It was September of 1895 when a magnetic healer named Dr. D.D. Palmer examined a deaf janitor in Davenport, Iowa. Harvey Lillard, a deaf janitor who worked in the building in which D.D. Palmer practiced, described to Dr. Palmer that he lost his hearing 17 years previously while exerting himself. Mr. Lillard explained that he felt something give way in his back and immediately became deaf. Dr. Palmer examined Mr. Lillard and located a subluxated vertebrae in his spine. Dr. Palmer then purposefully repositioned the vertebrae back into place and Mr. Lillard’s hearing was miraculously restored.
Shortly after the Harvey Lillard case, Dr. Palmer had a patient with heart trouble that also was resolved when he replaced (adjusted) a subluxated vertebrae. In this particular case, he examined the spine and located a subluxated vertebrae pressing on the nerves supplying messages to the heart. Dr. Palmer reasoned that if two diseases, as different as deafness and heart trouble, came from pressure on the nerves, then other diseases may be caused due to a similar cause.
Thus, the science and art of Chiropractic were formed. The dawn of a new era of health care was born, a system to investigate the cause of all disease and treat the cause, not the sign or symptom. A system based on a vitalistic approach that allowed our bodies to heal naturally without the use of toxic drugs or surgeries.
Bartlett Joshua Palmer, also known as BJ Palmer, was the son of DD Palmer. Following in his father’s footsteps, BJ Palmer also spent most of his life studying and promoting chiropractic and became known as the developer of chiropractic care. Born in 1881, BJ Palmer devoted his life to bringing awareness to the benefits of chiropractic care for overall health. He and his wife Mabel both worked as chiropractors and taught as instructors at Palmer College. BJ Palmer is known for his “big idea” of chiropractic care that helps people realize that chiropractic care is for more than just headaches or back pain. Today, Dr. Maj practices neurologically-based chiropractic care based on BJ Palmer’s “big idea” that chiropractic care is not limited to alleviating back pain but is beneficial for one’s overall health and wellness.
What Is the “Big Idea”?
A popular quote from BJ Palmer talks about how small instances such as a slip and fall on the ice or a fall from a ladder can be a small thing that leads to a subluxation of the spine, which is another small thing. This subluxation can put pressure on nerves, again, seeming like a small thing, yet this subluxation can lead to disease of the body, which is a big thing. He also states that a chiropractor may just be one man who performs an adjustment to correct a subluxation, a small thing in this world. But when that adjustment leads to major health improvements, that is a big thing for humankind. If you think about how correcting one man’s health can be multiplied by thousands and how ultimately the health of a whole city can be improved through chiropractic care, then chiropractic care may be one of the biggest ideas that man has ever known. This was BJ Palmer’s theory and what led him to devote his life to raising awareness of chiropractic care and its impact on the health of the human body.
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