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11/02/2025

Feelings, Faith, and Fact: Knowing the Difference in Practice and in the Adjustment

In chiropractic and in life, it’s easy to let feelings run the show.

You feel tired, so you think the day’s a loss.

You feel rejected after a patient doesn’t follow through.

You feel frustrated because the numbers aren’t where you want them to be.

But feelings are fickle. They change with sleep, weather, hormones, or even the tone of a patient’s text. If you build your practice, or your certainty in the adjustment, on feelings, you’ll live on a roller coaster.

That’s where faith comes in.

Faith isn’t pretending everything’s perfect. It’s the unwavering belief in the power of the adjustment and in the principle that the body is designed to heal when interference is removed. Faith keeps you adjusting with purpose when the schedule looks empty and the phone isn’t ringing. Faith is what allows you to stand tall in conviction when others question your approach or when fear tries to whisper that maybe you should “add” something to what you do.

But even faith needs to be anchored to fact.

Facts are measurable, observable, and repeatable. They show up in Tytron scans, leg length checks, posture improvements, patient testimonials, and consistent results. Facts are what we study to refine our art and what we track to improve our systems. Facts don’t care how we feel, they tell the truth. They’re what keep our practices grounded in principle, not personality.

A successful chiropractor must be able to separate all three:

Feelings help us empathize and connect but they can’t guide decisions.

Faith fuels purpose, conviction, and resilience, but it can’t replace data.

Facts give us feedback, structure, and measurable growth, but without faith, they feel empty.

So before you adjust a patient or make a change in your practice, pause and ask:

“Is this decision based on a feeling, my faith, or a fact?”

Because the magic of chiropractic happens when those three align, when your faith in the adjustment is strong, your facts confirm your results, and your feelings simply reflect the joy of being part of something far greater than yourself.

In Health and Faith,
Jay

11/01/2025

I'm at Beth Zogg's Thompson technique class in Hampton Beach, NH. fantastic!!

"Success in chiropractic is linked to an enthusiastic belief in one principle."

Golden Advice!!

10/31/2025

It's happened to me and I know it's happened to you...

Bible Minute: When Effort Doesn’t Equal Outcome

You prepared. You worked hard. You gave your absolute best. But it didn’t turn out the way you hoped. Maybe it was at work, in school, in a sport, or in something deeply personal. That’s hard, because we expect effort to equal outcome. But sometimes, it doesn’t.

Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.
Proverbs 16:9
In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Here’s the good news: God isn’t looking for perfect outcomes, He’s looking for faithful hearts. Your effort is never wasted in His hands. He uses even what feels like failure to shape you, grow you, and position you for His greater plan. When your effort doesn’t equal outcome, don’t lose heart. Thank God for the lesson, trust Him with the results, and keep showing up faithfully.

10/29/2025

Don't wait to get to the office to get prepared for the day and to get in state. I made up mind attracts people like a magnet, like flies to a light. When you get to the office, no matter how early you get there, they will be people waiting at the front door.

I'm here at the office a half an hour early and there are three people waiting. I've doubled the capacity of the office in my head and now God is filling that space. It's really just that simple.

10/29/2025

How does today's Bible Minute apply to your Understanding and Position on Chiropractic, not just your faith?

Bible Minute: The Power of a Made Up Mind

What is the power of a made up mind? Once you’ve made a decision, once your faith is firm, the opinions and pressures of others can’t shake you. People may mock you, challenge you, even try to pull you back, but a made up mind is a made up mind. That’s the kind of resolve God calls us to.

Joshua 24:15
But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
Daniel 1:8
But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine…
Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons… nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Faith grows strong when it moves from “I might” to “I will.” A made up mind gives you peace in the storm and courage under fire. Because once you’ve truly decided to follow Jesus, there’s no turning back. Write down one area of your life where you’ve been wavering. Today, make up your mind to trust God fully in that area and don’t look back.

