(Editor’s note: This article can be found at Chirowebs.net.)

The new mother was told that her twin babies had died after birth. However the truth was far different: they were sent to an institute near Moscow to be studied. This was to be the fate of “Masha” and “Dasha”, one of the most unusual sets of “Siamese” or conjoined twins ever born.

Identical twins are formed when a fertilized egg divides into two eggs. The two eggs grow into two babies that are identical in every respect. Conjoined or Siamese twins are formed in the same way as identical twins but the eggs, for some reason, don’t completely separate; instead, they remain partially attached. It was the unique way in which the twins were connected that caused Soviet scientists to take such an interest in them.

Although Masha and Dasha have four arms, they have only three legs. They stand on two of their legs, one controlled by Masha, one by Dasha (they were five before they learned how to walk) while a third, vestigial leg remains in the air behind them. Their upper intestines are separated but they share a single lower intestine and rectum. They have four kidneys and one bladder, and often disagree on when to urinate. They have a common reproductive system.

Because their circulatory systems are inter connected, the twins share each other’s blood. Therefore, a bacterium or virus that enters one twin’s bloodstream will soon be seen in the blood of her sister. Yet surprisingly, illness affects them differently. Dasha is short-sighted, prone to colds and right-handed. Masha smokes occasionally, has a healthier constitution, higher blood pressure than her sister, good eyesight and is left-handed.

The twins differing health patterns present a mystery. Why did one become ill with a childhood disease, like measles for example, while the other did not? The measles “bug” was in both of their bodies, in their collective bloodstream; so why didn’t both get the measles?

Evidently there is more to “getting the measles” than having the measles “bug”. This phenomenon was seen over and over again with the girls (flu, colds, other childhood diseases were all experienced separately). If germs alone had the power to cause infectious diseases, why would one of the twins be disease-free while the other was ill? What was it in their makeup that differentiated one from the other?

The answer was not far to seek. Although Masha and Dasha had common circulatory, digestive, excretory, lymphatic, endocrine and skeletal systems (they were joined at the hips), they had separate spinal columns and spinal cords. This was the only important difference between the two girls.

In Masha and Dasha, nature’s “laboratory” devised an experiment that no human researcher could ever duplicate. These extraordinary twins are an invaluable example confirming that there is much more to “catching” a disease than simply breathing in germs; germs can make you sick if and only if your body provides fertile ground to grow in.

The state of your nerve system can determine whether you have high or low resistance to disease. If you are suffering from disease, the health of your nerve system will play a decisive role in whether or not (and how rapidly) you will recover. By keeping your spinal column and nerve system free of subluxations, chiropractic care helps you optimize your overall state of health.

Masha and Dasha became celebrities when they appeared on a popular national television program in Russia. They were reunited with their mother (their father had since died) and are hopeful: “The past forty years haven’t been so good, but things are looking up for the next forty,” said Dasha.

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I wrote another article over at the Rockstar Chiropractic Project entitled Is it a Slippery Slope? Or an All-Out Free Fall? Here’s an excerpt:

When the AMA began a systematic attack of the Chiropractic profession back in 1963 through its Committee on Quackery, one of its goals was to eliminate or contain Chiropractic. As evidenced by the favorable ruling in the Wilk et al vs AMA antitrust case in 1987, elimination of the Chiropractic profession never happened.

However, Dr. James Winterstein is proof positive that containment is alive and well and on the move.

You can read it in full by clicking here.

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Here are some links to blog posts I put together explaining the various properties of Innate Intelligence. I enjoyed writing them and I hope you enjoy reading them.

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• Chiropractic Principle #11: The Character of Universal Forces
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• Chiropractic Principle #9: The Amount of Force Created by Intelligence
• Chiropractic Principle #8: The Function of Intelligence

The function of force is to unite intelligence and matter.

It has been established that we each have an Innate Intelligence within each of us that coordinates all function. It has also been established that our bodies are composed of matter; numerous elements clustered and configured in various ways to make up our human bodies. So what is the link between our Innate Intelligence and our bodies?

Force. Force in the form of mental impulses carried out by the nervous system via the Innate Intelligence. It is this vital communication that keeps our bodies healthy and functioning.

When our spines come under the degenerative and destructive presence of a vertebral subluxation, the nervous system transmission between our brain and bodies is diminished. There is a disconnect between what the brain is telling the body to do, and what the body is actually doing.

Chiropractic care improves health by restoring proper spinal alignment through specific Chiropractic adjustments. These adjustments are given at the level of the vertebral subluxation. The body’s Innate Intelligence then accepts and distributes the force in the best way possible. This may mean complete restoration of proper vertebral position, taking all stress and tension off the spinal cord and spinal nerves, or it may mean partial restoration resulting in partial removal of cord and nerve stress and tension.

In either case, it is an improvement in health, and one needed for the Innate Intelligence to unite with matter through force.

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Dr. Ian Bulow recently made one of the best Chiropractic videos I’ve ever seen, and I wanted to share it with you here today. Enjoy!

Click here to view the embedded video.

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Some of you may be wondering what in the world this Latin phrase means. In short, it means the effect will leave when the cause is removed. In essence, this could be the motto of Chiropractic.

