We are introducing energy into people when we make the adjustment (the adjustic thrust). But that is a side effect which may have good, bad or no apparent ramifications. While it may represent the basis for some healing arts or “chiropractic techniques”, it has nothing to do with the practice of chiropractic. Our intention is … Read more
When BJ says that chiropractors are “seeking to find specific for the cause of all dis-ease” (Green Book, Volume XIII), what do you think he meant by that statement?
One of the major topics of discussion during the development of ADIO Institute of Straight Chiropractic, later named Pennsylvania College of Straight Chiropractic was the “Conspiracy.” It was the opinion of some that there was a concerted effort by everyone from the ACA, ICA, CCE, NBCE, most chiropractic colleges, the PCS down to the county … Read more
Historically, straights did not see chiropractic as a cure-all, but rather for the correction of the cause of DIS-EASE. So when adjusted patients did not get better, they wrote it off to limitations of time and matter. The mixers, on the other hand, saw chiropractic as a cure for all disease. When it failed to … Read more
Visionary thinking requires a system for it to be successful. Objective Straight Chiropractic is a system. Getting bigger, richer, or more famous or powerful for self outside of a system ultimately fails in creating a fulfilling life. It’s like unrelated snapshots in an album, nice but no story or message, no purpose or meaning. A … Read more
When I posted on this blog on December 14, I got an interesting and thoughtful email from a chiropractor. He quoted an East Indian philosopher who said “Religious…Organizations of thought inevitably become hindrances to thought.” The chiropractor went on to say that “chiropractic philosophy is like religion in that it adheres to absolute principles and … Read more
The main problem with the “power of positive thinking” movement is that it sees positive thinking as the means rather than the result, just as medicine sees getting rid of symptoms as the means to health rather than the result.
You cannot substitute one component of health for another. In fact, in trying to do that, the substitution can actually do more harm that good. Common sense says you cannot eat more to make up for a lack of execise. It will do more harm than good. You cannot increase your exercise program instead of … Read more
If anyone can scientifically demonstrate that a positive change occurs after an adjustment ONCE, for one person, they have proved the efficacy of chiropractic care for every person ONCE AND FOR ALL. If you need to do it for every person who comes in the office or for every condition, it seems to me that … Read more
Without the ability to make decisions there is no freedom. You can never make good decisions in life unless you can discern good from bad, right from wrong. You can never discern good from bad, right from wrong, unless you have absolutes, standards or principles by which to measure those decisions. The greatest standards (laws) … Read more