Dr. Dick Versendaal and DD Palmer's Wellness Triad: Emotions, Trauma, and Toxins
"Our job is to assist the body, not to cure the body." Dr. Dick Versendaal DD Palmer was the founder of chiropractic. One of the first things he did to bring healing to patients was work on their thoughts. Negative thoughts affect the health of the body. He also grew crops and taught about healthy food to provide healthy resources for the body. Without these, the body will subluxate. BJ Palmer, the son of DD, was one of Dr. Versendaal's professors. He used to say, ‘"A subluxation is like a jack on the bumper of a tire with a flat tire." Dr. Versendaal explained that the body subluxates to hold up what’s left of you. If one is sick, tired, or stressed, the body will subluxate to prevent itself from more harm. Don't remove the jack until the tire is fixed. Don't release a subluxation without addressing the cause first. Our job as chiropractors is to make sure the body has normal pathways of energy flowing from the brain through the nervous system to every organ in the body. The body through its own smarts, its own intelligence will help one live a little longer. Our job is to assist the body, not to cure the body. The body can cure itself providing you keep these pathways open. Dr. Versendaal learned the wellness traid from BJ Palmer. Wellness is not just a lack of symptoms. Wellness is being balanced and healthy emotionally, physically/structurally, biochemically/nutritionally, and even relationally.
"Our job is to assist the body, not to cure the body." Dr. Dick Versendaal DD Palmer was the founder of chiropractic. One of the first things he did to bring healing to patients was work on their thoughts. Negative thoughts affect the health of the body. He also grew crops and taught about healthy food to provide healthy resources for the body. Without these, the body will subluxate. BJ Palmer, the son of DD, was one of Dr. Versendaal's professors. He used to say, ‘"A subluxation is like a jack on the bumper of a tire with a flat tire." Dr. Versendaal explained that the body subluxates to hold up what’s left of you. If one is sick, tired, or stressed, the body will subluxate to prevent itself from more harm. Don't remove the jack until the tire is fixed. Don't release a subluxation without addressing the cause first. Our job as chiropractors is to make sure the body has normal pathways of energy flowing from the brain through the nervous system to every organ in the body. The body through its own smarts, its own intelligence will help one live a little longer. Our job is to assist the body, not to cure the body. The body can cure itself providing you keep these pathways open. Dr. Versendaal learned the wellness traid from BJ Palmer. Wellness is not just a lack of symptoms. Wellness is being balanced and healthy emotionally, physically/structurally, biochemically/nutritionally, and even relationally.