10/27/2025

10/27/2025

God gave me 12 hours of free time today. I spent some of that time to read part of The Meadowlands Experience by Dr. Sid E. Williams. It's a wealth of knowledge. He asks in the beginning of the book,

"Who can anchor to an unanchored mind?"

Are you a Chiropractor with a Made Up Mind that the Subluxation is the cause of all or nearly all dis-ease in the body?

If not, which conditions do you not accept? Who decided what disease entities to w**d out and not accept? Who furnished for you the menu of conditions not to accept? Where is the agreement, the consensus on Chiropractic?

I lost my made up mind somewhere along the way and this weekend, at DE, My mind got Made Up about TIC again. I was a focused, principled, high volume, give, love, serve, do, accept all cases regardless of their condition or ability to pay TOR and somehow the world wore me down.

NOT ANYMORE.

Is today the day when you decide and declare that you are much more than you've been demonstrating? To transform our practices and our lives, we DO NOT need to go to work on our offices-- We need to go to work on OURSELVES.

Thank you Lord that my flights today were delayed and I had 16 hours to sit in airports and on planes to RUMINATE on Who I AM and What TIC Is. It's been transformational.

In Health and Faith,
Jay

10/26/2025

𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐄 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝.

I’m actually sitting here at Gate T10 in the Atlanta airport with a departure time of 6 PM. The only problem with that is my original departure time was at 11AM. The first flight was cancelled due to mechanical problems and I was going to miss my connecting flight from Philadelphia back home to Manchester, NH. I was told that I was lucky to get the last seat on a 6 PM flight to Charlotte that gets me home just before midnight… JOY! (read that with sarcasm)

𝑺𝒐, 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

Next, I’m going to bear my soul here…

For the last year or so, I was a little dead on the inside. Nothing was meaningful or exciting to me. Church services and the message there just didn’t interest me. I felt apathetic about church and my office. The first day at DE I felt the love of the speakers but I was so closed down that I was wondering why I was even there…

That is, until the last speaker on Friday. It wasn’t anything in particular that was said, it’s just that the speakers before him were able to peel back some of the apathy and their light shined through.

I’m going to be brutally honest here… the plan was to skip out of DE on Saturday to hang out with my best friend and Chiropractic college housemate but the little ember that was lit on Friday night caused us to stay at DE on Saturday and listen to each of the speakers.

One by one, each speaker fanned the ember of principle within me and by the end of the night, that ember was restored to a bright and consuming fire. The apathy and the complacency of practice was whisked away and replaced with a burning desire to tell the Chiropractic message once again. The feeling that I was on the proverbial hamster wheel in the office just churning out patients to ‘make a decent living’ was GONE and replaced with a renewed desire to eliminate subluxations from my community for every man, woman and child.

𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 #2: 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄, 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑫𝑬 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆.

What an interesting phenomena! What a great and priceless transformation that can happen in that Dynamic Essentials meeting room.

I went from just wanting to “adjust my 50 people a day” and “collect a decent living” to looking at the TSA line at Atlanta Airport filled with thousands of people, working out in my mind how we could logistically check and adjust every person before they were allowed to get through the security line. For reference, the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) handles roughly 275,000-300,000 passengers per day in normal operating times. ALL OF THEM WOULD LIVE A BETTER LIFE IF THEY WERE CHECKED AND ADJUSTED IF NECESSARY.

So, how would we do it?

To make roughly a third of a million adjustments in a single day, we would need a procedure that only took only a few seconds to access and correct subluxations with a life-giving, life restoring adjustment.

The math works out this way: 300,000 people getting an adjustment that takes 20 seconds requires 6,000,000 seconds of adjusting. 6,000,000 seconds of adjusting is equivalent to 1,666.7 hours. Unfortunately, the airport is only open 21 hours which means that we would need roughly 80 Chiropractors adjusting for 21 hours straight and averaging 20 seconds per adjustment to detect and correct subluxations each day in the Atlanta Airport alone. Each person would need to personally take care of 3,780 people a day if they didn’t stop to eat or drink or go to the bathroom.

𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 #3: 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒙𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚 (𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚), 𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑾𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑫𝒐.

Looking at the masses of people lined up here and willing to stand in a line queued up to be screened for an hour, it’s clear to me that the fields are white and ready for the harvest. I was literally unable to look at a single one of these beautiful, wonderfully different and interesting people and come up with even a single reason why they shouldn’t be checked for subluxations and adjusted if one was found.

In Short- there’s no lack of people to serve. There’s abundance everywhere we look. The only Lack is between our ears.

𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 #4: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒙𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.

The Apathy, the Funk, the Complacency, the lack of Passion and purpose and the lack of Motivation is a road that ALL of us caregivers have traveled down at one point or another. And this is the part where I’m supposed to tell you that You Are Not Alone… but that’s not what I’m going to tell you because you are probably alone. Do any of the following strike a note within you?

Caregiver Isolation - the general term for the loneliness many caregivers feel when they become cut off from social connections due to the demands of caregiving.

Caregiver Burden - a broader concept that includes emotional strain, stress, and the sense of being overwhelmed, often leading to feelings of isolation.

Compassion Fatigue - more often used in professional caregiving (like nurses, doctors, or even pastors), but it overlaps with family caregivers who feel drained and unsupported.

We Need To Find COMMUNITY. We need to find friends who understand. We need to find a tribe to be a part of that can lift us up when we fall and check us when we slip. We need A Band of Brothers and we need DE.

𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 #5: 𝑾𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆, 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍.

So, for my friend Mindy, who likes to read the first paragraph and skip down to here where I put it all in a nutshell…

After a long day of canceled flights and delays at the Atlanta airport, I reflected on what I learned at DE this weekend: first, never book a connecting flight; second, even when apathy creeps into life and practice, one DE weekend can reignite passion, purpose, and the fire to serve; third, while it’s impossible to adjust every person on earth, with streamlined procedures we can still make a massive impact daily; fourth, there’s no shortage of people who need Chiropractic, only a shortage of vision if we let complacency blind us to the abundance around us; and fifth, as caregivers we often feel isolated and burdened, but true strength comes when we find community, camaraderie, and encouragement, like the tribe we discover at DE, to keep us motivated and serving at the highest level.

10/26/2025

Think about the power of a singular focus and a made-up mind in regards to your Chiropractic practice as you read this...

Bible Minute: The Power of a Singular Focus and a Made-Up Mind

There’s power in a singular focus, and even more in a made-up mind. A double mind brings doubt and instability, but a made-up mind brings clarity and strength. When you decide, “I’m following Christ, no turning back,” distractions lose their grip.

James 1:8
Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
Philippians 3:13-14
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Joshua 24:15
But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

The enemy thrives on hesitation. God blesses conviction. A singular focus on Christ with a made-up mind gives you strength to endure, courage to press on, and joy in knowing your purpose is unshakable. Today, settle it in your heart: make up your mind to serve the Lord with singular focus, and don’t look back.

10/24/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨?

When I walked across the stage and received my Chiropractic degree, I was on fire. Not just a little excited, but burning with a singular mission: to reach every man, woman, and child with the power of Chiropractic. That passion consumed me, and with laser focus, I built a group of successful practices in Cincinnati. Later, in Rhode Island, I poured that same intensity into building one of the highest-volume solo practices in the United States.

I can still remember the stories that fueled my drive, the child in the hospital who woke from a coma after an adjustment, the countless miracles that happened when subluxations were corrected, and the feeling that I was exactly where God had called me to be. Back then, nothing could stop me.

But life has a way of testing the strongest fires.

Injuries weakened me physically and chipped away at the relentless energy I once had. A five-year federal lawsuit with BCBS drained me emotionally and spiritually. Then came COVID and the government mandates that stole the dream practice I had poured my life into. Each blow took more than just time and money. It took pieces of my passion.

At 54, I started again, from scratch, in New Hampshire. And by God’s grace, I built a practice where I now see about 50 patients a day, enough to make a good living, to be comfortable, to serve faithfully. But deep down, I wrestle with the same question many of us do after years of fighting battles: Where did the fire go?

