What is Vitalistic (Principled) Chiropractic?
There are two underlying philosophies in Healthcare, Vitalism and Mechanistic.
Mechanistic proposes that life is based on and caused by the physical and chemical forces of matter. It proposes that living things are like machines, complicated beyond description, yet no more than the sum of their many parts.
Vitalism is a philosophic doctrine which proposes that life is the result of a vital influence co-effective with the physical and chemical forces of matter. This concept recognizes the mechanism of a being and further recognizes the greater, vital influence which directs, regulates and maintains balance.
Vitalism is the understanding by which chiropractic was founded.
There is an intelligence which directs, guides and processes all events in the body. This intelligence was coined by the developer of chiropractic, D.D. Palmer, as Innate Intelligence. Innate Intelligence decides when to release insulin when you eat or fast. Innate knows how to combine 2 cells (an egg and a sperm) and turn it into a human being. Innate Intelligence is and will always be smarter than Educated Intelligence. Educated Intelligence told us tonsils are useless, appendix are not necessary and breasts should be removed if you are a high risk for breast cancer. All the greatest scientific minds in the world could not reconstruct a simple blade of grass, yet Innate directs the growth of grass every second (Innate is in every living organism).
When we encounter stresses (physical, chemical, emotional, spiritual), subluxations occur. A Vertebral Subluxation is a misaligned vertebra, resulting from a stress, causing an altered/diminished expression of Life. A subluxation leads to dis-ease, meaning your body is no longer at ease and no longer capable of operating at 100%. The Chiropractic Adjustment restores ease by addressing the subluxation, thus allowing Innate Intelligence to operate at 100%.
Chiropractors fall into two categories, Mechanistic & Vitalistic
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Vitalistic å The Adjustment is enough å Innate will guide the healing process å Understanding that healing is a process å The body heals better and faster when subluxations are adjusted å Innate/your body is smarter than the Chiropractor å People get adjusted because of education and they choose wellness å You can have symptoms and be healthy å You can have no symptoms and be sick |
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