It is not true that if you do not diagnose or at least do diagnostic tests and refer out, you will be sued. In fact, it is an absolute lie. You are not sued for failing to diagnose. If you were, no medical doctor would ever be sued! The first prerequisite to medical care is … Read more
One of the really dumb ideas that has been foisted upon the chiropractic profession in general and straight chiropractors in particular is that a high patient visit average (PVA) is indicative of a successful practice and is something to be desired. Now, I realize that just about anything can be construed as success in this … Read more
It is not that science is better than philosophy or vice versa. It is just that science gives us knowledge that further validates our philosophy from a different perspective and philosophy gives us knowledge, that at least at this moment in time, science is incapable of demonstrating. Every chiropractor practices on some patients based upon … Read more
Sometimes we chiropractors unfairly and inappropriately castigate the medical profession because of the increasing incidence of iatrogenic diseases. We also wonder why the medical profession does not seem overly concerned about them. The fact is that iatgrogenic diseases are not upsetting to them because they are a normal, natural, accepted part of the practice of … Read more
An interesting letter recently came across my desk. It was from a state chiropractic organization (mixer) concerning a lawsuit they were instituting against the State Board of Physical Therapy (SBPT). It seems the SBPT has sued a chiropractor for allowing his “personally-trained staff” to use physical modalities on the patient. The state organization believes … Read more
With the last vestiges of professional differences between the straight and mixing community gone (save the national organization), it is important that we as a profession understand a little more about each other. The straight chiropractic community has a rather unusual attitude toward mixing chiropractic. We recognize that we must live with mixers and … Read more
Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D., author of The New Medicine: Life and Death after Hippocrates, makes some interesting observations concerning the practice of medicine. Dr. de S. Cameron’s argument is that “the characteristic of the New Medicine is its rejection of the sanctity of human life… Replacing this principle is respect for life, … Read more
It never ceases to amaze me how easily we rationalize and justify the things we do and then manage to excuse them away as if they never happened or we were not responsible for them. Recently, a letter came in the mail from the Anti- Chiropractic Association. You know the letters I mean, yellow … Read more
Interpreting B.J.’s Writings There is perhaps no writer in chiropractic who is more misquoted, and misinterpreted than B.J. Palmer. His writings are constantly distorted in an effort to denigrate him and the approach to chiropractic that he presented to the world. He is also misquoted by those who would like to justify their personal … Read more
Despite the setbacks that the objective straight chiropractic movement has seen in the past few years (loss of SCASA and straight schools) it is encouraging to see the numbers of young and not so young chiropractors coming over to our way of practice. It seems that many young chiropractors are beginning to think about … Read more