Chiropractic Philosophy
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
The Philosophy of Chiropractic differs dramatically from a Medical Philosophy of health. Medical Philosophy is based on MECHANISM. This philosophy of health views the body as a one-dimensional, linear machine where the WHOLE equals the SUM of its PARTS. This basically means that in a diseased state, medicine prescribes an organ specific drug or transplants a new part to keep the system ‘working’. This approach to health is termed an OUTSIDE-IN approach where external factors such as drugs and surgery are used to effect a change on the inside of the body.
The problem with a medical philosophy to HEALTH is that it deals with sickness care or crisis care and NOT wellness care or true health care. When we apply a medical approach to staying well, medicine is not as effective as other means. The side effects of drugs and surgery are some of the leading causes of death in the world today. Prescription medications are simply not safe.
Chiropractic Philosophy is based on VITALISM. A vitalistic philosophy views the body as a multi-dimensional organism controlled by an internal life-force or energy, where the WHOLE is GREATER than the SUM of its PARTS. This life-force flows via the nervous system to every cell, tissue and organ, instructing them what to do & how to respond to external forces. Since we self-heal and self-regulate, blockage to the nervous system by way of subluxation (skeletal misalignments that impair nerve flow and causes sub-optimal body function), results in eventual poor health &/or disease.
This approach to health is termed an INSIDE-OUT approach where the body is stimulated by an adjustment to correct itself naturally. Chiropractic neither removes or adds anything to the body; it only stimulates self-healing. Chiropractic is remarkably SAFE; anywhere from 100 to 1000 times safer than any drug including everyday pain “maskers” such as aspirin, acetaminophen & ibuprofen.
Chiropractors in Smyrna TN, Dr. Rory J Beel & Dr. Kenneth “Ryan” Shaw, of Beel Chiropractic Center, Provide holistic, inside-out healing by gently aligning your skeletal structure, eliminating subluxations, returning you to true health. Why not decide today to enjoy true health… call Dr Beel or Dr Shaw at Beel Chiropractic today… 615-355-6186.
Beel Chiropractic Center uses a hands-on approach to natural healing. Their techniques do not involve treatment using drugs and surgery, since chiropractors believe these modes of therapy to be more invasive and less natural to the body. Drugs often times cause a myriad of side effects, kill hundreds of thousands of people annually and typically do not cure the source of the health problem; but merely mask it. 


