• Ebrall P

• Open Access Document
• Quantum Theory
• Subluxation

Context: This paper further examines the idea of subluxation as it is used commonly within conventional Chiropractic practice and builds on previous papers in which I identify the majority of Chiropractors as realists who describe clinical subluxation using fuzzy dialogue and achieve successful clinical outcomes through patient interdependency. Here I show how consideration of an aspect of Quantum Mechanics can resolve technical issues, namely the absence of physical dimensions, regarding the identification of subluxation.

Discussion: Our minds will accept as reality something for which our senses receive inputs which can be matched to a mental model. I propose that Chiropractors should forget the idea of Newtonian science which demands agreement to confirm something exists and instead accept that as a clinical lesion subluxation is ethereal and will exist when and where a trained Chiropractor finds clinical evidence to say it exists. The idea of superposition from Quantum Mechanics allows two Chiropractors to identify a subluxation in one patient’s spine in different locations yet still render effective clinical intervention. 

Conclusion: The discipline of Chiropractic deserves better than an unethical flat-earth argument against ‘life force, innate intelligence, vitalism and subluxation’ in a world where our rhetoric should be moving into the realm of Quantum entanglement and the commentariat should be working harder to make sense of Chiropractic’s clinical realities in a way that will advance and not retard the discipline. I find Quantum Mechanics to allow such forward thinking. I propose Chiropractors should start thinking of subluxation as a quantum thing with all the questionable dimensions that a quantum thing carries. 

Indexing Terms: Chiropractic; subluxation; Quantum Mechanics.

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