Death of the Chiropractor...

Blast it all I must really enjoy conflict or something.  I apologize for the dramatics of the title in advanced.  Most of you know I am a Mormon (which I am thankful no longer comes up in spell check as moron). Early in the history of the church there was loads of discrimination .  I really haven't had to deal with that much.  I recognize there are still those who do discriminate us but in general we aren't being thrown in jail for what we believe or being killed for it.  Segue to the next group I have aligned myself with, the chiropractor.

Chiropractics is a fairly young profession.  It was founded around 1890.  This makes us 100 years old but in comparison to medicine as we know it in the west we look to the Greeks for the foundation of medicine.  They are much older than we are and sometimes they push us around.  It reminds me of children at the playground, plenty of room to play yet we still can't play nice together.  As I go through chiropractic school we have some classes that go over the history of chiropractic and seminar speakers that sometimes speak about our history as well.  Some have even lived through it.  It wasn't so long ago that medicine was trying to obliterate us.

I know sometimes the way chiropractors speak we sounds about nutty and that has caused some major conflicts.  Regardless chiropractic does have its place.  We aren't back fixers or crunchers.  We are doctors of the nervous system. We make sure the nervous system is in peak performance so it can take care of the body.  We are real doctors too.  We take many of the same classes your typical doctor does.  Chiropractic is really cool.  It isn't the magic bullet to cure everything it will never replace medicine.  Just like you would not go to a podiatrist for a toothache.  We have our place in the world of health care.  I am really excited about this profession.

I know it will be a constant struggle for my rights as a chiropractor but life is a struggle.  At least the struggle lets me know we are still alive.