The educated brain of man can build a skyscraper out of wood and steel, bricks and mortar. The innate intelligence of the body can make an educated brain cell out of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. In which should our confidence lie?
Position: If the vertebral subluxation is an anatomical and physiological abnormality and anatomical and physiological abnormalities are the domain of a health care profession then chiropractic is a health care profession. Response: What makes chiropractic unique and arguably places it outside the so-called health care professions is the fact that a metaphysical aberration,in the form … Read more
“There is no record of any interference on afferent nerves by any of our electroencephaloneuromentimpograph readings”- BJ Palmer (audio tape recording)1951/1953. What do you think of that statement?
“There is no record of any interference on afferent nerves by any of our electroencephaloneuromentimpograph readings”- BJ Palmer (audio tape recording)1951/1953. What do you think of that statement?
Isn’t it sad that many chiropractors want to leave chiropractic where its philosophy paused in 1961 and not carry on by continuing to develop the great thinking that was given to us up to that time. I believe that the understanding of any great idea either goes forward and grows or stands still and withers. … Read more
We must realize how much a sphere of influence, we have as NTOSCors. I hate to think where chiropractic would be today if it were not for the NTOSC movement begun in 1973 with the founding of Sherman,the FSCO, and people like Thom Gelardi and Reggie. There is no doubt the “objective” aspect of NTOSC … Read more
What we have traditionally called an adjustment reaction should be more appropriately called an adjustment response. Reaction has a negative connotation. Two of the three responses are not necessarily negative and the third is not the result of the adjustment but of the universal force of the adjustic thrust which may or may not be … Read more
Effect nearly always follows cause immediately. If it does not you must question whether it is THE cause . It may be but it is more likely a contributing factor rather than the cause. It seems to me that B.J. and those that followed him were incorrect in maintaining that VS was the cause of … Read more
Why is it we are so embarrassed making that statement? Perhaps we should make an effort to explain to people just how much we and all of science don’t know about anything, epecially when it comes to matters concerning the human body.
The objective of “correcting the cause of all disease” may even be correct as the Palmers presented it. But from a practical and philosophical standpoint, it doesn’t always happen. However, the statement implies that it does, or at the least gives people an unreasonable expectation. That is why the non-therapeutic chiropractor has created an objective … Read more