LifeLines Category: Chiropractic Philosophy
Tone
D.D. Palmer stated “Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of chiropractic.” How does the nervous system play a role in postural tone? The nervous system controls and ...
Subatomic Influences
B.J. Palmer once said, chiropractic was founded on tone. I haven’t exactly read all of the green books, but I wonder what thought process he went through to make such a conclusive statement. The cente...
Law of Vibration
Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates. -The Kybalion — Dr. Norma J. Milanovich and Dr. Shirley D. McCune in “The Light Shall Set You Free” Everything in the universe is in motion,...
Neurogenesis and Exercising Your Brain
Everyone knows movement is good for our bodies, and everyone will agree that exercise throughout our lives is beneficial for our physical health. What about the health of our nervous systems? Is it po...
Chant Your Naad: Exercising The Right to Use Your Sacred Voice
Many of those who know me know that I am an avid and devoted practitioner of Kundalini Yoga, the yoga of awareness. This style of yoga was famously taught within a very specific lineage in India for g...
Rehabilitation and Maintenance Care: An Evidence-Based Critique
The story of the first chiropractic adjustment is one we all know well. Every student to pass through the halls of Life Chiropractic College West has repeatedly heard this same story from an astoundin...
As the World Burns: On Rehabilitating the Chiropractic Profession Before It’s Too Late
When I was in University, I went on a delirious late-night rant about climate change one night in which I made a number of dramatic and outlandish claims about overpopulation and our disposable cultur...
The Body as a Whole
Even before I knew what vitalism and mechanism were, I felt that the body worked as a whole, especially once I started to work in health care. I would see people working on highly focused fields of st...
The Real Vitalistic Life
Vitalism. The emphasis on the non-physical, non-chemical aspect of the human experience. It seems as if vitalism is one of those terms with multiple definitions and general descriptions. What exactly ...