A seeming paradox in chiropractic is the fact that we do not go by feelings. Symptoms are not a criteria or a guide to health (or absence of health). Yet we want our practice members to listen to the innate intelligence of his/her body. I don’t mean in some metaphysical way like “innate tells me … Read more
“Vitalism adds another burden to science” – Nelson Sorry, but that’s tough. Should the science of aeronautics be excused from the “burden” of gravity? Vitalism is actually the only thing that is hindering the profession from a wholesale slide into medicine, going the way of osteopathy. The “burden” of vitalism is the ballast in the ship … Read more
Do we depend upon practice members having an understanding of the ADIO philosophy so that they can make intelligent decisions with regard to personal issues like vaccination, fluoride, and the dangers of drugs and surgery. Or do we give that information to them and become known as medical bashers and, more important, have the public mistakenly assume that chiropractic is an alternative … Read more
The only claim that chiropractic can accurately and truthfully make is that it corrects vertebral subluxations which are an interference to the transmission of messages from the innate intelligence of the body to the tissues of the body. For some of us that is enough. For the others…well, they really have no grasp of the ramifications … Read more
It has been charged by medical doctors that no one can move the vertebrae of the spine. Some therefore claim that what chiropractors do is either outright fraud or something they have convinced themselves of and have taught their patients. Many years ago, the College of Medical Evangelists located in Loma Linda, California, went so … Read more
Our form of government is one based on the autonomy of individuals. Our health care system is one based upon control of individuals. That doesn’t make sense.
No matter how much we think we are expanding our vision of chiropractic, it seems we are always putting limits on it. Unfortunately, we convey those limits to those around us and even more unfortunate is the fact that we often convey them to those who come after us. D.D’s Little Box D.D. Palmer gave … Read more
Chiropractic college will never teach students how to practice. Schools are always far behind the curve of what is necessary for practice. They are because in most chiropractic schools the instructors do not practice or have not practiced for years. The world is changing so quickly, it is difficult to keep up. Can you imagine … Read more
This article recently appeared on my Facebook. For those of you who have not seen it, I offer it here: You had to know that if the government bureaucracy made enough rules and regulations to control our health care, eventually they would come up with a regulation that was philosophically correct but at the same … Read more
Syncretism is defined by the American Heritage College Dictionary as “Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief especially with partial success or a heterogeneous result.” If only B.J. or D.D. had coined that term we might have avoided many of the problems that the profession has today. In an issue of the Pivot Review … Read more