In an effort to save time and … Read more
The difference between chiropractic and every therapeutic approach to the treatment of disease is that chiropractic does not presume to make recommendations specific to an individual’s health needs except to “prescribe” a program for receiving adjustments. When chiropractors stray from this narrow approach for any reason no matter how it is done, a problem is … Read more
The chiropractic profession is at a unique stage in its history. The objectives of both aspects of the profession (straight and mixing) have been clearly realized by the leadership. However, it appears that those objectives and their results have not been adequately communicated to the profession at large. It is clear (to me at least) … Read more
Perhaps if we abandoned the 19th century philosophy which teaches that “natural” treatment of disease is an alternative to and always superior to the treatment of disease with chemicals we could then look a little more objectively at our future. Science has learned much since the turn of the century when eclectics, naturopaths, drugless healers, … Read more