In 1897, D.D. Palmer had a school where he taught students his clinical methods of palpation and adjusting of the spine in Davenport, Iowa and referred to this new practice as Chiropractic. By the early 1900’s, the Chiropractic Paradigm had its objective solidified as the following: “Vertebral Subluxation impinges nerves which causes dysfunction and [...]
A popular saying in Chiropractic is from B.J. Palmer: “The Big Idea.” The Big Idea is about how small things in life can make big impacts. “A slip on the snowy sidewalk, in winter, is a SMALL thing. It happens to millions. A fall from a ladder, in the summer, is a SMALL thing. [...]
Let’s discuss a common question within Chiropractic; do adjustments hurt? When properly facilitated, chiropractic adjustments should not hurt. But, with that being said, the answer that is most philosophically sound is: it depends. The reaction to the facilitation of the chiropractic adjustment depends upon the person receiving the adjustment as well as how the [...]
Stress is everywhere. How do you respond to it? Physiological stress, or the stress response, is the body’s reaction to a condition that poses as a physical, chemical or psychological threat or challenge to your well-being. Stressors produce certain negative physiological responses within your body depending upon what type of stress you encounter and [...]
Nowadays when you hear the word tone, you relate it to the musical connotation. In music, tone is a steady sound characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity, and quality. How does tone relate to chiropractic? D.D. Palmer, founder of chiropractic and the first school of chiropractic, used the word tone to describe the state [...]
One common factor that comes with rapid growth and change in both dental and spinal region for children is the opportunity for misalignment. The purpose of this analogy is to show the similarities of proper alignment in both the teeth and spine and how the common approach to sending your child to the orthodontist [...]
“Chiropractic is a philosophy, science and art of things natural; a system of adjusting the segments of the spinal column by hand only, for the correction of the cause of dis-ease.” -R. W. Stephenson, D.C., Ph.C. An opportunity to benefit at a higher level from chiropractic care is by growing in your understanding of [...]
Supply and demand is a principle of healing within the body and is in constant flux and stability based on the body’s inner wisdom to keep the trillions of cells within you working together through coordination and wellbeing. If your quality of life is not keeping up with the demands you’re placing on your [...]
The innate recuperative power for a higher quality of life is the Why of Chiropractic. A 2016 Gallup Study reported that Chiropractors adjust more than 35 million Americans (adults and children) annually in 2015. Fast forward that by five years and I can only imagine that number has increased due to today’s awareness of [...]
The Chiropractic 33 Principles are the building blocks to the philosophy, science and art of Chiropractic. They were first documented by R.W. Stephenson in 1927. Stephenson states, “The Science of Chiropractic holds that a Universal Intelligence created and is maintaining everything in the universe. This is manifested by movement and is called Life. A [...]
