CT Test 2

DD Palmers reasons for sublaxation

toxins, physical trauma, thoughts

Major Sublaxation

DD Palmer insisted he only adjusted this joint and that it caused all other sublaxations and disease

Theory #1

Inflamation caused by displaced anatomical parts and came to him in a spiritual revelation

Theory #2

Focus on nerve impingment

Theory #3

Nerve Stretching and slackening as the critical factor. “tension regulation theory”

Tone

Structural/mechanical, psychological/spiritual, chemical/nutritional, Normal strength and function in a state of health

Who claimed that neurocalometer was the only way to find sublaxations

BJ Palmer

Neurocalometer

Invented by Dossa D. Evans, developed by Otto Schiernbeck

Hole in one

BJ Palmer, upper cervical toggle recoil adjusting

Universal Intelligence

spirituality, God, animating force that holds the mind and body together. Some people connect via meditation or prayer

Innate Intelligence

vitalistic life force in humans. It involves self-awareness and self-healing.

Educated intelligence

what your body and nervous system learn over time such as control of voluntary muscles

The meric system

This system held that levels of spinal subluxation were connected to various organ systems according to the innervation of the autonomic and peripheral nerves; developed by BJ Palmer and James Wishart 1910

Subluxation path over the years

Focus was on structure while it was static,

Then the focus was on impacted function and joint motion while dynamic

Thermography

pioneered by B.J. Palmer as a method of detecting vertebral subluxation using the Neurocalometer in 1924

Spinography

involves weight bearing radiographs used by B.J. Palmer between 1908 and 1922.

Stephenson’s 33 Principles

#1 Principle. (The Major Premise): There exists a Universal Intelligence which brings organization to all matter, and maintains it’s existence

The testable principle (materialism)

Mixers

The untestable metaphor (vitalism)

Straight

Holism

Focuses on the patient as a whole—mind, body, spirit, environment—rather than just the disease or symptoms.

Vitalism

The body has an inherent life force guiding healing and homeostasis; innate intelligence

Naturalism

Preference for natural remedies (e.g., chiropractic adjustments, lifestyle

modifications)

The first chiropractor to coin the term Subluxation

Solon Langworthy, D.C.

Strategic Role of the Nervous System

The nervous system is the central focus, with subluxations affecting nerve function and overall health

Stage 1 of Degeneration

dysfunctional movement

Stage 2 of Degeneration

movement becomes increasingly mobile and unstable

Stage 3 of Degeneration

restabilization by means of ankylosis or fusion of the hypermobile or unstable segments

JOINT ASSESSMENT- P.A.R.T.S. ACRONYM

Pain, Assymetry, Range of motion, Tissue tone and texture and temp changes, Special tests

PREDICTORS OF LOW BACK PAIN

TART- tissue texture changes, assymetry, restrction of motion, tenderness

a posteriori

knowledge that proceeds from induction, sensory perception, and experience. Arrived at afterward.

Empiricism

Philosophy of science that emphasizes experience/observation using the Scientific Method, a posteriori

DOGMA IN CHIROPRACTIC

A principle or set of principles, or irrefutable doctrine, laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true (RW Stevenson, BJ Palmer, and DD Palmer)

Scientific Method:

Chiropractic is moving towards evidence-based practice, acknowledging the importance of scientific inquiry, systematic observation, and measurable outcomes.

DD Palmer Innate evolution

Innate Nervous system related to the CNS

BJ Palmer Chiropractic Philosophy had

universal intelligence, innate intelligence, educated intelligence

Oakley, Solon, Minora were the first to empasize

axis of motion

BJ Palmer

Wrote the green book

Thereupeurt Conservatism

Only doing what needs to be done and not doing extra

Critical Rationalism

The scientific method is applied

SCUHS

body based manipulative methods

Rationalism

Philosphy of science the emphasized innate ideas (at birth); belief system; a priori

Reiki

Energy based healthing, Qi moving throughout the body, chakras

Qi Gong

Cultivation of life energy, Qi

The major premise of the Stephenson/Palmer set of 33 principles is

The existence of God who maintains the existence of the universe.

Which of the following is an important difference between classical philosophy and traditional chiropractic philosophy?

Classical philosophy encourages a process of inquiry rather than a set of fixed beliefs.

Science differs from philosophy in that:

Empirical activity is not essential to philosophical inquiry.

Dynamic Restriction Model:

Emphasized by Drs. Oakley Smith, Solon Langworthy, and Minora Paxson, focusing on the impact of vertebral motion on ligaments, intervertebral discs, and overall function.