10/10/2025
I don’t know if you guys know that Chiropractic started in Iowa back when people weee still falling off tractors. If we think about Chiropractic through a historical lens, we understand that back when people were just following off tractors, an impulse to the spine was enough to support the body’s return to equilibrium.
We have been practicing Chiropractic for over 100 years now, and in that time, the sources of injury have changed.
I don’t know a lot of people falling off tractors , but I sure know a lot of people stressed out of their minds because of work, or home, or family.
Because of that, it’s time to update our understanding of the body and injury mechanism .
If an injury happens to result of an outside in force such as a fall or car accident, then healing can be facilitated through the application of an external force into the body. Likewise, if an injury happens because of an internal force such as a fixed perspective, chronic resentment, or explosive anger then an internal force must be applied in order to help integrate those energies or experiences.
If we see people for more than six adjustments and that problem area isn’t healing with the TVP-bilateral-pisiform push, the myofascial distortion probably doesn’t need more ice-it needs to be acknowledged by the brain. Hold, be still, and let them breathe into it.
Match injury mechanism with force application. If they fell, adjust away. If they’re stressed, listen and let them handle it.