Thinking Straight

Technique Wars

There will probably always be arguments over technique and frankly they serve no purpose because all techniques work. What is important from a philosophical point of view is that the technique is based upon sound chiropractic principles. Osteopaths have probably corrected many subluxations over the years. Medical doctors with their crude forms of manipulation may … Read more

Repetition

People (chiropractors and practice members in particular) don’t seem to be bothered by repetition except when it comes to repeating a truth, something you would think they would never get tired of hearing. As B.J. would say “Odd isn’t it!”

The Adjustic Thrust

We refineuniversal forces by our educatedly-directed, specific, adjustic thrusts so that they may be used by the innate intelligence of the body. They are then converted into innate forces in order for the innate intelligence to make an adjustment.

Professional Objectives

Part of our profession wants to emphasize our similarty to medicine. Part of our profession wants to emphasize our difference from medicine. The part you belong to will determine, to a great degree, how you practice.

Deduction

Chiropractic philosophy is based upon the deduction that the body is perfectly designed and there is a perfect principle, the law of life, that runs it. Evolution is based upon the idea that nothing is perfect therefore everything is continually evolving, becoming better and better. If that is true, how can we conclude that a … Read more

The Difference Between Evolution and Adaptation

Evoulution is a theory based upon the premise that a lesser form can change into a more complex or more adaptable form as a result of time plus chance. Adaptation, on the other hand, is intelligently-directed changes in an organism, the result of temporary or permanent changes in the matter, as a response to the … Read more

Q&A #34 Symptoms

Are the manifestations of chronic disease what the body is doing to adapt to a vertebral subluxation, in other words, the changes have been put there by the innate intelligence of the body? Or is it the result of limitations of matter? Is there any way we can say that any medical problem is the … Read more

Raising Potential

Chiropractors cannot do anything to add to one’s potential with regard to life and health but we can remove an interference, the vertebral subluxation, that prevents one from reaching his/her potential in every area of life and health.