Posted tagged ‘chiropractic history’
December 27, 2013
[originally published in KCN, January 2014]
“Deliver your message to Garcia” is hardly what you’d expect to read on a bathroom wall, but it is precisely what was scribed above the faculty toilet at the Palmer School of Chiropractic a century ago. BJ Palmer, our profession’s developer, was known for making the walls of his learning institution “speak” — even if the wall happened to be in the bathroom. No square inch was safe from his sign-like display of painted epigrams. The school was covered with thousands of these short, pithy, thought-provoking sayings. They were designed to not only spark interest, but reflection, and over time, action.
While many were self-explanatory, like “Keep Smiling,” some were not. “Deliver your message to Garcia” may be nonsensical to us today, but it had great meaning and cultural popularity in the first part of the twentieth century. (more…)
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Categories: chiropractic history, chiropractic philosophy, inspirational
Tags: A Message for Garcia, Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic history, chiropractor, Deliver Your Message to Garcia, Dr. Thomas Lamar, Elbert Hubbard, health, Kingston, Kitsap, Philistine
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December 13, 2013
[originally published in KCN, March 2013 and Spizz Magazine Vol 2 Iss 2 2013]
I have many a tale to tell from behind our Spinal Column Radio microphones. In the past, I’ve told of groupies braving the rain to take in a show, and how we podcasted atop the nearly forgotten grave of Harvey Lillard — the once deaf janitor who holds a place in chiropractic history as its first patient. But I’ve never shared how this legend in chiropractic was responsible for bringing us a fan. (more…)
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Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic history, chiropractic lifestyle, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, Harvey Lillard, health, Kingston, Kitsap, Spinal Column Radio
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November 1, 2013
[originally published in KCN, November 2013]
“What separates a good chiropractor from a great —or magical — chiropractor?”
That was the question I was confronted with when a novelist from Italy reached out to me for technical assistance with her latest book. I’ve been asked a lot of questions about chiropractic since I first stepped foot in the profession twenty-one years ago, but never this one. (more…)
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Categories: chiropractic 101, chiropractic history, chiropractic philosophy, Innate Intelligence
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic history, chiropractic novel, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, Forget Me Not, health, Innate Intelligence, Jacqueline Falcomer, Kingston, Kitsap, magic and chiropractic, maintenance care, wellness
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October 25, 2013
[originally published in KCN, June 2013]
“Fear lives in our beliefs.”
That’s what Dr. David Jackson communicated to an assembly of chiropractors — of which I was one — in Seattle several months back. He went on to say that fear keeps us from telling others what we know we need to tell them because we’re more afraid of what they might say versus what they might not say. When it comes to sharing chiropractic, he’s more fearful of not telling people than he is at telling them. He admitted, though, it hadn’t always been that way for him. But as he began to witness more and more people falling ill and dying, he became too afraid of the results of staying silent.
To illustrate his point, he told us about an encounter he had on the airplane as he was flying up to our meeting. He explained that he had settled in his chair and was very occupied multitasking between his iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro. Nevertheless, he could sense his seatmate periodically peering into his “mobile office” space. With Dr. Jackson’s company name, Epic Practice, emblazoned across his screen, it was obvious he was a chiropractor. And glancing over at her work space, he immediately surmised she worked for a drug company. (more…)
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Categories: chiropractic 101, chiropractic philosophy, healthy living, Innate Intelligence, prescription drugs
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic history, chiropractic lifestyle, chiropractor, David Jackson DC, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap
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October 11, 2013
[originally published in KCN, January 2013]
As we find ourselves in the thick of cold and flu season our focus on avoiding germs becomes top priority for many of us. We’re quick to Purell our hands and sanitize everything we touch. But are germs really the issue? The reality is, they’re no more of an issue now than they are at any other time of year. (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, chiropractic philosophy, germs, healthy living, Innate Intelligence, nutrition, whole body health
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic history, chiropractic lifestyle, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, Fred Barge DC, germ theory, germs, health, immune system, immunity, Kingston, Kitsap, life, Louis Pasteur, Rudolph Virchow
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October 4, 2013
[originally published in KCN, October 2013]
The developer of the chiropractic profession, BJ Palmer, used to imprint upon the walls of his office: “Expect Miracles.” Why? Because we chiropractors are afforded a front row seat to witness them everyday as we serve our patients. It’s pretty amazing! But it’s greater than you might think.
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Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic history, chiropractic maintenance care, chiropractic miracles, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Innate Intelligence, Kingston, Kitsap, maintenance care, wellness, wellness care
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September 27, 2013
[originally published in KCN, November 2012 / cartoon provided by TomLamarCartoon.com]
Imagine a bank robber wearing the stereotypical burglar garb. The safe stands open with bags of money piled high as he, in runner’s pose, is making a getaway. In his hand is clutched, not a sack of cash, but a bunch of pens. That’s right, pens. (more…)
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Categories: chiropractic 101, chiropractic philosophy, health care reform, healthy living, Innate Intelligence, TomLamarCartoon
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic history, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, health care reform, Innate, Innate Intelligence, inside out, Kingston, Kitsap, self healing
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September 18, 2013
[originally published in KCN, October 2012 and Spizz Magazine ,Vol 2 Iss 2, 2013]
I’m always on the lookout to break from the confines of my studio to record another episode of Spinal Column Radio. Whether it’s firing up the mic to podcast on a sandy beach, conduct an interview while soaking in a hot tub, or introduce our show at 2500 feet from the backseat of a Cessna, my creative side is always thinking ahead. Such was the case when I approached Dr. Graeme Gibson for an interview atop the grave of our profession’s first patient: Harvey Lillard. (more…)
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[originally published in KCN, January 2014]
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