In medicine, however, the effect is looked at as the cause. When people get a headache, they are given drugs to reduce the pain, or symptoms, of the headache. This would seem that a cause for this problem is a lack of drugs in the bloodstream.^₁

The Cause of All Dis-ease

Dis-ease is much different than disease. By dis-ease, we mean a lack of ease, not a full blown disease like cancer. In this case the nervous system is not easily coordinating its communication with the rest of the body.

Why? Because of the vertebral subluxation.

The vertebral subluxation, or subluxation for short, is a shift in one of the vertebrae that consists of four components: misalignment, narrowing of spinal canal, pressure or tension on the spinal cord and/or brain stem area, and interference to the transmission of mental impulses from the nervous system to the body.

Because of these four components, the subluxation will be most damaging in the upper cervical spine, at Atlas (C1) or Axis (C2), where all four of these components can exist at once. Because of the characteristics of the subluxation, it can pose serious implications for one’s health if left unattended for a long period of time. And considering the birth process itself is a traumatic event for a newborn baby, a subluxation from birth left alone for a lifetime will only decrease the quality of life.

The subluxation will impose a blockage to the essential communication needed between the brain and the body. With this communication interrupted by a subluxation, health problems like high blood pressure, decreased organ function, and headaches will arise. This is not an if, but a when.

The goal of Chiropractic is to ensure the nervous system is functioning as it should, properly communicating to the body and vice versa. A careful Chiropractic analysis and specific adjustment to the upper cervical spine will enable the spine to exist subluxation-free, thereby allowing one to experience a life free of the incoordination between brain and body.

This is what we call true health.

REFERENCE

1. Sinnott, Robert J., Sinnott’s Textbook of Chiropractic Philosophy Volume 1, Sinnott 2009, page 10-11.

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Lately I’ve been stumbling across a number of publications and articles citing Chiropractors as healers. This article, in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, cites a Chiropractic healer as having the following four attributes:

-Touch and Intentionality
-Empathy and Compassion
-Effective Communication
-Healing Presence and Spirituality

Now don’t get me wrong, those attributes are very important. I don’t think many Chiropractors can have a successful practice being callous or having poor communication skills. However, having those traits does not equate to a Chiropractor healing someone’s body.

In fact, Chiropractors don’t heal anyone or anything. If anything, Chiropractors are only facilitators. Let me explain how.

When a vertebral subluxation is present in the spine, the body cannot receive the proper communication from the brain, OR send the proper sensory communication back up to the brain. This is because the subluxation is causing stress and tension to the spinal cord, affecting nervous system communication. When this takes place, the body goes into a state of dis-ease, which will eventually progress into a full-blown disease.

When a Chiropractor delivers a specific force to the level of the spine where the subluxation is present, it is the body’s Innate Intelligence that accepts the force and administers the adjustment. It may result in a full or partial reduction of the subluxation, but there is no way to accurately predetermine how much of the subluxation will be reduced.

It is the reduction of the subluxation, the interference to the brain-body communication, that allows the fullness of nervous system messages to reach their bodily destinations in full. When the full brain-body communication is present, it creates a healing atmosphere within the under-performing area of the body needing it most.

To put it simply, Chiropractors are just assistants to your body’s Innate Intelligence.

After all, who knows more… me or the power that made your body and can heal your body?

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The amount of force created by intelligence is always 100%.

We know intelligence in anything is always 100%, organizing and directing at all times. We also know that matter should be 100%, in order to express life at its fullest. But 100% in the human body is not possible, unless you happen to be immortal… and more than likely you are not.

But did you know the amount of force generated by intelligence is 100% also? But how can that be in a sick, diseased, or symptomatic person? How can a person with trigeminal neuralgia have 100% force in their body? Or a person with low back pain? Or a weakened immune system?

When Innate Intelligence is creating force, it is 100% at that point. As the mental impulse travels down the nervous system pathways, that is when 100% force may hit a dam or blockage in the form of a vertebral subluxation. At that point, the diminished impulses will travel down to their destinations, but not in their full form. The organ or body system starved of the fullness of mental impulses over time will begin breaking down much sooner than normal, taking matter further away from 100%.

Chiropractic restores the proper communication between the nervous system and the body, allowing for the fullness of mental impulses to travel down to their proper destinations. This allows 100% force created by 100% intelligence to do its job of building matter up to as close to 100% as possible.

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I wrote an article for Dr. Jason Ulsrud’s site, the Rockstar Chiropractic Project that was posted today. Click on the following link to read it:

Why He Went to Jail… For Chiropractic? or Biofreeze & Standard Process???

Enjoy!!!

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It’s that time again… time for another FREE e-book from The Atlas of Life! This time, we’re covering Innate Intelligence and what it means for your life in Above Down Inside Out: Your Guide to How Your Body Works.

If you have read this blog for a while, you’ll probably remember how I did a series on Innate Intelligence in late 2010. I covered the five properties of Innate Intelligence, what they do, and how they affect our health.

I planned on combining that series into an e-book before I ever started it, and this is that e-book. I had a lot of fun writing about Innate Intelligence and, if you didn’t read that series, I hope you enjoy reading this e-book.

You can click here to download Above Down Inside Out: Your Guide to How Your Body Works or click on the image below.

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