There are some words in chiropractic that at one time or another had an important meaning but are now meaningless, or at best no longer convey clear thought. The word “straight” is one of those words and I must admit that I am as much to blame for that confusion as anyone else when I … Read more
Recently a major chiropractic college came out with the statement that they held to a “centrist view of chiropractic.” The dictionary defines centrist as “one adhering to the political center, a moderate.” The comment was offered regarding discussion on the inclusion of “physiotherapy as part of the core curriculum due to its potential benefits to … Read more
Until the mid-seventies, insurance was never an important issue among straight chiropractors. First, there were relatively few insurance plans that covered chiropractic and second, the straight chiropractic community had yet to clearly define itself by its objective. While insurance inclusion of chiropractic has begun to wane there are still many chiropractors who participate in insurance … Read more
We have had some interesting discussion on the vaccination issue and I appreciate the position of the EB chiropractors See Sidebar but I saw the entire discussion taking a drastic turn when the discussion moved toward our children and ourselves (vaccination and flu shots). In other words, when we move from a general discussion to … Read more
We never seem to come to a resolution between the mechanistic chiropractors and the vitalistic ones. They say, “Prove your metaphysical assumptions empirically and we will accept your concept of innate intelligence and its ramifications. Until you do, you are nothing more than a quasi-religion.” We respond that they should disprove our metaphysical foundations, knowing … Read more
I must have missed something! I realize there are short periods when I am busy writing a book, immersed in my practice, or involved in my personal life to the point of ignoring what is going on in the profession. For that reason I am sure that I was off somewhere when the profession got … Read more
When it comes to science and the subluxation, sometimes I think we straights want to straddle the fence, which tends to be a very uncomfortable position. That fact was brought home to me when a respected chiropractic columnist (respected means he has more than seven letters behind his name) challenged our model of the vertebral … Read more
I have a theory. I call it the theory of attraction of masses. The theory is that two bodies attract each other with a force. I have not quite worked out the exact details of why it happens or what the mechanism is. I think it may be that the force is proportional to … Read more
It seems that intolerance is alive and well today. For all the hyperbole about the “hate-straights” and those of us who supposedly want to limit the freedom of chiropractors to practice a broad scope approach, the only tolerance I see is being demonstrated by the very group that’s being accused. The problem begins with a … Read more
I believe it is helpful to re-examine our objective from time to time to reaffirm why we have an objective and to determine whether it is still valid. The straight chiropractic movement originally decided to define chiropractic by its objective because first, almost every profession does it and second, because there were so many different … Read more