Comments on: Learning 1895 Chiropractic in 2009 Chiropractic Schools

By: Scott Garber

Scott Garber — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:57:42 +0000

Great post and the timing could have not been better for me to read this post. Recently on another board I went head to head with a another Doc who thought xrays were only used to educate patients. it’s a VERY effective tool for finding the position and visualizing the corrections of Subluxations.

By: Dr. Kevin Smith

Dr. Kevin Smith — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:45:18 +0000

Palpation is a tool. Just like x-ray is a tool. All tools are useful for certain jobs. No tool works for every job.

I agree that palpation all by itself lacks a lot of inter-examiner reliability. But in conjunction with a good case history, a thorough examination and perhaps even x-ray studies, we are able to gain a clear clinical impression of what’s going on with our patients.

By: January

January — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:09:46 +0000

I like the title too! I loved this when Dr. Kale shared it! Palpation and leg checks are iffy to me as a patient. I think x-rays and scanning is the way to go. But what do I know, right?!

By: DrZWard

DrZWard — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:57:48 +0000

What a perfect title for this post. I don’t understand the notion that long lever manipulation and “palpation-only” is somehow more modern and scientific than UC chiropractic. If anyone can find it, I highly recommend BJ’s book “An Exposition of Old Moves” which is basically a pictorial argument for the use of the toggle recoil in a full-spine context. He goes over every which way patients have been adjusted, from bone-setters to Osteopaths, and it’s quite something to see a supine diversified set-up with a notation from BJ saying something like: this move first originated among the osteopaths, with a reference to a book published in the late 1800s.

Of course, my favorite question is: how do you palpate and the angle and location of the occipital condyles?