Third Paradigm Chiropractic
There Chiropractic profession has moved through several paradigms or models of thought over the course of its history.
We subscribe to what has been termed the 3rd Paradigm of Chiropractic – which is a nutshell argues that chiropractic is valuable for you whether or not you have pain or symptoms!
Find out more, below…
As the process of science continues to advance, newer paradigms replace older ones when they begin to ‘fit’ our observations of the world better than their predecessor/s
Our focus is delivering chiropractic recommendation and care through the 3rd paradigm model. In our view, this paradigm is the best, most defensible, scientifically accurate model that describes how chiropractic can benefit the people that use it.
Mainly this is because it circumvents the idea that chiropractic treats any specific symptom or syndrome!
What is 3rd Paradigm Chiropractic?
Your paradigm is
your "map," your "lens,"
your "model of the world"
Chiropractic is just GOOD FOR YOU! It is as simple as that!
Chiropractic removes subluxations that contribute to systemic dysregulation and dysfunction in your body.
EVERY person is better off without the effects of subluxation on their health!
One of the esteemed elders of the Chiropractic profession, Reggie Gold, D.C. introduced and argued for the acceptance of 3rd Paradigm Chiropractic.
This paradigm is, in effect, how most chiropractors behave in regard to their own health, their own use of chiropractic, and what they actually do when adjusting their families and friends – yet to maintain a professional status, many avoid communicating about this idea with their clients or the general public.
Third paradigm chiropractic is about being regularly checked for the presence of subluxation, irrespective of condition, symptom or dysfunction AND if subluxation is present, correcting it through chiropractic adjustments.
The 3rd paradigm is totally non-therapeutic in both intent and practice.
There is no claim to cure all (or any) disease, and there is no attempt to define a causal relationship between subluxation and any particular disease or symptom. There is no focus on the treatment of symptoms or disease in any way, shape or form – at all.
3rd Paradigm Chiropractic holds that a vertebral subluxation, by its very existence,
inhibits the body’s ability to fully express its inherent potential.
Every vertebral subluxation, by definition, includes some alteration of nerve function from 'ideal' to 'something else.'
Vertebral subluxation is, at the very least, a dysfunctional change to the body’s structure; every scientist can appreciate that a change in structure must inevitably result in a change in function.
Therefore, all vertebral subluxations must result in altered function.
In short, people with vertebral subluxations would be better off without them.
The presence or absence of disease is irrelevant.
Every human being, sick or well, newborn or aged, regardless of nutrition, exercise, occupation, sex, race, religion, and all other factors of life, is better off without vertebral subluxation.
“Chiropractors do not treat diseases. Chiropractors provide care to human beings. The adjustment is intended to restore normal motion and or alignment to the spinal joints. Whether or not this causes a disease to subside or not is irrelevant.”
By the time symptoms have occurred, years of opportunity for repair may have been lost.
Why not correct vertebral subluxations when they occur, rather than wait for years of damage to produce symptoms?
In our country we spends billions of dollars every year on the treatment of sickness and disease, but precious little on health.
As 3rd paradigm chiropractors, we hope to lead the world into a new and more intelligent way of thinking, leaving behind the mistakes of past paradigms – both in general healthcare terms and specifically within past paradigms of chiropractic practice.
3rd Paradigm Chiropractic is not about health and/or sickness.
It is about the recognition that vertebral subluxation causes more than just lost health potential, it actually contributes to loss of every kind of human potential.
The nervous system is the coordinating system whereby countless billions of body cells interact in harmony to express mind, body, spirit, emotion, artistic talent, speed, stamina, coordination, and family relations.
Vertebral subluxation is a cause of disharmony to this beautiful thing we call life.
To understand the over-arching concept of a paradigm follow this link. To learn more about our Wellness & Prevention paradigm, click here.
