Pivot Review Archives

Outside-in Thinking

Recently, dozens of college presidents signed a document saying that the drinking age should be lowered because the higher age only causes more drinking of underage college students and causes irresponsible activities. However the same people think that making the possession of guns on campus illegal will stop the would be criminal and the shooting … Read more

Hearing with different ears.

There is a difference between a self-evident truth and a universally accepted truth. A self-evident truth can be determined by the individual without being convinced by someone else. It is one that is accepted based upon logic. A universally accepted truth is one that is accepted because everyone else accepts it.  February 2010

We Are Not Second Class Citizens

The “outside-inners” (those that reject the vitalistic philosophy) in the chiropractic profession have somehow convinced themselves, the educational community, the government and, to some degree, us, that we are inferior because we hold to an Above-down inside-out (ADIO) world and life viewpoint.  They have managed to convince enough people that, by virtue of our philosophy, … Read more

Our Chiropractic Treasure

Until something has been evaluated by an expert, we cannot know its real value. What seems to be junk may be an antique conversely we often overvalue objects. We can spend our lives looking for something of value which is not there and ignoring that which is of value. An example is the South African … Read more

The Vertebral Subluxation

 It is important in a scientific endeavor to continually reevaluate your findings and your theories, to make sure that they are still valid. I believe it is also important that we continually reevaluate aspects of our chiropractic philosophy. The philosophical aspect of the subluxation is an important area to be addressed. It is important because … Read more

Thot

We cannot change D.D. or B.J.’s idea of chiropractic and call it chiropractic but we must show when and where they were inconsistent with their own philosophy

Thots

Science is supposed to be amoral but it cannot exist as such in a moral void. There are moral decisions in science and the health field to be made every day. But that is not their desire. If they have no restriction, then anything they do is right. That is a pretty frightening thought for … Read more