Even though the difference between the effects of being subluxated and being unsubluxated cannot be measured, there remains an important difference. We must ask ourselves if that difference is significant. Frankly, we do not know. But do you want people to ignore having their subluxations corrected with the possibility that it is, in fact, significant?
What ever happened to the Neuroencephelomentimpograph (boy spellcheck hated that one), did that instrument not prove the before and after effects of adjustments? Then there was a study done by a MD that traced pathological tissue back to the degenerated section of the spine. What about nerve tracing as practiced before x-ray became popular? Goggle “New German Medicine”, sounds a lot like BJ’s damming back idea. The only thing missing is the subluxation. All that and results I see every day in practice is enough for me. I would however still like to see our colleges doing more research on the subluxation. Even if done only on the physical aspect, this could perhaps lead to a course of action for the metaphysical component later.
Neuroelctroencephlomentimpograph?
Getting closer!
Electroencephelo-neuromentipograph there! (spellcheck still hates it)
I think its ………..ceph(a)lo….ti(m)po… But I’m going to give you an A- for persistence!
Steve, every instrument before and after the ‘timpograph as well as x-ray, bony palpation, and nerve tracing was designed to measure the results/effects of VS. It however was meant to measure the physical component of the mental impulse (as Claude says, you cannot measure the metaphysical aspect of it). I’m not sure what the end result was but the research ended. Perhaps BJ realized that the real issue was the information that the mental impulse carried and that was not measurable and in the end, all he had was the “envelope” of a “letter” but not the content of the letter. The envelope only tells you who and where it came from. That’s all conjecture on my part. I would be interested in what you mean by “BJ’s damming back idea”.
Google “New German Medicine” ( Dr Hammer, I think). This guy has related lesions in the brain (brain scans with focal densities) that correlate with pathology in the body. Get this, he even states a relationship with unadapted stress, trauma, and toxins. I swear it sounds like congestion above and starvation below. The only thing missing is subluxation.
Steve,
How would you call an instrument that would deal (and it would have to be metaphysical itself) with the metaphysical component of the vertebral subluxation?
See, that’s what the problem is. The human mind cannot comprehend the limitless time and space. Go to the edge of space, then what? You can’t do it… Can you?
From this reasoning, we can deduct that we are dealing with something much bigger than we are and we perhaps we should be attempting to live our unanswered questions by doing what we are called to do: LACVS for a full expression of the innate intelligence of the body. Period.
I know Claude, I just like to poke the metaphysical bear once and a while. Who knows some day, some how, some one might just try to shut me up with an answer.
When you drop a rock into a glass of water you can easily observe the level rise. When you take that same rock and throw it into Lake Michigan you know by logic that the water will rise even though you cannot perceive it.
With regard to subluxation correction:
I don’t know how possible it is to quantify a philosophy, but I sometimes think it could somehow help our profession if properly done. We all agree that, by logic, the PM is better off with us than without us, but is it possible to measure what that translates to in the real world? How much better of an expression of ii does someone get to experience? What can this mean in their life? How much of this can they perceive? What does it look like when it happens? How much of it cannot be percieved? How much better is their performance? Do they live longer? How much? Are they happier? Are they less irritable with their kids? How much more efficient is their immune system? How much more efficient is their nerve system? What does that even mean?? Are there appropriate ways to ask these questions that will give us meaningful answers? Meaningful to whom?
Like everything else, I am sure it depends upon a lot of factors, but it would be nice if chiropractic research focused more on these questions than on XYZ disease/syndrome going away after getting adjusted. Are the above things (possible effects of subluxation reduction) possible to be measured without crossing normal vs. average lines? What if a different technique did a better job over one we use? Are these questions we dare to even ask?