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Why What Happens Before the Adjustment Might Matter More Than the Adjustment Itself

Most chiropractors go straight to the adjustment. I used to wonder what we were leaving on the table by doing that. The order in which you treat a body isn't a minor detail — it's the clinical argument. Soft tissue work, therapeutic stretching, then the adjustment. Each stage earns the next. By the time I position a patient for the adjustment, their nervous system has already been given two reasons to cooperate.

Dr. Lucas Marchand

Apr 47 min read

Modern editorial illustration, a large magnifying glass examining a small chiropractic spine diagram in sharp detail. Behind the magnifying glass, a massive pharmaceutical factory with smokestacks shaped like syringes is completely out of focus and ignored. Clean lines, cool blue-white palette, flat modern style, Atlantic or Vox magazine aesthetic.

Who Funds the Science? A Chiropractor's Impolite Question

A 340-word letter to the editor — no data, no methodology — was cited 608 times to justify OxyContin as non-addictive. Merck ghostwrote 20 studies under academics' names. Industry-funded research is 30 times more likely to favor the sponsor. Chiropractors get asked about scientific credibility. The question is fair. Apply it evenly.

Dr. Lucas Marchand

Mar 285 min read

Minimalist, editorial-style illustration of a modern medical debate. Two opposing figures: one representing traditional medicine (lab coat, clinical setting) and one representing chiropractic (clean, modern mobile clinic aesthetic). Between them, a subtle scale or balance symbol. Include abstract elements like a prescription bottle labeled “opioids,” a spine outline, and muted data/chart visuals in the background. Tone should feel intelligent, investigative, and slightly tense. Color palette: dark forest green, white, soft gold accents. Clean, Apple-inspired minimalism with strong negative space. No cartoon style.

I Posted One Line About Opioids and Chiropractors. Here's What Happened.

A quick post turned into a two-hour debate—and exposed something deeper. Not just about chiropractic vs medicine, but about who gets to define credibility, how standards shift, and why certain voices provoke disproportionate outrage. Beneath the noise is a harder question: is this about evidence, or about protecting the system that decides what counts as legitimate care?

Dr. Lucas Marchand

Mar 276 min read