Dr.
D.D. Palmer, founder
Photograph
Courtesy Palmer College of Chiropractic Archives, Davenport,
Iowa.
of modern chiropractic science,
defined the three basic causes
of disease as mechanical injury,
nutritional imbalance, and
mental and emotional stress.
The
philosophy of natural healing is that, given the right
environment, the body has the capacity to heal itself. In
India the healing force is called "prana," in China it is
called "chi," and in America it is called "vital force" or
"innate force." This healing energy embodies the
self-healing capacity of each human being, but it works most
effectively when stressors have been removed and the
mind-body has been harmonized. Thomas
Edison,
one of the geniuses of this century, said, D.D.
Palmer,
the founder of chiropractic science, gave form to this
thinking when he defined the three basic causes of disease
as mechanical injury, nutritional imbalance, and mental and
emotional stress. Modern
chiropractic calls these three essential factors the
"Triad
of Health."
That is, the state of a person's physical structure, dietary
choices and emotional stress levels form a pyramid which
becomes the foundation for personal well-being.
By
this reckoning, restoring
structural balance,
correcting
dietary and digestive imbalances,
and reducing
emotional stressors
can be seen as the basic building blocks of good health
through which the mind-body harmonizes and self-healing is
awakened. The
treatment procedures employed at the Pythagorean Center in
restoring mind-body harmony are natural, non-toxic, and
oriented towards patient involvement in
self-healing: The
chiropractic manipulations employed are gentle and
non-forceful techniques that balance the muscles and the
spine and reduce the effects of strain in the body, thereby
allowing the body's own self-healing mechanisms to engage.
(See "Logan
Basic Chiropractic Technique"
for additional information.) Dietary
intervention is based on homeopathic and herbal supplements
along with individualized nutritional advice through which
the patients can significantly accelerate and influence
their self-healing. (See "Nutritional
Healing"
for further information.) Various
stress-reduction methods are employed to assist the patient
in reducing the accumulated stresses of daily living. Hatha
Yoga and Polarity Yoga are taught to interested individuals
and greatly assist in the relief of physical and mental
fatigue. (See "Stress
Syndrome and the Adaptive
Response"
for an understanding of the relationship between stress and
wellness.) The
activation of this healing response is a co-responsibility
of doctor and patient and
can be compared tellingly to the structure and function of a
two-wheeled bicycle. One wheel represents the skill and
guidance of the doctor. The other wheel, just as essential
to the successful functioning of the enterprise, stands for
the necessary lifestyle changes many patients must choose to
make in order to promote mind-body harmony and self-healing.
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"The
doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will
interest his patients in the care of the human frame and
the cause and prevention of disease."
Dr. Yeshi Donden, physician to the Dalai
Lama
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