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Before registration the vast majority of chiropractors happily co-existed. Registration has polarised the chiropractic profession, as political agendas have taken precedence over the general interests of chiropractic. Public confidence in chiropractic is being eroded at a time when more people are seeking less invasive forms of health care. As seen in the illustration, co-operation is allways more efective than competition.
These discussion forums will give chiropractors, chiropractic students and "patients" the opportunity to present a positive image of traditional chiropractic and readdress the biomedical influence that is being imposed on the profession. This is happening in the form of regulation by lay people who have very limited understanding of chiropractic and its principles and chiropractors who through the GCC and their academic institutions are setting standards whose only distinguishing feature from physiotherapy is that "Chiropractors take x-rays".
These "leaders" are pushing their modernist "pain management" philosophy on students and Chiropractors by ignoring chiropractic traditions and promoting the belief that chiropractors who move outside the "best evidence" paradigm are unethical and not properly trained.
The common denominator for chiropractic practise is the nervous system. Chiropractors and their education must focus on the fact there is a relationship between the mechanics of the spine, the function of the nervous system and well-being. Despite efforts to discredit it, subluxation theory still encapsulates the principle of chiropractic better than anything else. Yes our understanding of anatomy and physiology has improved exponentially since DD Palmer adjusted Harvey Lillard on September 18th 1895, however his hypothesis is as relevant today as it ever was.
Chiropractors spend most of their time with like minded chiropractors. These forums give you the opportunity to broaden your understanding of our diverse profession.
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