Philosophy

Chiropractic and Drug Prescriptions

Chiropractors like to think that the chiropractic profession’s ability to be involved with drug prescriptions and disbursements is because we have elevated our level of respect among the medical community but perhaps it is because the drug industry and those that oversee it have lowered their standards.  March28, 2010

The Inadequacy of Science

For those who would want to see chiropractic become more scientific perhaps some thoughts about science might be helpful. Science is amoral. It has no conscience, no morality, no right or wrong. It is merelt “a brannch of study concerned with observation and classification of facts” (Webster). It relates only to the physical world. Right … Read more

Cause of Disease

There is no single cause for a disease. Anything and everything that contributes to the body’s inability to function properly is a cause. Whether a disease occurs is a matter of the number and the severity of the causes.  March 22,2010

Fighting disease

Getting rid of a disease is only a matter of making a living (micro) organism extinct. That is not going to make the world any healthier. If we rid the world of all the crows, will that stop roadkill? of course not! They don’t cause it. Further, there will just be something else to feed … Read more

ADIO v. OIBU

Dr. Bruce Lipton says that the environment types on the cells computer keys. Chiropractic philosophy says that the innate intelligence of the body types on the computer to make the biochemical and genetic effects. With Liptons model we must change the environment. With chiropractic we must remove interference to innate intelligence expressing itself. Lipton is … Read more

Straight Education

The question is can a straight school increase the ability of its students to score better in the non-straight portion of the National Board and at the same time not decrease the quality of the straight chiropractic product? In other words, is the better our students do on Parts III,IV etc., the less straight they … Read more

Charges and Responses

1. “You’re not scientific.” Science doesn’t have all the answers. 2. “We need to prove chiropractic” To who, a bunch of pointy headed, scientific snobs? 3. “The public expects us to be scientific” No, the public expects us to be honest and competent and will accept us by virtue of the logic of our philosophy.  … Read more