Chiropractic as a profession has a mission to
appeal to the greater well-being that is possible
in all of us. In these tumultuous times,
chiropractors are fulfilling their mission, offering
a place of refuge for millions of people who are
fed up and looking for new leaders in healthcare.
Chiropractors are facilitators of life. In
pregnancy, they help the mother prepare her
body for birth. After birth, they take care of the
baby’s well-being and the infant mother
connection, restoring normal tone to the baby’s
delicate spine and nervous system after the
stress that birth can bring.
Chiropractors can introduce a vital concept for
pregnant moms and fathers awaiting their
births—that it is normal and natural to self-learn
birth skills to use in the activity of giving birth.
Birth skills help us open up and soften amid the
pain and intensity of labor. For a father, this
idea—that there are skills to learn for birth— is a
godsend. It gives direction and purpose to his
role as a husband at birth, which leads him, and
initiates him, into his role as a father.
Chiropractors have another mission as
facilitators of life—to expand the human
understanding of the mysteries of health and
disease. For this, they are perfectly situated,
thanks to their direct relationship working with
the nervous system. A truly groundbreaking
discovery of the brain and central nervous
system has arisen, one that presents a new
future in medicine and even a new
understanding of what it means to be living
biological organisms. It brings consciousness, life
experiences, and the emotional side of life into
the biochemical equation of health. In a most
fascinating way, it unites the two halves of the
human being— body and mind. And this new
discovery settles the question, beyond any
doubt, of how important the nervous system is
in the expression of health and disease.
These two worlds that chiropractors have been
fated to explore and play a leading role in—of
birth preparation and of guarding a truly holistic
model of well-being for families— represent the
nucleus of the chiropractic profession and its
future. And, I dare say, the future of healthcare.
I believe chiropractors will be seen by future
generations as having been pivotal in a historical
turning point that gave way to a new chapter in
science—a chapter that should be given the title
Conscious Biology.
So despite all the moral indignation and labels
that are spewed against new truths in order to
defend and perpetuate “old principles” (labels
that are flying around in all directions across all
mediums of discourse), I can say with great hope
and courage that we can begin to take heart. We
are on the brink of a renaissance, and the seeds
of a new enlightenment have been planted. We
may even take up a playful spirit in celebration,
once again. For times are exciting as well as
intense, and life is short… yet life flows eternally
from the above-down, and from the inside-out.
And I know this is the reason why my mother
and mentor, Jeanne Ohm, would often say:
“What we want to do is play.”
—John Ohm
