Bienvenue dans la section "Chiropratique" du Dr Sylvain Desforges, chiropraticien

Dr Ralph W. Stephenson, D.C., Ph.C. , a été le premier à écrire un livre sur la philosophie de la chiropratique et est célèbre pour ses fameux "33 Principes Chiropratiques".

He was the first to put chiropractic philosophy into a systematic and organized manner, which appeared in his 1927 publication, "Chiropractic Textbook:" "Universal Intelligence is in all matter and continually gives to it all the properties and actions. The expression of this intelligence through matter is the Chiropractic meaning of life; therefore life is necessarily the union of intelligence and matter. Force unites intelligence and matter. Universal Intelligence gives force to both inorganic and organic matter. That force which Universal gives to organic matter as a higher order of its manifestations, is called Innate Intelligence."

This brings me to the “LIST OF THIRTY-THREE PRINCIPLES, NUMBERED AND NAMED” in R.W. Stephenson’s “Chiropractic Textbook.” When Stephenson compiled this list, he described it as “a number of principles which have been chosen for discussion in this book,” nothing more. Yet over time this list of principles has assumed a far greater significance. For many chiropractors, especially those with a philosophic bent, these Principles have become a sort of catechism, a list of ‘chiropractic commandments’ to be studied, perhaps even memorized, and quoted (with proper reverence) when applicable.

Some even designate themselves “Principled Chiropractors,” and imply that Stephenson’s are the Principles to which this distinction refers. What I would like to point out it that these Principles also form the outline of a connected, logical syllogism (extended argument) that can serve as chiropractic’s raison d’être. It is in this light that I consider the Thirty-Three Principles, not to showcase their historic relevance, but to help illuminate, in the language of our time, the very contemporary relevance of these concepts, laid down 75 years ago in the language of that time.

Janice Hughes, DC has given these classic Principles a more modern and easy-to-understand context. Click here to review all 33 Principles.