WHICH part of do no harm is so perplexing? I had another practitioner opine to one of my patrons, who was improving greatly in only three visits, to stop coming for chiropractic care. His reasoning? Because he ‘didn’t think it would help her condition’. Is this knowledge or ignorance? We don’t treat conditions, we treat the human body.

As I stated in previous articles, I had someone attack me with a typed assault using my personal email regarding this column. You know you are speaking truth when someone goes out of their way to make futile attempts to stop you from writing. Of course, the attempt failed.

Doing harm to someone can also consist of preventing them from getting beneficial help. Harm does not have to be direct, there can be indirect harm as well.

Chiropractic care can help and it was helping the aforementioned patron. You see, something that actually helps people naturally is a major threat to a merchant who is in the business of treating sickness and disease management through the overprescribing and selling of drugs. The ancient words for drugs stem from pharmakeia with etymologies tying them to pharmacy and sorcery. Further ties link sorcery to the use of magic and medicine and healers working signs, miracles and wonders. Search for it yourselves, it is easy to uncover.

The Etymology Dictionary defines pharmacy as a medicine, a purgative, from medieval Latin pharmacia, from Greek pharmakeia “use of drugs, medicines, potions, or spells; poisoning, witchcraft; remedy, cure” from pharmakeus “preparer of drugs, poisoner, sorcerer” from pharmakon “drug, poison, philter, charm, spell, enchantment”.

Do you think that all poisons must kill you immediately? Most are introduced little by little over a period of time and kill so slowly that you cannot even relate them to the actual cause of death. If someone who was seemingly healthy all of their life drops dead of a heart attack or their kidneys suddenly fail, who would correlate it to the years of drug abuse from prescriptions and/or over-the-counter drugs?

Do not be deceived. Any substance that is foreign to the body is by nature toxic, or a poison, more specifically, regardless of any benefits attributed to it.

Furthermore, the term medical doctor refers to one who “treats medically” (with medicine/drugs). Additional definitions of doctor include to “alter, disguise or falsify”. Still others include leech, physician and conjurer.

Chiropractor simply means one who practises by hand (naturally); and, the doctor of chiropractic refers to the highest educational and practical degree that one can obtain as a chiropractor. It has nothing to do with doctors of medicine, or even doctors of philosophy. Many people presenting to my office on a regular basis simply call me Chris. I am not offended. It is a term of endearment. Try calling your general practitioner by their first name and observe the reaction.

The above-mentioned practitioner did not even have his patient’s true interest at heart because he made out-of-line statements when the very diagnosis he supplied for his “reasoning” (the condition) has no known medical cure, anyway. Furthermore, the two main drugs used to “manage” the alleged condition lose their effect relatively quickly and destroy the brain’s own remaining abilities to produce dopamine; not to mention the toxic, destructive side effects placed directly upon the kidneys and the liver that are then overtaxed with the task of removing these introduced poisons into the body’s system. I’ll bet his salary he did not mention that to his patient. So what is the traditional approach? Keep them sedated and quiet until they die, apparently.

Chiropractors do not treat sickness, disease or symptoms. We assist the spine and nervous system by aligning the spine and restoring balance and motion to the motion segments. The nervous system controls everything else in the body. We do not compete with traditional practitioners, because the power that made the body heals the body. There is no competition. We simply do what they are not trained to do: remove the interference in the system, allowing the body to heal itself, as designed, without being invasive. Masking a symptom with a drug is not a cure. It is a distraction that prolongs the inevitable. I could do the same thing naturally, but it would not be ethical. I could take a person with a headache and smash their big toe with a hammer. They certainly would not feel the headache anymore. The toe pain? Oh, that would just be a side effect, which could then be treated as well. Ridiculous, right? So, even though it may appear that I cured their headache, in fact, I have not, and now have caused (iatrogenically) a new symptom. That is not healing.

In earlier editions, I called for a more symbiotic relationship between natural care practitioners and the medical community. Some are in agreement. We will refer our warranted medical conditions to those respected medical doctors.

From responses such as the ones described above, however, it appears some are not interested in such a relationship, but would rather choose to attack and attempt to discredit us. The bottom line is they indirectly prevent people from making the choice to get better on their own, assisted by the gentle and effective chiropractic adjustment. Everyone knows the body has innate abilities to heal itself. When you get a cut or a broken bone, who heals it? Your body does.

Therefore, I have no choice for those who remain adamant about competing with chiropractic, which is futile, because it is apples compared to oranges, and there is no comparison between man-made attempts at healing and the innate ability of the body to actually heal itself, to bring to the surface and light their true history, origins and practices.

I am sure some will complain. They may even try to get this column dissolved. If they are successful, then so be it. At least I have told you the truth and have given people the opportunity to seek alternative choices and to make informed decisions. The whole purpose of me taking the time to write this column is for the good of the people. In fact, we are considering setting up seminars for the public that are much more involved than what this column space will allow. Contact us if you are interested.

Be sure to look for part two of this topic next week.

Don’t forget to “Ask Your Chiropractor” every week where your questions may be published and answered in subsequent articles. Address questions to: Dr Chris Davis, the Spinal Mechanic and lead doctor, at movethebone@gmail.com; or, Dr Michael Harvey, director, at dr.michael_harvey@yahoo.com