A reader wrote (years ago in a personal letter): “When faced with questions from lay people about why under certain circumstances healing sometimes fails to occur in spite of this wondrous innate intelligence we espouse, we fall back on the concept of limitations of matter. I believe it is not matter which is limiting , … Read more
BJ made many changes during the course of his writing and his lifetime. Perfect example is the Meric system. Why should we conclude that the thinking and developing of the chiropractic philosophy ceased when he died?
A response is the normal innate activity as a result of an abnormal situation. It occurs in the absence of or in the presence of vertebral subluxation. (Just a little better without vertebral subluxation) A reaction is the abnormal activity in the body due to limitations of matter which may or may not be the … Read more
It’s not enough to just say we are subluxation-centered. We must clearly explain WHY we are. Subluxation-centered only states WHAT we do. Traditional chiropractic seems to me to leave the WHY open and I fear they do that purposefully (in order to justify “getting sick people well”). Objective chiropractic includes the WHY of subluxation correction, … Read more
B.J.’s last will and testament was signed by him and witnessed by 3 persons in Sarasota Florida on January 11, 1961. He died in May of that year and the document was filed on June 28th 1961. In that will in article III, he directed his Executor to publish “as soon as convenient after my … Read more
A reader posted the following comment “Joe- It seems good reason to me that there should be no distinctive “types” of chiropractors at all. You either are practicing chiropractic, or you are not. Of course, when I make this statement in a public forum there is always one individual that makes the following statement, “why … Read more
It appears we are about to see a great influx of immigrants into this country as our government prepares to open the doors, and perhaps give amnesty to those who are already here illegally. It is quite likely to happen and it presents some great opportunities and challenges to chiropractic. The opportunity lies in the … Read more
If we measure a physiological function in a person who is also found to be subluxated and we adjust the vertebral subluxation and the physiological function changes, does that mean we have corrected the vertebral subluxation and the body is now functioning closer to normal?
“Dr. Joe I was reading in your book,Chiropractic Philosophy, that it is the Innate Intelligence that ultimately makes the adjustment. How does it come to pass that the appropriate force introduced by the chiropractor enables the innate intelligence to correct the subluxation? Is there a secondary Movement or impulse that takes place subsequent to the … Read more
Do you take an active part in the practice of chiropractic or are you just standing there as a bystander, observing what is happening. I like to think of myself as a participant in the adjustment, in the correction of the vertebral subluxation. I realize that I am not a major participant. The location and … Read more