(Editor’s note: This was originally written by Dr. Tom Forest in a weekly email to Upper Cervical Chiropractors and students.)
Three decades ago the Beach Boys had a song titled Be True to Your School which was about being loyal and strong despite cross-town rivals criticizing your school. A new one called Be True to Your Technique needs to be released NOW!
I say this because I am getting more and more confused students and young doctors asking me why upper cervical docs seem to be doing a lot more than Upper Cervical in their office. Last week I had a number of them asking me why their field doctor uses Activator along with their UC technique; why is the doc adjusting throughout the spine to “help Innate;” why is the doctor adjusting lower cervicals and upper thoracics; why is the doc adjusting on every visit when the UC concept is that “holding is healing?”
Do you NOT believe that the inborn intelligence of the body knows the sequence and speed with which the body should heal? I do not have an answer except I tell them that the more Upper Cervical you are, the higher the quality of care and exacting results. SO, IF YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF ‘OTHER’ THINGS IN YOUR PRACTICE… be honest with yourself and ask:
(1) Am I doing these other things because I really feel Upper Cervical is limiting?
(2) Am I doing these other things because of “insurance reimbursement” or patient demands?
IN CONCLUSION, ASK YOURSELF… WOULD B.J. (John Grostic, Michael Kale, Bud Crowder, Bill Blair,..) BE PROUD OF WHAT I AM DOING OR DO I NEED TO DO SOME “SLIPPING AND CHECKING”?
We all need to do some soul searching, including your’s truly, to make sure we are duplicating what the masters have advocated…and nothing more!
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No they don’t believe or understand chiropractic.
There are various techniques in Chiropractic. The art of Chiropractic is how you choose to practice. In my practice, I do Chiropractic, and only Chiropractic. I palpate, use emg, and do AK. When I adjust I do it innately and people get well. “The power that made the body heals the body” ADIO
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There are many techniques in chiropractic, even upper cervical chiropractic. I will give the individual chiropractor the benefit of the doubt that he or she is benefitting their patients. It is none of my business what another chiropractor or upper cervical chiropractor does. As long as its legal they have the right to do it. With the B.J. Palmer upper cervical method (which is side posture by the way) we want to see a measurement before and after out adjustment to see if we corrected the subluxation. We use a neurocalograph pattern analysis. This keeps us honest because instruments don’t lie, they just give information. We first want to establish a baseline by measuring the patient over att least a couple of days or more. Get 4 or 5 graphs and they should all be the same, if they are you have a static unchanging graph and you know the patient is subluxated. After taking the x-rays and adjusting the patient graph again. They should be out of their sick pattern. Don’t adjust again until sick pattern returns and does not go away. You need to work with this kind of instrumentation for a good 5 years and measure thousands of people in order to become confident in it, but once you do you will be positive that you know when to adjust and when not to adjust. You will have certainty and your patients will never trust anyone else because they are anchored to that certaintly. It creates lifetime patients