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Chiropractic Featured in
Science & Medicine Magazine
The prestigious “Science & Medicine” magazine published
its first chiropractic article in the September /
October 1999 issue. The article, written by Tedd Koren,
D.C., was published in a series of articles the magazine
called, “Complementary and Alternative Medicine.” The
article itself covers a variety of issues in
chiropractic from the history of chiropractic to the
understanding of subluxation.
One of the more notable areas of the article was a
portion that listed three of the “vitalistic” views held
by chiropractors. These were listed as:
The body is intelligent and behaves in a purposeful way.
Something inside living creatures causes them to respond
and learn.
Illness is reactive, curative response, and symptoms are
beneficial phenomena that should not be suppressed or
eliminated.
Vitalist therapeutics seeks to strengthen the patient
powers of resistance and compensate for a predisposition
to become ill.
Perhaps one of the best portions of the article was when
Dr. Koren listed the many types of problems people come
to chiropractors for. After reciting this long list he
summed the care up by saying, “It must be remembered
that the purpose of the spinal adjustment is correction
of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex, not the treatment
of these various disorders.” Dr. Koren concludes by
quoting the founder of chiropractic, Dr. D.D. Palmer,
“Pressure on nerves causes irritation and tension with
deranged functions as a result. Why not release the
pressure? Why not adjust causes instead of treating
effects? Why not?” |
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