People Flashcards
DD Palmer
- Founder of Chiropractic
- First to use short levers (SP/TP)
- Nerve compression theory: Subluxations are CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL, PSYCHIC
- Talked about INNATE intelligence
- Learned chiropractic from Eastern European Bone Setters
- Vitalism–> Body requires something greater than physical and chemical process to function.
BJ Palmer
- Developer of chiropractic
- Introduced Neurocalometer
- HIO Technique-> Only c1 and c2 are capable of subluxating.
Carver
- Subluxations are from abnormal biomechanical caused by muscle imbalance.
- Pelvic distortion model (distortion of the spine starts in the pelvis.
Cox
Flexion Distraction
- Treatment for lumbar disc, spondylolisthesis, facet syndrome, subluxation, and scoliotic curves.
DeJarnette
SOT-> CSF Flow through umping action of the sacrum and cranial dura mater
Gillet/Faye
Jt fixation theory, joint hypomobility.
Gonstead
Subluxations are all posterior with disc wedging
Grostic
Upper Cervical specific; dentate ligament
Hahnemann
Fater of Homeopathy
Hippocrates
Father of modern medicine; first to manipulate
Illi
Discovered and tested SI ligaments.
Pelvic Dynamics
Kirkaldy- WIllis
3 phase model of instability
Korr
Segmental Facilitation Theory.
Subluxation creating a hyperactive nervous system
Logan
Sacrum as keystone to spine.
First to use heel lifts.
Panjabi and White
Scientists in the field of biomechanics of the spine.
Selye
General Adaptation Syndrome- body can respond to stressors
Stephenson
Wrote Chiropractic Textbook.
33 priniple of chiropractic
“Safety Pin”
Still, Andrew Taylor
Founder of Osteopathy
Weed, Samuel
Named Chiropractic
