Celebrate Our Victories

Celebrate Our Victories By J.C. Smith, MA, DC The pride of being an American resonates when visiting our nation’s capitol and its monuments: the Lincoln Memorial; the Washington Monument; the FDR Memorial; the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall; and the Korean War...

CAM: Not So Alternative

Chiropractic & Alternative Medicine: Not So Alternative Anymore By JCS Alternative health care in America is at an all-time high with patients making more visits to non-MDs according to surveys conducted by Dr. Daniel Eisenberg of Harvard. In fact, in 1997, his...

Buyer Beware

Buyer Beware   Chiropractors Call for Reform     Much of the blame for the $100 billion back pain epidemic can be laid at the doorstep of the AMA contends the chiropractic profession. According to a spokesman from the American Chiropractic Association, “President...

Early American Bonesette

Early American Bonesetters By JCS In colonial America, graduates of medical schools were few and far between and  many men called “Doctor” had little or no qualifications according to Martha R. McPartland, author of “The Bonesetter Sweets of South County,...

Bones & Flaws

Bones & Flaws “Chiropractic…vaulted from last to first place…” by JCS Introduction The late Robert Mendelshon, MD, renowned author and self-proclaimed medical heretic, once wrote, “Anyone who has a back surgery without seeing a chiropractor first should also have...

Bone of Contention

Confessions of a Chiropractor   Bone of Contention By JC Smith, MA, DC   3 part series:1. The State of Health Care in the United States 2. Role of Chiropractic Profession: The Reason Why Spinal Manipulation Is So Effective. 3. It’s Tough Being a Chiropractor   Part 1:...