Thinking Straight

Is their a difference?

Just because people or organizations are against what we are against such as, outside-in thinking, addressing effects rather than cause, performing certain medical procedures or treating certain medical conditions  or diseases, doesn’t mean they are with us. We cannot count on anyone else but us to get our message out to the world.

The use of ones freedom should not infringe upon the freedom of another. To do so is anarchy.

At this time people often go to a chiropractor as a first choice rather than a last resort. Therefore it becomes more incumbent upon us to do certain things that we might not have done before. They have not first been to the M.D. who has ruled out or tried to treat their diseases. What are some … Read more

A symptom or sign is the normal response or abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation. The former we understand by deduction, the latter by (a usually negative)experience. The problem is that rarely can we tell the difference ,except in the case of death and then diagnosis, prognosis or recommendations are not necessary.

   I think it says something about our profession that we have a dozen or more “practice management” consultants for every chiropractic philosophy “consultant.”  But at least both are given equal emphasis in chiropractic colleges…almost none.  

Chiropractic has its share of urban legends or statements of “fact “that are accepted as truth  only because they have been repeated so often. Perhaps the most famous one is that attributed to Thomas Edison, that “The  doctor of the future will give no drugs….” Those at the “Edison  headquarters” in Menlo Park, N.J. have investigated … Read more

One of the problem with the nonlinear model of quantum mechanics, as I see it, is that there appears to be no absolutes, no laws. We must establish laws or standards, at least in certain areas. This is the dilemma of a free society, the right of free speech but not to yell fire in … Read more

Research appears to be an attempt to reconcile our chiropractic philosophy with science. Shouldn’t we be reconciling science with our philosophy? What is the difference?