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October 2004 Table of Contents
CBP® Research Update • Conventional Wisdom • Don's Opinion • CBP® and Geriatrics: A Case Report • Enough of Chiropractic is for This Pain or That Pain • Chiropractic Passion • The Purpose Driven Practice • Three New and Important Whiplash Articles • You Hired Me To Do A Job • ACA Lawsuit Dismissed • CBP® Online Cyber Update • Harrisons' and Caillet • ICA Files 'Amicus' Brief • A Response to Dr Fuhr • Life University Achieves Financial Goal • Structural Rehab Tool • CBP®'s Chiropractor of the Year • CBP®'s Annual Awards
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Enough of Chiropractic is for
This Pain or That Pain
by R. J. Hammett, D.C.
 Dr. Hammett is a chiropractor in private practice in Kenosha, Wisconsin. After graduating from Life College in 1979, he completed several post-graduate programs in Physical Impairments, Diagnostic Imaging and Rehabilitation. He completed his Juris Doctor in 1995. He has written articles for several Journals and has lectured to numerous Chiropractic groups on the topics of Practice Management and Risk Prevention.
Twenty-four years of private practice, twenty-four years of chiropractors, insurance companies, Boards and lawmakers telling me that chiropractic is great for neuro-muscular-skeletal problems and that’s all. Basically, keep to your neighborhood, Mr. Chiropractor and you’ll be okay with us. Well, I ask you, are you tired of this crap? Haven’t you had enough of people telling you what chiropractic is? At a recent Wisconsin rally for protection of insurance rights, the Director of the State Association made this quote; “This bill, if passed, will not eliminate back problems, neck problems or neuro-muscular-skeletal conditions.”
Now I understand we help backs, that’s great. But, what really is happening to your patients when you adjust them correctly for nerve interference? Do you really understand what’s happening inside them? Can you explain to yourself, as well as the patients you adjust what’s happening? Let’s see, the typical answers I’ve heard in 20 years are:
1. We’re removing nerve pressure.
2. We’re fixing pinched nerves.
3. We’re helping the body heal itself.
4. We’re helping the Innate Intelligence of the body to work better.
Yes, there are more, many, many more explanations of chiropractic adjustments. But, what do you think is really happening, when you move “Dem” “Bones”? What do your patients think?
What is it? “That something” that allows the environment of dis-ease to take hold in the human body. Let’s start at the beginning — Cells. I know you’ve heard it all before, but wait and read a little further. We are all energy, 70,000 trillion cells of energy. Roughly 100,000 different proteins are necessary for each cell to function correctly. Proteins cause the cells to grow and move, as well as a source of communication. The brain and nervous system controls and coordinates all cellular function in the body. A spinal adjustment allows for normalized communication between the brain and cells, cells and brain, and cells and cells.
When we adjust, we allow for an improved adaptation to our environment, both external and internal. Dis-ease in a nutshell is:
A. Environmental stress; chemical, physical and mental.
B. Innate slows down all non-essential organ functions, via the glandular system.
C. Fight of flight systems engage (Adrenal glands).
D. Blood and nutrients are directed to the muscles of the arms and legs, away from the viscera. (Think about why?)
E. The Adrenal gland suppresses the immune system (for energy preservation)
F. We become more susceptible to Dis-ease, because of a depressed immune system.
G. The more constant stresses, the more chronic dis-ease develops.
H. Spinal adjustments cause the nervous system to retake control, causing normalization of the hormone system, improving communication, and improving the immune system!
I. Better adaptation to the environment, better health!
Isn’t this a bit more important than manipulating backs for neck or lower back pain? Isn’t this what you should be explaining to your patients about chiropractic? Shouldn’t this be your spinal care guideline? Shouldn’t this be what the public knows?
‘Till next time.......
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