I ask myself: Is it okay to just be comfortable? To serve 200 patients a week instead of 200 patients a day? Is this the season of my life where God is asking me to rest in contentment, like Paul wrote about, being satisfied in all circumstances? Or is there still a legendary practice left inside me, waiting to be reborn?

Dynamic Essentials was where my fire first ignited. And yet, even here, I find myself searching for the spark. The truth is, passion doesn’t always show up with a bang. Sometimes it’s a whisper. Sometimes it has to be deliberately rebuilt, like a campfire that’s gone to embers but still hides heat under the ashes.

𝙎𝙤, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 “𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤?” 𝙗𝙪𝙩 “𝘼𝙢 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚?”

Are you asking yourself how to Rekindle the Fire and Build Another Legendary Practice?

If you find yourself in the same place, comfortable but not on fire, here are steps I believe will rebuild not only a practice but the passion that fuels it:

1. Return to Your “Why”

The fire isn’t in the numbers. It’s not in hitting 1,000 visits a week. It’s in the mission. Go back to the stories of lives changed. Write them down. Relive them. Remember that you don’t just adjust spines, you wake up nervous systems, you restore hope, you let God’s healing power flow through you. That’s where passion is born again.

2. Create a New Vision That Scares You a Little

Complacency is the enemy of growth. If you want a legendary practice again, set a target that makes your stomach turn. Maybe it’s serving 600 a week. Maybe it’s mentoring 100 other chiropractors to build cash practices. Vision is gasoline to passion. Without it, the fire smolders.

3. Change the Environment

Sometimes the spark is in the soil, not the seed. Surround yourself with on-fire chiropractors. Immerse yourself in stories, seminars, and people who are still burning bright. Iron sharpens iron, and fire spreads from flame to flame.

4. Simplify and Delegate

At this stage, you don’t have to carry the same burdens you did 5 years ago, 20 years ago or 35 years ago (in my case). Build systems. Hire Chiropractic assistants who take the weight of non-essential tasks. Focus your time and energy only on the thing you were called to do: adjust and inspire.

5. Treat It as a Ministry, Not Just a Practice

When you shift your thinking from “building a business” to “serving a mission field,” every adjustment becomes a divine appointment. That mindset alone can restore joy and rekindle passion.

6. Invest in Yourself Again

Your injuries, your stress, your exhaustion, they dimmed the fire. Rebuild your health. Fast, pray, train, heal. As your physical and spiritual vitality grows, so will your capacity to lead a legendary practice.

7. Pray Bold Prayers

Don’t ask God just to keep you comfortable. Ask Him to pour out vision, fire, and people in numbers greater than you’ve ever seen before. If He did it once for an average and ordinary guy like me, He can do it again for me and He can do it for YOU.

Final Thought

I may not be the young man I was in Cincinnati anymore, full of p**s and vinegar, refusing to accept anything less than being the best, opening 7 offices with a burning desire to open 10 more. But I’m still here. I may not be the guy in Rhode Island adjusting 271 people in a day or nearly 800 a week. But I’m still standing. Still serving. And maybe that’s exactly what God needed to remind me of: the fire is not gone. It’s waiting.

The question is, will you and I choose to stir the embers, or settle for comfort?

For me, and for anyone reading this, the answer is simple: if you want a legendary practice, if you want to burn with passion again, stop waiting for the fire to show up on its own. Pick up the matches. Strike them. Feed the flame.

Because Chiropractic needs you.

Because God isn’t finished with you yet.

In Health and Faith,
Dr. Jay

10/24/2025

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐄𝐠𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠

One of the most beautiful things about Chiropractic is its diversity. From the very beginning, our profession was shaped by independent thinkers. BJ Palmer refined his father’s discovery and carried it into new realms of philosophy and science. Later, voices like Reggie Gold, Sid Williams, and many others added their own perspectives, each shaping how generations of Chiropractors would think about the Principle.

