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I hear a lot of people these days talking about "germ theory" and "terrain theory" in light of the pandemic. In short, germ theory focuses on infectious agents-... bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites- and assumes that if you're exposed to these infectious agents, you're likely to get sick- because of the infectious agent. Terrain theory approaches disease more holistically, claiming that a body with a healthy terrain (because of good nutrition, regular exercise, adequate sleep, a low trauma burden, a low stress lifestyle, a strong immune system) will fight off almost every infectious agent, becoming resilient. As they say, "Your fish is sick. Germ theory: isolate or vaccinate the fish. Terrain theory: clean the tank. Here's the rub. Most who debate germ theory versus terrain theory seem to be unduly polarized and unnecessarily heavy on one side or the other. Either they eschew germ theory altogether and claim there is no virus- a potentially dangerous point of view flouted by conspiracy theorists who thinks the pandemic is a hoax. Or they attach so heavily to germ theory that they mistakenly think the terrain is irrelevant and all we need is masks, social distancing and hand washing until we finally cure the whole germ problem with good pharmaceuticals and an effective vaccine, ignoring altogether that the US is one of the hardest hit in this pandemic because we have one of the most physically and psychologically vulnerable and unhealthy populations on the planet (plus no universal health care to help us better clean up our terrains, should doctors and therapists be educated to think this way.) I think both points of view miss something crucial. Cleaning up the terrain is crucial and necessary for disability-free longevity. But terrain treatment takes time. And people resist it because few people are helping them heal the personal, economic, social, and collective traumas that make them vulnerable to unhealthy terrain. Terrain treatment doesn't work well for acute care. If someone has an unhealthy terrain, it can take months or years to implement the interventions that would "clean the tank." Applying terrain treatment to a life-threatening illness that could kill you in days or weeks ignores the immediacy of the threat. In this case, front line workers are doing their damnedest just to save lives, even in people with unhealthy terrains, using the kinds of the treatments we typically use in a germ theory model. Unfortunately, this can lead to an over-focus on germ theory for conventional medicine doctors and public health leaders. With little attention to the terrain, they apply war mentality to the germ- Enemy: coronavirus. Strategy: kill the mother f*cker (or maybe one day vaccinate against it.) I think we need to acknowledge that both are true. The terrain impacts the severity, longevity, and likelihood of symptomatic infection with Covid-19. Focusing on cleaning your tank is necessary prevention- and it's never too late to start. It's also true that the germ can wreak havoc on an unhealthy terrain and we need to intervene quickly if we want to save lives- using physical measures like masks, social distancing and hand washing for prevention and also life-saving oxygen treatment, drugs, and supportive measures when necessary. People focus on all the "healthy" young people who get sick without any underlying health condition. Surely, it's the bad germ, they say. And yes, it is a bad germ. But this ignores the reality that sometimes unhealthy terrain is invisible, as when unhealed situational or development trauma impacts the nervous system and disables the immune system in otherwise apparently healthy people- or when poor diet or bad habits gunks up the inside in ways you can't see on the outside. Or to get more esoteric, when energetic interferences in the subtle body predispose someone to infection because of energetic disharmony. If we want to maximize both prevention and treatment, we need all health care providers and world leaders, as well as each of you as individuals- to consider interventions that make the terrain more healthy- not just for prevention of Covid but prevention of ALL disease. We also need to acknowledge that epidemics that used to kill millions of people have been eradicated or slowed down because of what we've learned about germ theory. We do not need to choose sides. We need both sides of an unnecessary polarity to cooperate with each other. You can do your part. Clean up your terrain. Start now if you're not already doing so. I've been posting since the beginning about how to do this and so have many others. It's worth doing. Also, wear a mask, even if you don't like it, in case it saves even one life. Get your mental health and economic needs met- because good mental health and the ability to pay for shelter and food are essential to keeping your terrain clean. But please do so safely- six feet apart, outdoors, with masks on if you can't social distance. Try to resist the temptation to pretend we're back to business as usual. We're not. The virus is still spreading and as much as we all just want to have a fun summer, it's too early to party and play in dangerous ways. If we can all cooperate- germ theorists and terrain theorists together- we can get through this with as little collateral damage as possible, considering especially all our essential workers and the grave dangers they face. Please, do it for everyone, but especially those we rely on to keep society running right now. I know it's hard. So offer your own embrace to the parts in you that think this sucks. This DOES suck- and we can do hard things with great love. Together. Alone. Together.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHIROPRACTIC!!! The date, September 18, 1895. On this day Harvey Lillard walked into D.D. Palmer’s office (who was Chiropractic’s founder). Harve...y Lillard was deaf, this was a result of an injury he had suffered 17 years earlier, hearing a ‘snap’ noise in his neck. He then stated he noticed immediately a bump, pointing to an area of his neck. Harvey Lillard had been to many doctors without success, telling him he was born with that bump on his neck. D.D. Palmer asked Harvey Lillard if he would mind if he examined this bump. In D.D.’s mind he saw that if the production of the bump meant the losing of the man’s hearing, the reduction of the bump should restore it. He asked Harvey Lillard if he could work on him. D.D. Palmer began thrusting on this bump. On the third consecutive day, Harvey Lillard jumped up and exclaimed, I can hear!, I can hear, Doc!. He was actually hearing the rumble of the horse drawn trolley cars gliding over the cobble stones four storeys below. From the back of the neck of Harvey Lillard, dates the beginning of the evolution of the art, science, and philosophy of Chiropractic. See more