Philosophy

Purposeful Action

The dog eats in order to satisfy hunger. When a man eats, he has an implicit, conceptual awareness of what he is doing and the end it serves. He understands the concept of digestion, metabolism and nourishment. He also understands eating for pleasure, to sample new food, experiment in nutrition, or to please a host. … Read more

On the subject of deduction….

Perhaps it is time the leadership in the straight chiropractic movement step back and take a long critical look at its approach. The approach(es)has been a Power Politics/Pacifist Politics cycle for the past 40-50 years rather than deduction/logic approach. For a time the straights would fight against the mixing element in the profession. Then a … Read more

Traditional Chiropractic

Leaving things as they are (traditional chiropractic) does not keep them the same. It would be nice if it did. They will always deteriorate if left alone.(law of entropy). We must constantly give attention to our chiropractic practice. Our philosophy must be constantly attended to or it will deteriorate just as a white picket fence … Read more

Non-Therapeutic or Therapeutic?

How do you know whether a service or procedure is non-therapeutic or therapeutic? Generally, a therapeutic procedure is intended to treat a disease or condition or the symptom of one. A non-therapeutic procedure is intended to increase the level of health and well being of the individual. Discerning whether a service or procedure is therapeutic … Read more

The Chicken or the Egg?

Which came first, the chiropractic objective or the chiropractic philosophy? I think this question is more difficult to answer than the similar question about the chicken or the egg. While the chiropractic objective, correcting vertebral subluxation so the innate intelligence of the body can be better expressed, was not crystallized until the mid-seventies, an argument … Read more