Technic and Practice of ChiropracticLoban, Joy Maxwell
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Technic and Practice of Chiropractic
Loban, Joy Maxwell
Chiropractic
Osteopathy, since the profession has become aware of the superior
results obtainable by vertebral adjustment, is rapidly adopting many
Chiropractic methods and counterfeiting it as far as possible. Perusal
of their literature of various periods clearly shows that this is a new
growth and that they have never adopted in theory what they sometimes
use in practice. In fact both the above methods _treat disease_,
following the theory of medicine with the use of different remedies
only, while Chiropractic _adjusts the cause_ of disease and avoids
treatment of any kind. Chiropractic is not a branch of medicine, never
can be a branch of medicine because it is inherently and fundamentally
antagonistic to the very basic principles of medicine, and no statute
can change the fact of such antagonism. But unless we adhere strictly
to the fundamental principles of our own practice and limit ourselves
to the methods which grow from those principles Chiropractic _may
become_ a part of medicine. Which brings us to
The Use of Adjuncts
There are many methods of treating disease which are more or less
beneficial to the patient just as there are some which are always
injurious. Shall we employ such of these methods as are beneficial as
adjuncts to the practice of Chiropractic? Or shall we adhere to the
principle that the treatment of disease is erroneous and the adjustment
of its cause the only logical method of procedure? There is much to
be said on both sides of this question which has so long agitated the
profession.
In the class of beneficial adjuncts may be placed massage,
hydrotherapy, spondylotherapy, dietetics, osteopathy, Christian
Science, suggestive therapeutics, mechano-therapy, and many others.
Each of these has its field of usefulness; each taken alone is
productive of some good in some cases at least. Each might possibly
augment the results of Chiropractic, or hasten them in some cases,
if judiciously used. By judiciously used we mean the avoidance of
any method which would in the least interfere with proper vertebral
adjustment or its results or which might carelessly cause subluxation.
Osteopathy and mechano-therapy frequently cause subluxation because of
the ignorance on the part of their users; they need not do so.
Among the pernicious adjuncts, or those which are harmful if combined
with adjustments or harmful whenever and however used, may be mentioned
drug medicine, serum therapy, and electricity. The first two may
sometimes prove the lesser evil if used alone. With Chiropractic they
are always unnecessary and always tend to lessen the good effect
of adjustments. The latter alone is beneficial but in combination
with Chiropractic proves a double stimulant to the nerves and should
be avoided. The effect of these methods when used with Chiropractic
can never be accurately predicted. One can only be certain that some
unfortunate effect will follow.
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