It’s been referred to as the scourge of modern man. The age‐old affliction of low back pain has likely been with us since we achieved the upright posture. Over the millennia, healers and practitioners of all stripes have grappled with this challenging condition… stretching, pummeling, cracking and even hacking, in order to alleviate the pain […]
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Even though I love chiropractic and I was very good at adjusting, it always bothered me that a big part of our practice model is the idea of creating patients for life. I knew we could bring people to an improved level of function but, to keep them there, it seemed that we were obliged […]
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Science or PhilosophyI recently searched the internet for scientific evidence to support chiropractic. To my dismay, almost every listing—page after discouraging page—was filled with negative reviews and commentary on the lack of scientific validation or measurable outcomes to support the basic tenets of our profession. At best, a few articles demonstrate a slim advantage for […]
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Allen Berger, DC, FIACA, CMRPSince I started in chiropractic about 40 years ago, I have been troubled by the vertebral subluxation. It’s not that I question whether subluxations exist. The problem is that I can feel subluxations, but I don’t understand what’s going on and why they happen. The various explanations of subluxations I have seen […]
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