It is exciting to see that vitalism is becoming an important issue in the discussion of contemporary health care policy. The fact that Life University has held a conference on the subject is exciting and those involved in the conference are to be applauded. The list of presenters at the conference is quite impressive, especially … Read more
I received the following question from a Pivot reader: Do you teach your practice members that they are responsible for their subluxations? First, no one is responsible for all of their subluxations? A subluxation occurs when an external invasive force overcomes the resisting forces of the body. The innate intelligence of the body is responsible … Read more
Of course subluxations are always bad! However, from time to time someone comes up with the idea that perhaps the innate intelligence of the body creates a subluxation as an adaptative process. It seems that the issue comes up enough that we may have to start defining a vertebral subluxation a little differently. We may … Read more
I have come to the conclusion that many of those who enter into the chiropractic debate do not have a problem with our philosophy. They do not mind the major premise or the use of deductive reasoning from that major premise. They are even okay with the idea that there is an innate intelligence that … Read more
There are so many differing viewpoints as to what the innate intelligence of the body is that it never hurts to review the concept. It must be acknowledged that the present day position that non-therapeutic or objective straight chiropractic takes concerning this important foundational principle of our profession differs considerably from that of our founder … Read more
As chiropractors adopt more and more procedures that have historically been the purview of medical doctors or other members of the therapeutic professions, it becomes less clear what chiropractic is and what it is not. Is that mere coincidence? I think not. Perhaps some chiropractors really believe that they can give some temporary help (relief) … Read more
Every time you pick up a chiropractic tabloid you read about someone advocating chiropractic plus something (that is if you read them at all). Chiropractors give seminars to teach how to have medical/chiropractic practices and how to hire a medical doctor for your office. Now some of these practices may be just for the purpose … Read more
There has been a considerable amount of hoopla in the chiropractic publications recently over the Koren Specific Technique. I am not about to get into the pros and cons of the technique and its validity. Apparently, no one else seems concerned about proving its effectiveness, just whether it is chiropractic or not and whether Dr. … Read more
I recently read the above book by Diana West. I highly recommend it. West discusses the idea that we have raised a generation of people who have not grown up. People are not taking the responsibility that an adult should take. The term adolescent refers to an age group between childhood and full maturity where … Read more
In the last issue, I asked whether you were still excited about the principle, the philosophy, and the idea of “changing the world” with chiropractic. Judging from the response there are relatively few chiropractors still excited. Those that did respond were mostly students or new practitioners which I appreciate but I would expect. Can you … Read more