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The Chiropractic Story

The principle of chiropractic was discovered September 18, 1895 by Dr. Daniel Palmer in Davenport, Iowa. On that day, Palmer was in his office carrying on a shouted conversation with the deaf janitor of the building, Harvey Lillard. Lillard was explaining in shouts to Palmer that about 17 years earlier while working in a cramped, stooped position, some thing had "popped" in his back. Since that time, his hearing had become progressively worse. Dr. Palmer, a curious, intelligent man, examined Lillard's back and found a painful, misaligned vertebra at the spot where something had "popped" 17 years earlier. He suspected a connection between this misaligned vertebra and Lillard's impaired hearing, and reasoned that if something had gone wrong in his back and caused deafness, the correction of the misaligned vertebra should bring back Lillard's hearing. Using his hands, Palmer repositioned the vertebra with a gentle thrust. Lillard's hearing improved immediately. In that moment, Palmer made the breakthrough that had eluded the greatest medical minds of all the ages... he had discovered the cause of nearly all human disease. During the next few days, Palmer continued the hand treatments on Lillard's spine. Within a week, Lillard was able to hear as well as anybody and was telling anybody who would listen about Dr. Palmer's hand treatments. Dr. Palmer's fame quickly spread as he proved that the hand treatments were effective in all sorts of disease conditions. He became a world-renowned specialist in the spine and nervesystem. His research into the cause of disease had led him to the conclusion that misalignment of the spinal column interferes with normal nerve function and thus, an alteration of normal body functions.

Daniel David Palmer was a self educated (as were many people before the turn of the century) magnetic healer, with a large practice in Davenport, Iowa. In this booming, raucous river boat town on the Mississippi, Palmer started magnetic healing in a conventional manner by using the energy from his hands to charge up a patient. Now, through Lillard, Palmer was on a new track - with a new way to look at the energetic problem of healing and health. Palmer began his study of the spine. Eventually, using the bony processes used for muscular attachments and movement, he leveraged a the spinal bone back into position and freed the full nerve flow to the body.

D.D.Palmer
D.D. Palmer
1845-1913

Palmer was a genius, but had an abrasive personality ill suited to the promotion of chiropractic. His son B.J. was the marketer, educator, and inventor that carried the chiropractic torch for the next sixty years. B.J. built Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, which became the premier chiropractic college in the world at that time. Interestingly, B.J. was quite inventive, too. In fact, he coined the radio business term - "broadcasting." Previously, broadcasting was an agricultural term meaning to throw out seeds (ideas). In 1924, B.J. had the first radio station west of the Mississippi , WOC (or, Wonders Of Chiropractic). In 1928 he purchased WHO (With Hands Only) in Des Moines. He wrote and spoke extensively around the country about radio salesmanship and the effective management of radio stations. He was a world traveler and writer, who spoke to folks all over the country, on his 50,000 watt clear channel stations, about his travels and chiropractic. He was a also a pioneer in television after the war, building a broadcasting empireto insure the future success of chiropractic.

B.J. Palmer
1883-1961

Chiropractic and its leaders changed with the times towards mainstream acceptance and worldwide use. The principles of this distinct healing method are still the same as they were 100 years ago. Essentially, the body is a self healing organism. The structure of anything determines how it will function. The nervous system controls and coordinates every organ and tissue of the body. There is a relationship between the spine and the health of the nervous system. Find the blockage and eliminate it and the body will move back toward health.

The Chiropractic Story The principle of chiropractic was discovered September 18, 1895 by Dr. Daniel Palmer in Davenport, Iowa. On that day, Palmer was in his office carrying on a shouted conversation with the deaf janitor of the building, Harvey Lillard. Lillard was explaining in shouts to Palmer that about 17 years earlier while working in a cramped, stooped position, some thing had "popped" in his back. Since that time, his hearing had become progressively worse. Dr. Palmer, a curious, intelligent man, examined Lillard's back and found a painful, misaligned vertebra at the spot where something had "popped" 17 years earlier. He suspected a connection between this misaligned vertebra and Lillard's impaired hearing, and reasoned that if something had gone wrong in his back and caused deafness, the correction of the misaligned vertebra should bring back Lillard's hearing. Using his hands, Palmer repositioned the vertebra with a gentle thrust. Lillard's hearing improved immediately. In that moment, Palmer made the breakthrough that had eluded the greatest medical minds of all the ages... he had discovered the cause of nearly all human disease. During the next few days, Palmer continued the hand treatments on Lillard's spine. Within a week, Lillard was able to hear as well as anybody and was telling anybody who would listen about Dr. Palmer's hand treatments. Dr. Palmer's fame quickly spread as he proved that the hand treatments were effective in all sorts of disease conditions. He became a world-renowned specialist in the spine and nervesystem. His research into the cause of disease had led him to the conclusion that misalignment of the spinal column interferes with normal nerve function and thus, an alteration of normal body functions.
Daniel David Palmer was a self educated (as were many people before the turn of the century) magnetic healer, with a large practice in Davenport, Iowa. In this booming, raucous river boat town on the Mississippi, Palmer started magnetic healing in a conventional manner by using the energy from his hands to charge up a patient. Now, through Lillard, Palmer was on a new track - with a new way to look at the energetic problem of healing and health. Palmer began his study of the spine. Eventually, using the bony processes used for muscular attachments and movement, he leveraged a the spinal bone back into position and freed the full nerve flow to the body.	D.D. Palmer 1845-1913
Palmer was a genius, but had an abrasive personality ill suited to the promotion of chiropractic. His son B.J. was the marketer, educator, and inventor that carried the chiropractic torch for the next sixty years. B.J. built Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, which became the premier chiropractic college in the world at that time. Interestingly, B.J. was quite inventive, too. In fact, he coined the radio business term - "broadcasting." Previously, broadcasting was an agricultural term meaning to throw out seeds (ideas). In 1924, B.J. had the first radio station west of the Mississippi , WOC (or, Wonders Of Chiropractic). In 1928 he purchased WHO (With Hands Only) in Des Moines. He wrote and spoke extensively around the country about radio salesmanship and the effective management of radio stations. He was a world traveler and writer, who spoke to folks all over the country, on his 50,000 watt clear channel stations, about his travels and chiropractic. He was a also a pioneer in television after the war, building a broadcasting empireto insure the future success of chiropractic.	B.J. Palmer 1883-1961
Chiropractic and its leaders changed with the times towards mainstream acceptance and worldwide use. The principles of this distinct healing method are still the same as they were 100 years ago. Essentially, the body is a self healing organism. The structure of anything determines how it will function. The nervous system controls and coordinates every organ and tissue of the body. There is a relationship between the spine and the health of the nervous system. Find the blockage and eliminate it and the body will move back toward health.