A real standout of the world games is the sense of camaraderie between athletes. This re-emphasizes the values and design of the modern Olympics. One of the main intents of the Olympics was and is to bring nations together to celebrate their similarities and common values and interests. 100 years ago there were 20 nations represented – now there are over 200 nations joining in this celebration. The hugs and embraces and utterances of complementary respect between opposition competitors after…
Often the chiropractic lexicon is changed to that of another profession for acceptance or maybe just expedience or convenience. A word that could fall into this category could be ‘manipulation’. This word is commonly used in chiropractic and especially in chiropractic research. I suggest that in this context it comes about as a plea to get certain research published. Manipulation in general usage has connotations of twisting things to get control, whether its controlling a person, situation, tool, spine, mechanism…
As we have alluded to in past articles the most effective way to create confusion within a profession and ultimately lead to its destruction is to eliminate the use of its characteristic language and replace it with language that contradicts the original intent. The saying about “barking up the wrong tree” could be relevant here when it comes to a chiropractor’s focus. Is it on the finite or is it on the infinite? Let me explain. There is a medical…
Our current chiropractic vocabulary is full of baggage that obscures the truth of chiropractic. This has resulted in not only an identity crisis within our profession but I would suggest, less than optimum clinical outcomes, increased iatrogenic incidences and subsequent confusion within the communities we serve. One thing is for sure the more we use the language of another profession instead of ours the more we will create a destiny that is not ours. This will lead to destruction of…
I came across this quote from Moshe Feldenjrais, the developer of Feldenkrais body work. It speaks to the topic that we are visiting currently, that of the appropriateness of many of the words we use within the current chiropractic lexicon. “Traditionally, “authority” creates semantic paralysis to generate and perpetuate societal control. Enculturated narcosis and enforced mediocrity become the lead bottom ballast of the status quo. Our responsibility is to identify and isolate the “paralysis words”, quarantine them in our cerebral…
In this series I am considering some of the many commonly misused words that have diluted chiropractic over the years. It seems that many of the words that chiropractors have adopted are the domain of the medical profession. Whether this is by specific intention to assimilate into medicine and gain social self-esteem by such action or some misguided attempt to be more understood by medicine or the public I leave it to you to judge. All I can say is…
The most effective way to create confusion within and ultimately the destruction of a profession is to eliminate the use of its characteristic language and replace it with language that contradicts the original intent. In this series I am considering some of the many commonly misused words that have diluted chiropractic over the years and especially lately. It seems that many of the words that chiropractors have adopted are the domain of the medical profession. Whether this is by specific…
The most effective way to create confusion within and ultimately the destruction of a profession is to eliminate the use of its characteristic language and replace it with language that contradicts the original. In this series I am considering some of the many commonly misused words that have diluted chiropractic. It seems that all of the words that chiropractic has adopted that are the domain of another profession (medicine). By adopting them we lose the original meaning and take on…
Meaning one thing, saying another and doing yet something else is as confusing as it sounds. Yet, this is what we are doing as a profession. As we typically duck for cover in this time of unprecedented attacks from the medical profession we have a great opportunity to take a critical look at ourselves. We can ask whether the track we are on will lead to the ‘promised land’ of acceptance and adoration of government, medicine and media or will…
The Babylonian scholar and rabbi, Hillel, warned us about 400 BC to guard our thoughts because they become our words, and then, in turn, our words become our actions, our actions become our habits, our habits become our character and our character becomes our destiny. I suggest that your words are an essential link in that chain of manifestation and have created the destiny that you and when it comes to chiropractic, the profession in Australia and around the world…
The chiropractic profession is under intense external scrutiny in Australia – most would call it vicious attack. At the same time the divisions within the profession are no less vindictive and divisive than the disgusting campaign of hatred being orchestrated from outside. I contend that we are a profession that has been progressively weakened by a substandard education system over many years and we have finally come to a time of reckoning. We are at a time where we must…
The show of the medical machine protecting its turf continues on its merry way. In my, over 40 years in the chiropractic profession I have seen the constant rhetoric of medical profession attacking chiropractic with sensationalised media manipulation, personal attacks, innuendo, insinuation, half-truths, out of context quoting, misinformation, lies and influencing the government into vilifying a profession that does not buy into their medical myths. As a part of the regular chiro-bashing and bullying session the man who protects the…
