“Given a choice, would you rather work in a solo practice or as part of a multidisciplinary hospital team” (Dynamic Chiropractic, January 15, 2011)? They say there is no right answer to a wrong question but apparently 225 responding chiropractors believed that they had the correct answer, at least for them. The scary part is … Read more
A nerve fiber may be stimulated electrically, thermally, chemically, or mechanically. The propagated disturbance is called a nerve impulse. It has no intelligent origin except that someone’s educated brain applied the stimulus either directly or indirecly to the nerve system of the subject. It may also be created by the innate intelligence of the body … Read more
Sometimes, those of us in chiropractic have a tendency to get stuck in the ideas and the philosophy of our forefathers and it hinders the growth and development of our philosophy. It also presents a basis for the criticism that we have developed into some sort of cult/religion. What profession is still using a 1927 … Read more
The quality of the mental impulse is dependent first on the (perfect) intelligence organizing it and then the quality of the matter conveying its material aspect. Further, the matter cannot improve upon it (since it is already perfect). It can only distort or lessen its quality. A vibration, on the other hand, as D.D. and … Read more
Isn’t it interesting that many, especially those on the political right, correctly observe that all the money we have “thrown” at education has not produced better students but they seem to think that the more money put into disease research will get us closer to finding cures. BJ Palmer once said that as long as … Read more
Arrogance makes an issue out of environment, to think that you can affect something that the intelligence of the universe has been handling quite well without our puny help. The M.D. tries to change the (internal) environment of the body to his arrogant opinion of what it should be. The inability to adapt to the … Read more
There are some practices and concepts that are achiropractic. While they may be good ADIO health measures they are not related to the objective of correcting vertebral subluxations to enable the innate intelligence of the body to be expressed more fully. Nutrition and exercise are two that come to mind. There are others that are … Read more
Chiropractic is limited to “the correction of vertebral subluxations to enable the innate intelligence of the body to work at its maximum potential.” There is a system of thought that encompasses this profession which, for want of a better description, has been called a philosophy of Above-Down, Inside-Out. This system of thought explains why chiropractors … Read more
We in chiropractic, especially those who are more philosophically inclined, tend to think of our understanding as rational, as opposed to one based on faith or one based on empiricism (scientific). We usually attribute faith to religion or a belief system. We say that our chiropractic philosophy is based on deductive reasoning, not faith. We … Read more
One of the most important things we do in chiropractic is define our terms. The above phrase really annoys me. I tend to think that it came to us from the Palmers, perhaps indirectly, but whoever is responsible for it needs a review of Chiropractic Philosophy 101. There is a physical part of man. It … Read more