Excerpt from another soon-to-be-published book on Chiropractic Philosophy The title presents an excellent question, one that has been the topic of considerable discussion among the straight community. First, we need to get the legal aspects out of the way. The laws of most states have defined chiropractic as a health profession. So it is. Further, … Read more
[Excerpt from another soon-to-be-published book on Chiropractic Philosophy] The title presents an excellent question, one that has been the topic of considerable discussion among the straight community. First, we need to get the legal aspects out of the way. The laws of most states have defined chiropractic as a health profession. So it is. Further, … Read more
Over the years various chiropractic speakers have divided the profession into two groups. The earliest division, of course, was straights and mixers. What you did with your hands determined the group which you belonged. If you put them on the patient’s spine for the purpose of adjusting a vertebra, you were a straight. If you … Read more
One of the greatest breakthroughs in the practice of chiropractic, during its 103-year history, has come about by the decision to define chiropractic by its objective. Up until the early seventies, there were numerous ways to define chiropractic and the arguments regarding what was and was not considered to be chiropractic were constant. With 50 … Read more
A while back a question was put to me by a young student on the internet. Actually, the question was two-fold. First, he wanted to know about office lending libraries, were they straight and were they worth the expense. The second aspect of the question related to educating patients about vaccinations so they could have … Read more
After one hundred years, there appears to be a very evident change in the thinking of those chiropractors who might be described as the traditional ones, the one-cause, one-cure chiropractors. There is a not-so-subtle change, if not in the rank and file, at least among the leadership in how they are describing chiropractic. It seems … Read more
To understand the problem with offering chiropractic you have to understand the differences in practice objectives among chiropractors. The traditional straight chiropractor believes as an alternative to medicine chiropractic is an alternative because to him medicine addresses disease by alleviating its symptoms or treating its effects and he (the traditional straight) addresses disease by correcting … Read more
With all the discussion about what kind of patients we want (e.g. regular, lifetime families), the fact remains that for most people health is not a priority in their life. They may claim that it is, inasmuch as most surveys list health as one of the three most important things in peoples’ lives. Yet it … Read more
Modern-day straight chiropractic has one great weakness. Its weakness is that the successful practice of it is dependent upon the proper communication of its purpose or intent, after all, even mixers are often competent at correcting subluxations. It is the safest approach to the practice of chiropractic as long as the patient understands what the … Read more
Changing history to suit ones personal bias or to give credibility to one’s position is in the opinion of this writer one of the most academically dishonest things that can be done. It is also one of the most common practices by the academic community. Some professors at colleges and universities believe it … Read more