That spirit of independence has created dozens, maybe hundreds, of different techniques, each born from observation, trial, error, and inspiration. It’s why you can visit ten Chiropractors and have ten very different experiences, yet at the root, they are all attempting to honor the same principle: to detect and correct subluxations so the body can heal without interference.

But here’s the paradox: the very thing that has made Chiropractic beautiful has also been its greatest struggle. Diversity has never been tidy.

The Divisions Within

Even within philosophical “camps,” we’ve splintered. Straights argue endlessly over who is the truest straight. Mixers debate where to draw the line… Is drawing blood too far? Injecting substances? Prescribing drugs? Performing surgery? 𝑨𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚?

Beyond philosophy, battles have raged over control of the profession itself. The Chiropractic Cartel has often clashed with the philosophically strong. The CCE and NBCE have long been accused (rightly so) of prioritizing power and money over students and the integrity of the profession. Recently, we’ve seen the ICA restructured into a corporation, stripping members and representatives of voting power, converting an association into a corporate, self perpetuating machine.

Even in the smallest corners of our profession, pride and ego creep in. Just this morning, over breakfast, I read about TORs criticizing other TORs over where they choose to get their CE credits. Think about that… educated, principled professionals fighting over details that, in the grand scheme, do little to advance the profession.

Pride and Ego: Builders and Breakers

The truth is, Pride and Ego have both grown the profession and fractured it. They’ve driven innovation, forced us to refine techniques, and helped push our philosophy forward. But they’ve also been the root of division, lawsuits, power struggles, and the kind of infighting that leaves the outside world questioning our legitimacy.

So the question is simple but urgent: What are we to do going forward?

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅: 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉

If we want to preserve Chiropractic, we must take practical steps to rise above ego while still honoring independent thought. Here are a few solutions we can lean into:

Return to the Principle.
At its heart, Chiropractic is not about who’s the “straightest” or what tools are used. It’s about removing subluxations so the body can function as designed. If we can agree on that central mission, we can respect different methods without fracturing the whole.

Honor Diversity Without Weaponizing It.
Independent thought should be a strength, not a weapon. We can celebrate that one Chiropractor uses toggle recoil, another uses Activator, and another uses tonal approaches without needing to prove superiority. Patients benefit from this diversity because it allows Chiropractic to reach more people in ways that resonate with them.

Stand Guard Against Power Grabs.
History shows us that organizations will sometimes drift toward money and politics over principle. As a profession, we need to remain vigilant, hold leadership accountable, and support groups and individuals who truly defend Chiropractic’s identity.

Build Unity Through Education.
Instead of fighting over technique, we can invest in teaching the public (and each other) the beauty of Chiropractic’s principle. When we focus on educating society about the body’s innate intelligence and the power of an adjustment, the noise of our internal squabbles becomes less relevant.

Check Ego at the Door.
Every Chiropractor must face the mirror. Is my pride serving the Principle, or serving myself? Am I advancing Chiropractic or simply advancing my own image? When humility replaces ego, unity has a chance to grow.

Mentorship Across Philosophical Lines.
Imagine what would happen if older straights mentored younger mixers, not to debate, but to model commitment to the principle. Or if younger TORs listened to the wisdom of seasoned docs without dismissing it. Mentorship builds bridges where arguments build walls.

Commit to the Long Game.
Chiropractic is bigger than any one of us. Pride says, “My way is best right now.” Humility says, “How do we preserve this profession for generations?” The long game requires patience, respect, and keeping the Principle above personality.

A Call to Action

The future of Chiropractic will not be preserved by those who shout the loudest or fight the hardest. It will be preserved by those who stand tallest on the foundation of principle, who honor diversity without letting it divide, and who choose humility over ego.

Independent thinking built this profession. Independent thinking will carry it forward. But only if we unite around the one thing that makes us all Chiropractors: the adjustment that unleashes life, health, and healing through God’s design.

If we can remember that, Chiropractic will not only survive, it will thrive.

In Health and Faith,
Jay