Making recommendations regarding lifestyle, diet, rest, and exercise, involves being an authority. There is only one authority when it comes to matters of healthy living-the innate intelligence of the body. Assuming that role is the practice of medicine.
Cycles are an important concept in the Palmer philosophy. B.J., Craven and Stephenson wrote many pages of text explaining them. They need to be examined, understood and further developed. I have addressed a number of cycles before in various ways, in an attempt to bring further light to our understanding… always being met with questions … Read more
The law of organization/universal intelligence organizes matter on the atomic level because all matter is made up of atoms. That is why its forces can be said to be destructive toward structural matter and not be considered “bad.” The atomic level is the most stable state of matter. Living matter, that which is functioning in … Read more
There are only three types of perception: rationalism, empiricism and faith/authority. Some outside-in concepts that masquerade as above-down ask us to reject the first two and utilze the third for the perception and acceptance of truth. That is not wrong in and of itself as long as the authority you are putting your faith in … Read more
There are a number of good arguments for HIO but I recently heard an old one that leaves me perplexed. The argument is that the more you allow the body to do for itself like correct subluxations below Axis the stronger it becomes. Conversely, the more you do for it, like correct those subluxations, the … Read more
There are a number of good arguments for HIO but I recently heard an old one that leaves me perplexed. The argument is that the more you allow the body to do for itself like correct subluxations below Axis the stronger it becomes. Conversely, the more you do for it, like correct those subluxations, the … Read more
To truly understand the Safety Pin Cycle and every other cycle for that matter, we need to understand the chiropractic philosophical construct called the ” innate brain.” We must first understand that “there is no transmission of mental impulses from innate intelligence to innate brain” (Stephenson p.13). We seem to confuse the location of the … Read more
B.J. continually checked the profession’s slipping by virtue of his position, his power and his personality. Today we do not have a B.J. Palmer so we must rely upon our philosophy.
Of all the things Reggie Gold gave us, in my opinion, vision was the greatest gift. It was more than just sharing his vision. It was sharing the vision that each one of us could have our own vision of chiropractic and through that give greater vision to the profession. By continually sharing with us … Read more
I think in using these terms, we chiropractors tend to use them literally rather than evaluating them according to the mindset used in making decisions. Taking drugs is outside-in not because that is how they enter the body but because it is based upon the idea that health can come from outside. Eating good, wholesome, … Read more